THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO FOOTBALL

The 1st references to aims are in the late 16th and early 17th hundreds of years. In 1584 and 1602 respectively, John Norden and Richard Carew referred to "aims" in Cornish hurling. Carew explained how targets were made: "they pitch two bushes in the bottom, some 8 or ten foote asunder; and instantly from them, 10 or twelue [twelve] score off, othe