Photo by Absolute Charm: https://www.pexels.com/photo/men-on-horses-3015224/ There are few sports that are as closely woven as that of horse racing and football. Stars from the field are typically in attendance for the biggest days on the […]
When it comes to football, there aren’t many things that can get people’s blood pressure to spike quite like refereeing decisions. Whether it be the awarding of a free-kick that you think should have gone […]
There is often the temptation when watching a football match to call one of the players on the pitch a ‘dummy’, such is the extent to which they have made a stupid decision or done […]
There are some football phrases that are so ubiquitous that you’d absolutely be well within your rights to just assume that you know what they mean, such is the extent to which you will have […]
It is probably fair to say that the vast majority of football phrases are ones that are easy enough to work out, even if you’ve never heard them before. In the case of ‘a pass […]
Elsewhere on the site, you can read more about ‘El Clásico’ and what it means. One of the things that football loves to do more than most sports is find a pun on something, if […]
Working as a commentator or a pundit on a football game isn’t an easy job, regularly having to speak about the same kind of thing that you’ve seen play out countless times before. As a […]
Football isn’t a sport that can carry passengers, especially not at the top level. Sometimes, a manager will find a way of allowing one player to do less work defensively if they’re a mercurial talent […]
When it comes to talking about strikers, if not forwards in general, there are numerous different terms that get brought up. ‘Deadly’ is one that you will hear from time to time, as is the […]
There are so many weird and wonderful phrases used by commentators, pundits and fans in football, but ‘top bins’ might just take the biscuit. It is something that most people will feel as though they […]
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