Annoying football language

[Elite_Pie]

If these are the sort of things that bother people then god knows how you cope with daily life! Language changes with the times, how many had heard the word “furlough” a few years ago?

I heard it when I was at school way back in the 1960s.

I was taught there were 8 of them in a mile.

[ncfcog]

I heard it when I was at school way back in the 1960s.

I was taught there were 8 of them in a mile.

Ha, very good EP!

[ncfcog]

ncfcog. No one is saying we can not cope with them, just that we don't like them used in a football context. Just like the bugbear you mention.

Fair enough bule. Regarding the bugbear I mentioned if you mean the Matviyenko one that was a poor attempt at a joke that people wouldn't necessarily get unless they were around in the early eighties!

[bule1]

To my shame, I was around then (and far before) but don't get the joke. Please remind/enlighten me.

[ncfcog]

To my shame, I was around then (and far before) but don't get the joke. Please remind/enlighten me.

Here you go!

[bule1]

Oh the song... I remember that. Thought it was a deeper NCFC episode. My bad for being dumb LOL.

[ncfcog]

Oh the song... I remember that. Thought it was a deeper NCFC episode. My bad for being dumb LOL.

[upthemaggies]

"Anyone can beat anyone in this league"
Obviously. It's a league game, not a cup tie with a potential giant killing. If teams weren't good enough to beat other teams in the same league, they wouldn't be playing in it. Notts beat every single top flight team finishing 2nd through to 7th inclusive in the first season I started going to Meadow Lane.

"It's a tough place to go"
Take the old Den for example, notoriously the most hellish place to visit, yet it was the easiest ground for visitors to collect points in 1978/79. So what happened that season? Did they smarten the ground up that year and only allow nice people in?
What away ground isn't a tough place to go, seeing that relegated clubs still often win more than they lose on their own patch.

[LaxtonLad]

It's the same when the pundits say "he felt contact so he was entitled to go down". If the contact was just a little touch (as it often is) why was he entitled to go down? They should really say "he felt contact so he decided to cheat".

That was one of Alan Shearer's little gems.

The little gem that really, really annoys me is when the commentator calls a playing position "quarterback"!!! For crying out loud! I don't watch American football and I suspect the majority of football fans don't either so why show off and use a word that is non-existent in Association Football? If the player's position is advanced midfielder SAY SO!!

Anyone who says that the position of quarterback is not advanced midfield only emphasizes my point that it doesn't translate into English football.

[bule1]

"Anyone can beat anyone in this league"
Obviously. It's a league game, not a cup tie with a potential giant killing. If teams weren't good enough to beat other teams in the same league, they wouldn't be playing in it. Notts beat every single top flight team finishing 2nd through to 7th inclusive in the first season I started going to Meadow Lane.

"It's a tough place to go"
Take the old Den for example, notoriously the most hellish place to visit, yet it was the easiest ground for visitors to collect points in 1978/79. So what happened that season? Did they smarten the ground up that year and only allow nice people in?
What away ground isn't a tough place to go, seeing that relegated clubs still often win more than they lose on their own patch.

Agreed, it is based upon a team/club spirit more than cash alone. The last 2 seasons proved that.