When a team does not concede a goal or allow a goal to go in (to keep a clean sheet)
- Example: The side that keeps the most clean sheets in a season has a good chance of winning the title.
- Example: Manchester United had 20 clean sheets during the 2011-12 season
In this football phrase of the week we look at the adjective phrase, 'out-and-out' which is used to talk about players' styles of play.
In this football phrase of the week we look at the pverb phrasehrase 'skied it'. This phrase can be used to describe shooting or a shot.
This podcast's weekly football phrase is a verb phrase' to latch on to'. This is used to describe a player controlling the ball.
This podcast's weekly football phrase is to throw under the bus. which is a phrase used by Mohammad Salah in comments this week.
This podcast's weekly football phrase is to shin it. which is a phrae you will hear connected with how a player kicks the ball.
In this week's football-language podcast we look at some language connected to the 2026 World Cup qualifiers and the phrase, 'group...
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