Football words that you rarely hear elsewhere

[MalvoliO]

Was having a discussion with mates about football reporting in the press and on TV and words that journalists use that you really only associate with football and don't really hear used elsewhere an din everyday speech. Words like "brandish" as in "the ref is going to brandish a yellow card here, Martin" and "melee" as in "now most of the Everton bench have piled into the melee, Gary".

Which other words do you all only associate with football reporting/commentary?

[Max B Gold]

The winner is the late Arthur Montford's - "There's a stramash in the goal mouth"

[Long slender neck]

"Wage thief"

[Long slender neck]

"Carthorse"

[KC & sunshine band]

Leyton orient nil

[BIGRON]

Ruel Sotiriou scores the penalty ☹

[tuffers#1]

" A Humble P*ul T*rry "

[i8ubutler]

Educated left foot.

[Celtient]

" He opened his body right up " (intestines everywhere becoming an increasingly common sight in the modern game)

[EastDerehamO]

Diamond formation
False number 9.

[JimbO]

gaffer

[Omygawd]

“That Reilly was a good signing”.

[i8ubutler]

He couldn't sort his feet out.

[Give it to Jabo]

"He couldn't get his shot off!"

[Give it to Jabo]

"And it's live!!!"

[Max Fowler]

Cruciate

[gshaw]

The new phrase I never remember hearing until recently

"low block"

Used to be "sitting deep" then I heard Alex Scott say it a year or two back now all the coaches and pundits say it

[spen666]

words rarely heard at Orient include "promotion" , "Success", "won"

[BiggsyMalone]

Stanchion

[Give it to Jabo]

"They think it's all over..."

[StillSpike]

He's given him the eyes there

[CEB]

Adjudged

[BiggsyMalone]

Cultured left foot. No one says a plumber has a cultured left hand

[Orient_Man_And_Boy]

“That’s exactly 90 minutes and, yes, there’s the final whistle.”

Or

“He’s chanced his arm and it’s come off!”

Or

“If that effort had gone in, it would have been a goal!”

[The Mindsweep]

Lttle pockets of space