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==Association football==
[[File:Ray Clemence (1981).jpg|thumb|right|upright=.8|Goalkeeper [[Ray Clemence]] recorded 537 "clean sheets" during his career.]]

In [[association football]] and other sports with a [[goalkeeper]], the goalkeeper may be said to "keep a '''clean sheet'''" if they prevent their opponents from scoring during an entire match. Because football is a relatively low-scoring game, it is common for one team, or even both teams, to score no goals.<ref name=wg_cs>{{cite web|title=What Does it Mean to Have a "Clean Sheet"?|url=http://www.wisegeek.com/what-does-it-mean-to-have-a-clean-sheet.htm|work=wiseGEEK|access-date=3 February 2014}}</ref> A theory as to the term's origin is that sports reporters used separate pieces of paper to record the different statistical details of a game. If one team did not allow a goal, then that team's "details of goals conceded" page would appear blank, leaving a clean sheet. If a game ends with a final score of 0–0, both sides are considered to have kept a clean sheet.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Wolves 0–0 Burnley: The pick of the stats|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/articles/cqn5vxvp95xo|access-date=2021-12-06|website=BBC Sport|date=December 2, 2021 |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title='Phenomenal' Livi clean sheet record - Martindale|language=en-GB|work=BBC Sport|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/55872937|access-date=2021-12-06}}</ref>