Today’s football phrase is ‘collector’s item’.
- Find out more about this phrase by reading the transcript below.
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Collector’s Item
This weeka€™s English for football is the expression ‘collectora€™s item‘ which refers to something that is both interesting and at the same time quite rare. In football we often use this phrase when someone who does not usually score a goal manages to get one. Last weekend Manchester Uniteda€™s John Oa€™ Shea scored his first goal for the club in two years a€“ a real collectora€™s item. We can also use it when referring to team runs, Portsmouth have lost their first seven Premier League games on the trot, so if they were to win this weekend it would be a real collectora€™s item. A collectora€™s item.
- Example: West Ham won at Liverpool for the first time in over 50 years – the victory was a real collector’s item.
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You have right, his goals are still a€˜collectora€™s itemsa€™!
When you public this topic? I see September 20, 2015 but John Oa€™ Shea doesn’t played for Manchester United anymore.
What I would notice for the short time here sounds good.
Hello and thank you for the comment.
We are updating some of our posts and this was one was originally posted in 2009 so as you mention John O’Shea is no longer playing for Manchester United. His goals are still ‘collector’s items’!