Football terms that are widely used but there is no definition

[Ban-jani]

Bouncebackability

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

He’ll be as sick as a parrot.

 

[uncle fester]

Nailed on penalty - nailed on to what?

 

[City Hobgoblin]

Nailed on penalty - nailed on to what?

The door of Nuremberg Cathedral perhaps

 

[Kippax77]

The Kop or the Stretford End having the ability of being able to 'suck the ball into the back of the net'

Please just fuck off

 

[Dial M 4 Mercer]

Play the game and not the occasion.

 

[Tuearts right boot]

He finally turned up

 

[borassic]

Head like a sheriffs badge

 

[dickie davies]

The number 6 role
The number 8 role
The number 10 Role

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Can't stand the overuse of "a little bit" by commentators, especially Lee Dixon.

He was a little bit late with the tackle = the tackle was late
City are dominating play a little bit = City are dominating play
Kane is limping a little bit = Kane is limping

and so on

Absolutely! Ever heard any women tell us that she's a 'little bit pregnant'?

 

[WEMBLEY76]

Neville saying ‘that left side’ and ‘this team’ etc talking to the masses as if he is an expert,in his Bury accent,if he sat next to me in a pub I would walk away from him and consider him boring.

 

[stoneblue]

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[denislawsbackheel]

“They struggled with the size of the pitch.”
Utter bollocks.
With a very few rare exceptions (dippers being one) all UEFA pitches are required to be 105m x 68 m.

 

[Fred_Quimby]

Not enough for me.

 

[KS55]

They’re playing Dycheball…..or Ballball….or..

 

[KS55]

….and Arsenal took home the trophy.

 

[KS55]

VAR….is a person, not a system.

 

[KS55]

The local police in Scouseland were very helpful and found the culprit in no time.

 

[KS55]

And now, back to square one.

 

[KS55]

The ‘instep’. Is not the inside of the foot.