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Not terminology, but something that really gets on my tits.

In interviews, players using (overusing) "to be fair"

eg to be fair, I think the ref's had a stinker. Uh?

STOP it! Stop being a ******* sheep and think of your own words just for once.

 

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22 minutes ago, archie andrews said:

Ahhhh... Good old bournville boulevard.... 

I've just googled this, and my phone has requested it be put through tomorrow's wash.

If I don't come across this again it will be too soon.

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2 hours ago, A Horse With No Name said:

The corridor of uncertainty.

Cricket term originally from Geoffrey Boycott

21 minutes ago, Sleepy1968 said:

I've just googled this, and my phone has requested it be put through tomorrow's wash.

If I don't come across this again it will be too soon.

I suggest you don’t Google “Cadbury Avenue”!

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22 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

Cricket term originally from Geoffrey Boycott

I suggest you don’t Google “Cadbury Avenue”!

Even electric avenue could throw up a few interesting videos these days. Be careful out there, folks!

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18 minutes ago, Bainsey said:

Luckily the players don't need to worry about all this modern day terminology, a few grins to the camera while saying "Yeah no" a few times and you're good to go.

Or maybe for City players getting local: “yeah but no but yeah but no”!

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3 hours ago, pongo88 said:

Back to square one is an old footy phrase you don’t hear very much these days. The phrase originates from the days when football was listened to a lot on the radio. To help the listener picture the scene, the pitch was divided up into a grid of imaginary squares, square one being around the goalmouth. Thus, whenever the ball went out of play for a goal kick, or someone made a boring pass-back (of the type no longer allowed), the commentator would groan: "Back to square one".

Not a lot of people know that 

It was first used for the 1927 Fa Cup final Cardiff City v Arsenal .The Radio Times printed a grid with numbers 

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1 minute ago, A Horse With No Name said:

Running the channels.

Players and fans were doing that the other day at Old Trafford!

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When a manager gets sacked the club would ‘ like to thank X for all his hard work and wish him well for the future. He will always be welcome at ( name of ground ) . ‘ 

It’s the same phrase rolled out every time. Let’s have a bit of honesty for once. 

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8 minutes ago, Major Isewater said:

When a manager gets sacked the club would ‘ like to thank X for all his hard work and wish him well for the future. He will always be welcome at ( name of ground ) . ‘ 

It’s the same phrase rolled out every time. Let’s have a bit of honesty for once. 

Usually preceded with “we would like to place on record…”

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A CAM. Mind you, I use football (losely) terminology on a daily occasion in work. When I say to supplier's that I'm in the "bristol rovers" & need help, uncannily they know exactly what I mean.

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Onion bag instead of net. Pull the trigger instead of shoot. Also some commentators do not talk about a player controlling the ball. Instead he ‘brings it under his spell”! 🤦🏻‍♂️

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16 hours ago, Laner said:

'Winning a penalty' and all that crap about having the 'right to go over' if there's the slightest of touches. Would have been laughed at a few decades ago.

Not so sure about that - I’m sure many of my generation remember Franny Lee, Rodney Marsh and Mick Jones who would all go down ‘at the slightest touch’ in the box. Fans just accepted it.

Diving is not a new phenomenon.

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