Footballer Phrases

Phrases

• Abide with me (hymn traditionally sung at the English football Cup Final)
• All Day (Nickname of American football player Adrian Peterson)
• Are you ready for some football?
• As sick as a parrot
• Back to square one
• Bad Moon (Nickname of American football player Andre Rison)
• Bart the Cool (Nickname of American football player Bart Starr)
• Big Al (Nickname of football player Alan Shearer and of basketball player Al Jefferson)
• Big Ben (Nickname of basketball player Ben Wallace and American football player Ben Roethlisberger)
• Big Cat (Nickname of American football player Leon Lett)
• Big Daddy (Nickname of American football Dan Wilkinson)
• Big Pete (Nickname of footballer Petr Cech)
• Big Phil (Nickname of football manager Luiz Felipe Scolari)
• Big Sam (Nickname of football manager Sam Allardyce)
• Blood injury
• Captain America (Nickname of footballer Claudio Reyna)
• Captain Marvel (Nickname of footballer Bryan Robson)
• Chain gang
• Champagne Tony (Nickname of American football player Tony Eason)
• Chopper Harris (Nickname of footballer Ron Harris)
• Coffin corner
• Crazy Legs (Nickname of American football player Elroy Hirsch)
• Dandy Don (Nickname of American football player Don Meredith)
• Drunken Ferguson (Nickname of footballer Duncan Ferguson)
• Duncan Disorderly (Nickname of footballer Duncan Ferguson)
• El Presidente (Nickname of footballer Clarence Seedorf)
• Fat Chav (Nickname of Irish footballer Lee Boylan)
• Fourth Quarter Vince (Nickname of American football player Vince Young)
• Fox in the box
• Fred Ex (Nickname of American football player Freddie Mitchell)
• Game of two halves
• Garbage Man (Nickname of American football player Michael Bradley)
• Golden Balls (Nickname of footballer David Beckham)

• Golden Guus (Nickname of football manager Guus Hiddink)
• He Hate Me (Nickname of American football player Rod Smart)
• Heavy Lunch (Nickname of American football player Norman Hand)
• Instant replay
• Kick off
• Local derby
• Mexican wave
• No one likes us, we don't care (A catchphrase from Millwall football supporters)
• On me 'ead, son
• On me head son (Invitation to cross a football so that another player can head it)
• Ooh aah Cantona
• Pele (Nickname of Edson Arantes Do Nascimento)
• Political football
• Route one
• San Siro Stadium (tourist attraction in Italy)
• Squeaky bum time
• Superbowl Sunday
• The All Blacks (Nickname of the New Zealand Rugby Union team)
• The Busby Babes (Nickname of Manchester United 1950s team)
• The Crazy Gang (Nickname of Wimbledon Football Club)
• The Nou Camp Stadium (tourist attraction in Spain)
• The Special One (Nickname of football manager Jose Mourinho)
• The Wizard of Dribble (Nickname of Sir Stanley Matthews)
• The beautiful game
• The referee's decision is final
• They think its all over: it is now
• When Saturday comes
• Where's your white stick referee?
• Word association football
• You'll never walk alone
• You're a bastard referee
• Zigger zagger
• Zog On The Tyne (Nickname of Charles N'Zogbia)