Hey I'm a girl and I wanna get intrested in football (soccer, not NFL) I need to know some football expressions and idioms, so I can talk da 'language of football' wit my frienz. Thanks
2007-07-01 06:19:15 · 22 answers · asked by Kimberley B 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Game of 2 halves
Win at home, draw away
" Some people are on the pitch, they think it's all over "
(of the 1989 title run-in) " It's up for grabs now "
1-0 to the Arsenal (also Chelsea/West Brom/ Ajax)
(of England's lack of a left winger) " If only Giggs was English "
Dutch Total football
English players have a mental block when it comes to penalties
" Title races are a marathon, not a sprint "
Away goals count double
(Kevin Keegan) " I will LOVE IT if we beat them "
(of tournament predictions) Take the safe bet, go with Germany
Italian catenaccio football
(of South American teams) Great attack, weak defence
(of goalkeepers) Safe pair of hands
Perfect-goal syndrome
A team is as good as its strikers
Gerrard and Lampard can't play in the same team
(of Gerd Muller, Emile Heskey etc) A donkey among thoroughbreads
Middlesborough finish in mid-table
French teams are very technical
Banana skin FA Cup ties (ie Woking, Chesterfield, Hereford, Tranmere)
(of England's 0-0 draw in Italy in 1997) " What a night for heroes "
Hand of God goal
(1966 World Cup Final) " You've beaten them once, no go out and do it again "
(Bill Shankly) " Not a matter of life and death, it's much more important "
English push-and-run football
Peter Crouch is 6ft 7in tall (how many more times are we going to hear or read that?)
Wingless Wonders
One cap wonder
Show us your medals
Eriksson is overpaid and under-achieving as England manager
Spurs win the FA Cup when the year ends in 1
(Graham Taylor) " Do I NOT like orange " *
We have Poland in our qualifying group
Dentist's chair celebrations
The Swiss referee consults his Russian linesman **
* Misquotation, I believe Graham Taylor actually said " Do I not like that " after England conceded a goal against Poland, not the orange-clad Netherlands
** The 'Russian' linesman was actually from Azerbaijan
2007-07-07 01:25:43 · answer #1 · answered by The Global Geezer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You only have to know the rules.
the most common words are:
offside
over-the-bar
free-kick
penalty
foul
goal kick
if you know the rules of the game then you can be a "back up" commentator. usually,people who watch soccer behave like the coach of a team or the referee and sometimes the commentator.You just can't enjoy a soccer match and shut up.
you hear people screaming: "goal,goal,awwwwwwwwwwwww,that's a corner kick.
what was that striker doing? he could have dribble the ball and passed onto that player.
That ref., is very biased.didn't he see that it was a clear foul?"
2007-07-01 06:41:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-sport-article-football-slang.htm will get you started. If you watch MLS on ESPN ignore the commentator completely (if he says "that's all she wrote" at the end of a half just one more time I will be a basket case). He comes out with all kinds of nonsense like calling a penalty kick a "PK", nobody in the real world calls it a PK. Good luck, nice to have you on-side.
2007-07-01 06:28:24 · answer #3 · answered by Del Piero 10 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My lot say
"Footbal is not a matter of life and death - it is more important than that" - a quote from some famous manager - Bill Shankly??? I think
The wonderful game is not exclusively the preserve of hooligans
2007-07-08 22:34:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends what football team u want to get into lol
"oi oi"
"Lets go fuc*kin mentol na na nana"
Infact watch greenstreet hooligans! Thats a perfect example! Look up green street on youtube.com
Hope i helped :) x
2007-07-01 06:23:20 · answer #5 · answered by Miss Prissy 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The commentator is saying there is nothing 'untoward' with that challenge, this basically means there was nothing wrong with the challenge that just took place.
2016-04-01 02:11:11 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The Referees' a W*nker...The Referees' a W*nker" is one.
P.S Ive seen American "Soccer" on T.V. Just dont say ANYTHING your commentaters say. They have no Idea at all !
2007-07-01 06:22:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Anytime someone goes down in the box: - "PENALTY !"
Anytime the opposition score -"That was off-side ! OFFSIDE !"
The referee misses a clear foul - "OI REF ! YOUR GUIDE DOGS GONNA BITE YER !!"
sorry your american
"OI REF ! YOUR SEEING-EYE DOGS GONNA BITE YA"
2007-07-01 06:39:53 · answer #8 · answered by Handsome 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You need to learn the offside rule - most important.
http://www.offside-ref.co.uk/laws/11-offside-rule/detailed/
2007-07-01 06:23:50 · answer #9 · answered by Sherlock 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its a GOOOOOOAL. Shoot the referee. My team is better than .............
But seriously learn the "off side" rule, that really impresses blokes.
2007-07-01 06:22:59 · answer #10 · answered by Jim 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋