### Clue: Goal? Fail to score with keeper getting back (7)
### Answer: MISSION 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Goal
 MISS(fail to score, in a football match, say) **plus**(with) **reversal of**(… getting back) NO.I(abbrev. for "Number 1", with the Roman numeral substitution, that is often the number on a football team's goalkeeper's jersey).
Defn: …/a quest.
… often, but not always: