In graveyard lore, I am a flesh-eating demon of the night. But on a soccer pitch or ice hockey rink, kick me past the goalie and the stadium erupts in cheers. What Halloween creature homophone am I?
A ghoul (goal)
A pun on the homophones 'ghoul' (the Halloween monster) and 'goal' (the sports score).
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