Soccer Phrases

Phrases

• A goal in mind
• Abide with me (hymn traditionally sung at the English football Cup Final)
• Address the ball (golfing term denoting readiness to play)
• After the ball was over
• All Day (Nickname of American football player Adrian Peterson)
• Are you ready for some football?
• Bad Moon (Nickname of American football player Andre Rison)
• Ball achingly good
• Ball and chain
• Ball of fire
• Bart the Cool (Nickname of American football player Bart Starr)
• Behind the eight ball
• 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 Phil (Nickname of football manager Luiz Felipe Scolari)
• Big Sam (Nickname of football manager Sam Allardyce)
• Brand new ballgame (A baseball expression meaning when a team that has been behind ties up the game)
• Can of corn (A baseball expression meaning a ball which is easy to catch)
• Carry the ball
• Champagne Tony (Nickname of American football player Tony Eason)
• Crazy Legs (Nickname of American football player Elroy Hirsch)
• Curve ball (a difficult proposition - deriving from baseball terminology)
• Dandy Don (Nickname of American football player Don Meredith)
• Different ball game
• Dream team
• Drop the ball
• End of the ball game
• Fourth Quarter Vince (Nickname of American football player Vince Young)
• Fred Ex (Nickname of American football player Freddie Mitchell)
• Garbage Man (Nickname of American football player Michael Bradley)
• Get the ball rolling
• Go team
• Golden Guus (Nickname of football manager Guus Hiddink)
• Ground ball (A baseball expression meaning a prosaic or ordinary accomplishment)
• Have a ball
• Have the ball at your feet
• He Hate Me (Nickname of American football player Rod Smart)
• Heavy Lunch (Nickname of American football player Norman Hand)
• High ball
• Keep the ball rolling

• Keep your eye on the ball
• Knock the cover off the ball (A baseball expression meaning succeed beyond expectation)
• Make the team
• No one likes us, we don't care (A catchphrase from Millwall football supporters)
• On me head son (Invitation to cross a football so that another player can head it)
• On the ball
• Pele (Nickname of Edson Arantes Do Nascimento)
• Play ball
• Political football
• Run with the ball
• Score an own goal
• Soccer Mom
• Soccer Mom indicator
• Spot the ball
• Start the ball rolling
• Take me out to the ball game
• Take one for the team
• Team player
• Team spirit
• That's the way the ball bounces
• 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 Head Ball Coach (Nickname of Steve Spurrier)
• The Ol' Ball Coach (Nickname of Steve Spurrier)
• The Queen of TV Comedy (Nickname of comedienne Lucille Ball)
• The Special One (Nickname of football manager Jose Mourinho)
• The ball is in your court
• The beautiful game
• The belle of the ball
• The old ball and chain
• The referee's decision is final
• The sound of leather on willow (sound of the ball on the bat in cricket)
• The way the ball bounces
• There is no I in team
• Together we make a great team (Midland Bank advertising slogan)
• Trap and ball (children's ball game)
• Where's your white stick referee?
• Whole ball of wax
• Whole new ball game
• Word association football
• You're a bastard referee