We analyse the distributions of the number of goals scored by home teams,away teams, and the total scored in the match, in domestic football games from169 countries between 1999 and 2001. The probability density functions (PDFs)of goals scored cannot be fitted over their entire ranges by Poisson ornegative binomial distributions; here, we compare the PDFs with those arisingfrom extremal statistics. In addition, we show that it is sufficient to modelEnglish top division and FA Cup matches in the seasons of 1970/71 to 2000/01 onPoisson or negative binomial distributions, as reported in analyses of earlierseasons, and that these are not consistent with extremal statistics.