Slack Bladder Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 When I was playing football in the school yard back in the early eighties, you would always have the Korey Smith type players who would chase the ball all around the playground and then you would get the goalhanger who would chat to the other teams goalie until the ball came his way. Is goalhanging or goalhanger a Bristolian phrase or is it universally recognised throughout the football world? I was mortified to find out last year that snow doesn't pitch anywhere else in the country, only in Bristol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Ian M Posted February 19, 2015 Admin Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 Goalhanger/hanging was in play in Kent during my formative years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grifty Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 Goalhanger was about in Hertfordshire too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talk Of The Town Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 I don't know the answer to this. My northern family members extract the urine from me for saying ' lead in bed'. Lead in bed they say ' Lead? thats a metal. So your either lying or laying in bed surely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Vega Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 Drop back goalie seems to be local..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumRed Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 universally recognised, used both in my schooldays in Manchester and in Essex. Also roundly used by blokes from all over the country in our uni kick abouts. Only difference was as I got older the word preceeding it tended to get a little swearier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Vega Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 I don't know the answer to this. My northern family members extract the urine from me for saying ' lead in bed'. Lead in bed they say ' Lead? thats a metal. So your either lying or laying in bed surely. Would be led not lead though .....i think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie andrews Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 goalmoocher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumRed Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 Drop back goalie seems to be local..... We had just drop goalie in Manchester, but the they're all lazy beggars up there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 You're not led in bed though are you? You're lying in bed? My old man from Bristol - growing up in Australia the rest of us could never grasp why he ended a sentence with to... "Where is he to?" As an example Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Vega Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 We had just drop goalie in Manchester, but the they're all lazy beggars up there rush back seems to be said elsewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Vega Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 You're not led in bed though are you? You're lying in bed? My old man from Bristol - growing up in Australia the rest of us could never grasp why he ended a sentence with to... "Where is he to?" As an example sorry but if im in bed i'm LED in it....Bristolian & proud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 In Australia our 5 a side league tables were called "ladders".... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22A Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 20 years ago, last time I played in a competitive match, I brought the art of goalhanging / mooching to a new level. We won a corner, I ambled up to the oppo's goalie and asked "Are you the goal keeper"? "Yeh" he replied inquisitively. I then made a loud sound as though throwing up. It was so realistic he jumped back into the goal and looked down his chest thinking I really had thrown up on him. Just then the ball came over and one of our forwards easily headed it in. The Ref allowed it as I had not committed a foul, but cautioned me for "Ungentlemanly conduct"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumRed Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 rush back seems to be said elsewhere You're right! That's what it was I think maybe I just remembered it was one word, was a long time ago.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Vega Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 In Australia our 5 a side league tables were called "ladders".... I rest my case... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumRed Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 It was definately rush goalie though, no back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 I rest my case... But you are lying in bed, not "led"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumRed Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 In Australia our 5 a side league tables were called "ladders".... Blimey that's posh, only ever heard of squash ladders before with Tarquin and Gerald exchanging rungs consecutive weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickolas Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 goalmoocher YES!!! Definitely moocher!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Saturday Boy Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 Billy Bragg (from Barking) has recorded a track called 'Goalhanger" so it is also an Essex phrase :-) Includes one of my favourite ever lines 'he hangs round like a fart in a Russian space station "! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redysteadygo1 Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 rush back seems to be said elsewhere "Backand",short for " back and goalkeeper". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Roe Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 Goal hanging might not be a local thing but "goalangin" was imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 But you are lying in bed, not "led"... Laid in bed innit (pronounced "led") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calculus Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 Goal hanger was well in use where I grew up in Yorkshire. Another common phrase was 'rush goalies'. Mentioned this to my Bristol-born mate on Tuesday when Frankie seemed to have 5 minutes of being an outfield player. He'd never heard of it so assume they're called something else here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 When I was playing football in the school yard back in the early eighties, you would always have the Korey Smith type players who would chase the ball all around the playground and then you would get the goalhanger who would chat to the other teams goalie until the ball came his way. Is goalhanging or goalhanger a Bristolian phrase or is it universally recognised throughout the football world? I was mortified to find out last year that snow doesn't pitch anywhere else in the country, only in Bristol. Every areal has its own word for snow pitching. Its one of the last dialect expressions in general use. Stick, pitch, lay, lie, settle, and half a dozen others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse With No Name Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 Try going anywhere else in the country and asking for a cod lot for supper. They look at you as if you are mad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Vega Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 Try going anywhere else in the country and asking for a cod lot for supper. They look at you as if you are mad. Led in bed wiv me cod lot..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 Just when you thought OTIB could n't possibly get more interesting ,here's this thread . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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