In this football language post we explain the football phrase ‘to be booked’. Don’t forget we have hundreds more explanations of football language in our football glossary and we also have a page full of football cliches. If you have questions or comments about this or any other phrase then email us at: admin@languagecaster.com.
Football Expression: To be booked
To be booked means to receive a yellow card from the referee. Of course if you have two yellow cards, or a second booking, you are given a red card and are sent off the pitch. You can be booked for all sorts of things: for example, a dangerous tackle, kicking the ball away when the opposing team has been awarded a free-kick, dissent (this means arguing with the referee), or using foul language (swearing, using bad words). We use the phrase because the referee writes the playera€™s name in his book when he/she gives a card.
- Example: Players making VAR review ‘TV’ signal to receive yellow cards (to be booked) (ESPN, 28 May 2018)
- Example: Twenty four players have been booked for fouling Traore already this season a€“ each one brings the threat of injury (Atlantic, December 15 2019)
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Attribution: Jon Candy from Cardiff, Wales / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)
