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A goalpost was a hoop on either end of a Quidditch pitch. There were three hoops at each end of a pitch, about thirty feet high. Chasers would shoot the Quaffle through the hoop to score 10 points for their team. The Keeper would defend the post.[1]
History[]
According to Quidditch Through the Ages, the early Quidditch goals were barrels, then replaced by baskets on stilts. The lack of regulation on the baskets made cheating easier (setting fire to them, putting tiny baskets for the visiting team and enormous ones for the home team), leading to the induction of fixed-size hoops in 1883.[2]
Upon first seeing these in 1991, Harry Potter compared them to Muggle bubble wands.[1] On 1 May 1998, during the Battle of Hogwarts, giants used goalposts as weapons.[3]
Behind the scenes[]
- In an early illustration of the game of Quidditch by J. K. Rowling (later featured on Pottermore), a Quidditch goalpost appears labelled as "Quidpost", but later canon consistently refers to the objects simply as goalposts.[4]
Appearances[]
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
- Quidditch Through the Ages
- Quidditch Through the Ages: Illustrated Edition
- Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
- LEGO Dimensions
- LEGO Harry Potter
- Harry Potter for Kinect
- Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
- Harry Potter: Magic Awakened
- Hogwarts Legacy
- Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions
Notes and references[]
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