The Most Used Phrases In Football Commentary

[49er]

What a screamer/corker/belter

Left peg

Going down to the wire

Both teams cancelling each other out

Threading a pass through

Deep into added on time

End-to-end

An over the top tackle

Undone by a piece of trickery

Floated in

 

 

 

 

[49er]

Dinked it over the goalkeeper

[Bazly]

He's a player who could play for a big club one day

 

[Stoopid]

Manager's bingo:

'Thought we controlled it second-half.'

''I can't fault the lads' commitment.'

'I'm a big fan of VAR, but...'

'Martin's a top ref, but I think he'll be disappointed when he sees that back.'

'We deserved at least a point.'

'We'll get back on the training field on Monday and work hard.'

'Disappointing to concede from a set-piece.'

'Look, that's out of my control...'

 

[KansasFox]

1 hour ago, UpTheLeagueFox said:

I'm doing commentary for talkSPORT (on the app) at Norwich-Palace on NY Day and will probably use every cliche in the book. Apologies in advance 

I think you should pick 10 of the best on here and then try to include them. List them first and we can all play Bingo!!

[49er]

Players’ actions:

 

Kissing the wrist or looking up to the heavens after scoring a goal

[turkish14]

“they’re playing the high press”

[TonyN11]

45 minutes ago, TonyN11 said:

'He's not that sort of player'

Sorry, I see this has already been said.

How about 'he's got that in his locker' (along with a murder weapon)

[Leeds Fox]

‘He has to (insert obvious play) there’. 
 

‘We all know what Leicester are capable of on the counter’

[Leeds Fox]

29 minutes ago, Bazly said:

He's a player who could play for a big club one day

 

about all of our players. 

[49er]

Drilled in

Driven in

[martyn]

"Hes got to be stronger there" 

 

Applies any time someone loses a contested header resulting in a goal or a keeper gets fouled in mid air. 

 

"Hes got a lovely / wand of a left foot" 

 

No one ever says the equivalent about a right footer 

[TonyN11]

When listening to a U.S. commentary and the player on ball is being closed down......

 

"Hazaaard is running out of real estate"

 

Clearly they deserve to joint-host another World Cup! 

[TonyN11]

1 minute ago, martyn said:

"Hes got to be stronger there" 

 

Applies any time someone loses a contested header resulting in a goal or a keeper gets fouled in mid air. 

 

"Hes got a lovely / wand of a left foot" 

 

No one ever says the equivalent about a right footer 

Agreed, a 'cultured right foot' sadly does not and has never existed 

[HighPeakFox]

"Leicester are a counter-attacking team."

[TonyN11]

6 hours ago, TK95 said:

Also has anyone noticed it's always Dele Alli, never just Alli.

He doesn't like the Alli bit.

Just call him Dele ....... or obnoxious twat

[Stoopid]

Players post-match interview bingo:

'We knew it wouldn't be easy...'

'The most important thing is the three points.'

'We'll take the point and move on.'

''He's played a great ball, to be fair.'

'The games come thick and fast this time of year.'

'We keep going till the final whistle.'

'Disappointing...'

[TonyN11]

"look, don't get me wrong" - Jermain Jenas

[49er]

2 minutes ago, Stoopid said:

Players post-match interview bingo:

'We knew it wouldn't be easy...'

'The most important thing is the three points.'

'We'll take the point and move on.'

''He's played a great ball, to be fair.'

'The games come thick and fast this time of year.'

'We keep going till the final whistle.'

'Disappointing...'

We’re not getting ahead of ourselves

 

We did that for the gaffer

 

We have got a great team spirit and we all work for each other

[somebum]

1 hour ago, Wolfox said:

 

off topic - cricket related…

 

Always loved Boycott’s - ‘corridor of uncertainty’

I used that when I was discussing roast potatoes on national radio. The trick is to boil them to the fine point of being ever so slightly fluffy around the edges. I said "its the corridor of uncertainty". 

 

Pretty sure nobody got it

[49er]

7 minutes ago, somebum said:

I used that when I was discussing roast potatoes on national radio. The trick is to boil them to the fine point of being ever so slightly fluffy around the edges. I said "its the corridor of uncertainty". 

 

Pretty sure nobody got it

‘pretty good effort that’

[Chester Dontlie]

6 minutes ago, TonyN11 said:

Agreed, a 'cultured right foot' sadly does not and has never existed 

That's the most defootist thing I've ever heard

 

 

 

[Collymore]

2 hours ago, UpTheLeagueFox said:

I'm doing commentary for talkSPORT (on the app) at Norwich-Palace on NY Day and will probably use every cliche in the book. Apologies in advance 

See If you can mention Schlupp having "a wand of a left foot" 

[Stoopid]

12 minutes ago, 49er said:

We’re not getting ahead of ourselves

 

We did that for the gaffer

 

We have got a great team spirit and we all work for each other

'No disrespect...'

'The fans were terrific'

'The boss had a word at half-time.'

'We've worked on that in training.'

'I felt some contact to be fair.'

[49er]

1 minute ago, Stoopid said:

'No disrespect...'

'The fans were terrific'

'The boss had a word at half-time.'

'We've worked on that in training.'

'I felt some contact to be fair.'

The fans were our twelfth man