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A list of phrases related to the word "footballer"...
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Abide with me ( hymn traditionally sung at the English football Cup Final )
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All Day ( Nickname of American football player Adrian Peterson )
Are you ready for some football?
As sick as a parrot
Back to square one
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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 )