On a roll – When a team has a succession of good results; to be doing well over many games.
- Example: Newcastle finally won their first game under Kevin Keegan they went on a roll and remained unbeaten for ten matches.
- Example: The team was on a roll – they hadn’t lost for over 12 games.
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 language podcast we are looking at 'goalkeeping gaffes' as well as the term to describe scoring directly from a corner.
In this football language post we look at the phrase 'overhead kick' after England's late equaliser against Slovakia from the 2024 Euros.
It's the ninth day of Euro 2024, and the football phrase of the day has to be 'own goal' after an amazing in the Protugal v Turkey game.
When we use the phrase 'an orange card', we believe a tackle is between a yellow card and a red card. The tackle is bad and could be a red.
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