Words you never heard at football.

[Mint23]

4 minutes ago, Flamey said:

Slightly flipping the OP, apologies....but can't remember the last time I heard... 'sweeper' 🤔

This is a result of the “sweeper keeper “,  there’s no need now to have a centre back sitting deep when the keeper does it for him so teams can play - other new phrase - “a high line”.

 

[Langston]

23 minutes ago, Flamey said:

Brandished a knife/weapon I've heard.

 

Of course!

[Tuna]

Double Pivot

Overload

[OntarioFox]

perfectly cromulent

[Chelmofox]

The switch. 

[Chelmofox]

45 minutes ago, Raj said:

 

@The Bear

 

🤣🤣🤣😁👍

He’s a bot. 

[Tuna]

"Trent" in a thick scouse accent!

Edited 8 October 2023 by Tuna

[Nalis]

Calling players the likes of CR7 of initialising their full name. Ronaldo was only ever R9 retrospectively.

[Royston.]

1 hour ago, foxile5 said:

'The Press'.

 

A tediously smug way of saying 'closing down the opposition'.

Also means a bunch of ***** who lie and generally stir shit.

[Royston.]

Assist was just a set up and wasn't really recognised as a stat.

[foxile5]

9 minutes ago, Nalis said:

Calling players the likes of CR7 of initialising their full name. Ronaldo was only ever R9 retrospectively.

This needs eradicating.

 

It's a proper teenage thing so that they can gush over players rather than follow their clubs. Ought to be viewed as a lesser perversion.

[SpacedX]

"What a great finish/decision/pass by Wilf"

[Jimbo]

A referee saying " I f**ked up there, sorry" 

Edited 8 October 2023 by Jimbo

[Corky]

2 hours ago, Langston said:

Not really the same but does anyone ever hear the word brandish outside of a footballing context? I don't think anyone has ever brandished anything other than a referee.

Same with totting up process.

[Nalis]

13 minutes ago, foxile5 said:

This needs eradicating.

 

It's a proper teenage thing so that they can gush over players rather than follow their clubs. Ought to be viewed as a lesser perversion.

Very true

[OntarioFox]

Leicester scored on their opponents and it tied the game - a favourite of @foxile5 

Player Of The Match also pisses me off for some reason - probably because it was just randomly inserted into Sky's coverage without any comment or fanfare "because equality" and they now act like it was always that way. Did anyone in the Women's game actually ask for a gender-neutral term for that?

Edited 8 October 2023 by OntarioFox

[HighPeakFox]

Embarrassing.

[mozartfox]

‘It’s not fair’ -  Used by Coventry fans.

[ParkerPen]

"quarterback" or quarterback role

 

stop it, stop it now.

[beepee1984]

"That was definitely a penalty for them"

[SouthStandUpperTier]

'Pivot' or 'double pivot'. I'll often slip either of these phrases into a football conversation to give the false impression that I'm so incredibly knowledgeable.

[Winchesterfox]

VAR 

[foxile5]

22 minutes ago, ParkerPen said:

"quarterback" or quarterback role

 

stop it, stop it now.

Guess where that was first popularized!

 

It entered the mainstream through Rodgers describing Steve Gerrard's role.

[Bucks fox]

Grown men getting wound up yesterday by a little kid at the KP…. https://x.com/jamie_gaffr/status/1710987401043034401?s=46&t=LYQATfOCndZ7EL0AeMYN7Q

[ParkerPen]

2 minutes ago, foxile5 said:

Guess where that was first popularized!

 

It entered the mainstream through Rodgers describing Steve Gerrard's role.

I thought it wasn't possible to dislike that little tosser any more than I already did, but there you go