The football glossary is a page with a huge selection of football words, phrases and vocabulary that are organised in alphabetical order – it is like a football dictionary. You can find all kinds of football cliches, expressions and technical terms, as well as a variety of categories about many football-related subjects: transfers, football nicknames, match-day language, managers and much more.
I
- (to) Implode
- In-form side
- Inch Perfect
- (an) Inept performance
- (to) Inflict a defeat on
- Injury
- Injury crisis
- Injury time
- Interception
- (an) International
- International break
- (to be) In tatters
- (to be) In the bag
- (to be) In the dark
- (to be) In the doldrums
- In the mixer
- (to be) in the running
- (to be) In with a shout
- It’s the hope that kills you
J
K
- (to) Kick out (be kicked out)
- Kill the ball
- (to) Kill off the game/an opponent
- Kit
- (to throw the) Kitchen sink at
- Keepy uppy
- Knock it around
- The Kop
Football Cliché Quiz
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