What does 'To drop two points' mean in football? - Football Language https://learnenglishthroughfootball.com/community/football-language-football-language/week-2-august-23-to-drop-two-points/ Learn English Through Football Discussion Board en-GB Sat, 05 Sep 2026 17:07:51 +0000 wpForo 60 RE: What does 'To drop two points' mean in football? https://learnenglishthroughfootball.com/community/football-language-football-language/week-2-august-23-to-drop-two-points/#post-1391 Tue, 17 Mar 2026 23:21:02 +0000 Winning a game comfortably and then letting the opponent come back into the game to get a draw. This is dropping two points. It feels like a loss or a defeat.

Sometimes a team earn a point by coming from behind and this is seen as a positive thing but drawing a game that the team should have won is a negative one.

  • To drop two points
  • Two points were dropped
  • The team dropped team points when their opponents equalised at the end.

 

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]]> Football Language Learn English through Football https://learnenglishthroughfootball.com/community/football-language-football-language/week-2-august-23-to-drop-two-points/#post-1390 What does 'To drop two points' mean in football? https://learnenglishthroughfootball.com/community/football-language-football-language/week-2-august-23-to-drop-two-points/#post-1204 Fri, 23 Aug 2024 14:10:08 +0000 What does 'to drop two points' mean in football?

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