Despicable Football Phrases.

[Blues Harp]

Famous urpean nites la

 

[Baines' left foot]

He’s got a good touch for a big man.

 

[Baines' left foot]

When he hits it, it stays hit.

 

[Baines' left foot]

Cutting inside.

 

[Baines' left foot]

Slightly off topic, but interviews with players which follow an exact template such as:

“Yeah we’re playing well and the gaffer has us well organised. We just want to take one game at a time and not get carried away and see where it takes us”.

 

[Methuselah]

One of my old managers every time we would concede a throw in would bellow at me to get”up his a**e”(the winger I would be picking up from the throw inlol)made me cringe every weeklollol

In my day it was 'grab a shirt', particularly at free kicks and corners.
'Let him know you're there'. Aimed at centre-half's, referring to centre-forwards. (In the 1950's/60's this was an instruction to clatter him)
'Get rid'. Usually aimed at anyone in possession of the ball.
'Hit it long'. Usually aimed at anyone who completed a 5 yard pass.
'You big fairy'. Usually aimed at centre-half's who didn't let the centre-forward know they were there.

 

[Walken]

"Top Corner"
"get a tune out of"
"Everton"

Anything commonly said on soccer am

 

[Lanolin]

Unpopular opinion but I actually hate it when a PL record is mentioned and everyone goes ‘FOOTBALL DID EXIST BEFORE 1992 YOU KNOW LAD’ as if it doesn’t get said every single time and is if they never referred to records as ‘this century’ or ‘post war’ before they became gnarly arl gammon faced whingers.

 

[Walham Green Blue]

‘High press’, usually by teenies on t’interweb in football outposts like Trondheim or Bangalore.

 

[Groucho]

Referring to a playing position by hypothetical shirt number.

Just say centre mid FFS

 

[davek]

Saying 'Atleti' for Atletico Madrid, or 'Manu U' for United, or pronouncing Millwall like the locals 'Mill-wall'.

Anyone calling Goodison 'The old lady', or describing John Moores as 'Sir John'.

 

[davek]

Referring to a playing position by hypothetical shirt number.

Just say centre mid FFS

People who call positions 'a 6' and 'an 8'.

 

[blueconverse]

Your Arsenals, your Chelseas, your Man Us

 

[anton66]

El Classico.

 

[davek]

People describing Norwich v Ipswich as The Old Farm and still expecting to get a laugh.