Football Language Quiz 9

To nick it means to steal a win, to win though probably not deservedly. Arsenal nicked a win at Liverpool with an injury time goal.

At the death means the last part of the game or in added time.

To be all over the place means to be at sixes and sevens, disorganised.

On the brink means to be close to relegation/the sack. It can also be used to say a player/manager is nearly joining a club.

To bundle the ball over the line or to bundle the ball home, means to score a goal after a scramble in the box, where many players are trying to either clear the ball (the defenders) or score a goal (the attackers), but none can hit the ball cleanly. Finally, one player bundles the ball over the line, by knocking the ball across the goal line with his shin, thigh, chest etc. It is an untidy goal. In the Carling Cup of 2012, Cardiff City player Turner bundled the ball home in the 118th minute.