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It amuses me that the sports pages of our tabloids always contain words and phrases that you will never see or hear anywhere else, because football fans simply don't actually use those terms, ever.

For example:

  • "Hitman"
  • "Stopper"
  • "issued a 'come and get me' plea"

Any others?

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reports about games taking place in Aberdeen being referred to as 'the Highlands'

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The 'North East Derby' between Inverness and Aberdeen.

"He read the situation very well" a goalkeeper "read where the ball was going"

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