A caution or booking: if a player commits a serious foul then the referee can give him a yellow card – one more similar offence and he will be sent off.
In this football language post we explain the football expression 'yo-yo club' which is used to describe a club that is both promoted and...
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Yard: A form of measurement that is still used to describe sections of the pitch, e.g. the six-yard line is the area closest to the goal...
Yob: A hooligan, a thug, someone involved in violent behaviour at a football match
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