Football Language Quiz 1

How good is your football vocabulary? This is languagecaster.com’s weekly football language review quiz with five questions for you to answer. During each week of the season check our twitter feed, read our posts, and learn phrases, cliches and words related to football, to help you answer the quiz.

Football Language Quiz 1

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Question 1

What does break the deadlock mean?

A	To score the equalising goal
B	To score the first goal in a game
C	To score a disallowed goal
D	To injure an opponent

Question 1 Explanation:

To break the deadlock means to stop the stalemate, the situation where there is no movement, or no score, and to make a breakthrough, and in football to take the lead. It is usually used with a player’s name or a team as the subject. Here is an example from 2001 in The Observer (A UK Sunday newspaper): ‘A minute later, Larsson crashed a right-foot effort over the bar, and it seemed only a matter of time before Celtic broke the deadlock.’

Question 2

Who or what is the twelfth man?

A	A substitute player
B	A biased referee
C	The fans
D	Another name for the goalkeeper

Question 2 Explanation:

This week’s English for football is ‘twelfth man‘. This term is used to refer to the fans of a team. Each team in football has 11 players on the pitch, but if the fans are particularly loud in their support they can help their team, they can encourage them. When this happens the fans are called the twelfth man – they have the effect of an extra player: the game is now 11 vs 12.

Question 3

What does to stay the course mean?

A	to continue to play well and not give up
B	to take extra training
C	to progress, to move to the next round in a competition
D	to be relegated

Question 3 Explanation:

'To stay‘ means to last, to be able to complete, to finish, but also it has the added nuance of keeping the same good performance level. So, to stay the course means to finish the season strongly, to continue playing as well as now. At the beginning of 2012 in the Premier League, Manchester City were top of the table and three points clear, and many journalists and fans wondered whether they would stay the course.

Question 4

What is closest in meaning to to be out of sorts?

A	to be not on the team
B	to be playing much better
C	to have many choices
D	to be playing poorly

Question 4 Explanation:

To be out of sorts is to not play as well as normal; to play poorly. Over the Christmas and New Year games of 2011/2012 Manchester United were out of sorts, losing to Blackburn and 3-0 to Newcastle.

Question 5

What does brush aside mean?

A	to pass the ball sidewise
B	to easily defeat another team
C	to practice a lot; to try to improve
D	to try to copy another team's style

Question 5 Explanation:

To brush aside means to easily beat another team, to defeat them without having to play well. This phrase is often used when a big team wins comfortable, or when a team plays very well and their opponents have no chance. In the beginning of the year, Manchester City brushed aside Liverpool 3-0 to go top of the table.

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Learn English Through Football Podcast: Delicately Poised – 2024 Champions League Quarter Finals

Learn English Through Footbal Podcast: Cameo

Learn English Through Football Podcast: As it Stands/Standings

Learn English Through Football: Byline

Learn English Through Football Podcast: Turn Around (The Game)

Learn English Through Football Podcast: Zombie Football

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