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.
O
- Off the back of
- Off the ball incident
- Off the mark
- Off to a flier
- Offside
- Offside trap (See Spring the offside trap)
- Old Big Ears
- (to be) Omitted from
- (to be) On a roll
- On a run
- On paper
- On the back foot
- On the back of
- On theA beach
- On the bounce
- On the front foot
- (to be) On the plane
- On the road
- On toast
- On the verge of
- One apiece
- One for the cameras
- One game at a time
- One hand on the trophy
- One-sided affair
- One-two
- One-on-one
- One-way traffic
- (to be) On target
- (to be) Off target
- Open goal
- (to) Open the scoring
- Opponent
- Opposition
- Orange Card
- Oust
- Out and out
- (to be) Out injured
- Out of sight
- (to be) Out of the cup
- (to be) Out of their depth
- (to be) Out of your hands
- Out the blocks
- Outclassed
- Outfit
- Out on their feet
- (to) Outshine
- (to) Overcome
- Overhead kick
- Overturn
- Overturn a decision
- (to be) Over the moon
- Over the top
- Own goal
P
- (to) Palm the ball
- Panenka
- Parent club
- (to) Park the bus
- (to) Parry a shot
- (to) Part ways
- Pear-shaped
- (the) Pecking order
- Penalty shoot-out
- Penalty shout
- (to) Pen in / (be) Penned in
- (to) Pepper the goal
- Perfect hat-trick
- Piano carrier
- (to) Pick Out
- (to) Pick the ball out of the net
- (to) Pick up
- (to) Pick up a caution
- (to) Pick your spot
- Pickpocket
- Pinpoint
- (to be) Pipped at the post
- (to) Pip at the Post
- (to) Pit against
- Pitch invasion
- Plan B
- Plant a header
- (to) Play a blinder
- (to) Play to the whistle
- (to) Play down
- (to) Play down their title chances
- (to) Play football the right way
- (to) Play in
- Play-offs
- Play-off final
- (to) Play Off the Park
- (to) Play out a draw
- (to) Play out a bore draw
- (to) Play out from the back
- Playmaker
- (to) Pledge your future
- (to) Ply their trade
- (to) Poach
- Poacher
- Point blank
- Points deduction
- (to) Poke home
- Poor form
- (to) Postpone
- (to) Pounce
- Powerhouse
- Prawn sandwich brigade
- Pre-season
- Premier League (the Premiership)
- (to) Press
- Prima donna
- Promotion
- Promotion race
- (to) Prove to be a handful
- (to) Provide a spark
- (to) Pull off a save
- (to) Pull one back
- (to) Pull out of the bag
- Pull the trigger
- Pull the strings
- Pulsating
- Pundit
- (no) Pushovers
- (to) Put past (an opponent)
- (to) Put a shift in
- (to) Put it in the mixer
- (to) Put on a plate
- (to) Put the tie beyond
- (to) Put to bed