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Football Language Podcast

Football Glossary: Qualify

Qualify: To progress to the next round. In order to play in important tournaments or rounds teams have to play and win a set of preliminary...

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Football Glossary: On target

To be on target: We use this expression to describe when a forward shoots and the keeper has to make a save or a goal is scored.

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Football Glossary: Offside

Offside: When an attacking team's player is beyond the last defender, the game is stopped and there is a free kick for the defensive side

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Football Glossary: Playmaker

Playmaker: A player on a team that controls the tempo of the side and is usually regarded as the one to break down opposing defences

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Football Glossary: Promotion Race

Promotion race: Towards the end of the season when a group of teams still have a possibility of moving up a division (to be / get promoted)

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Football Glossary: Signing

Signing: The new player at a team as she/he has come from another team on a transfer; they have been signed

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Football Glossary: Slump

Slump: A bad run of form, a time of bad luck or bad results. It can also be used as a verb - to slump.