Every week during the season, the languagecaster team will explain a football headline that has appeared in the English-speaking press. Click on the link below to hear the word or phrase, while you can also read the transcript below that. You can also find many more examples of football phraseshere , as well as football cliches here and our huge football glossary here. You can see more explanations of newspaper headlines here and don’t forget we have hundreds more explanations of football language in our football glossary. If you have questions or comments about this or any other phrase then email us at: admin@languagecaster.com.
Listen Here: REDS LOOK HALF DONE
This was the headline from the English tabloid the Sunday People (August 14 2011) after Liverpool drew 1-1 at home with Sunderland. REDS is the nickname of Liverpool FC while the phrase HALF DONE can mean that something has not been fully cooked or that something is not completely ready. Liverpool’s manager Kenny Dalglish has been re-building the side but based on this result (1-1 at home to Sunderland) the headline suggests that this re-building process is not yet complete. Furthermore, HALF also refers to one of the two periods in the game – the first and second halves – and as Liverpool played very well in the first half but not so well in the second, the phrase REDS LOOK HALF DONE can mean that despite a very good first half, this Liverpool side is not quite ready.
