Here is a guide to what they actually mean and some of the other funny things that players have said.

A – ‘All credit to the lads’
The best way of highlighting that it was a ‘team performance’.

B – ‘Bottle’
A word that makes many an appearance in football chat. Players can either have bottle, lack it or in some cases hit it – but generally it refers to bravery and ‘getting in where it hurts’.

C – ‘Couldn’t hit a cow’s backside with a banjo’
A term associated with a striker struggling to find the back of the net. Extra shooting practice is a better remedy than upsetting cattle with a musical instrument.

D – 'A dig'
A speculative long range effort can be simplified as a ‘dig’. You'll have to be ‘different class’ to score, unless of course you are up against a ‘dodgy keeper’.

E – 'Early doors'
Making a good start to a game can be simplified by scoring ‘early doors’. The ‘early’ part of this statement speaks for itself but quite where the ‘doors’ come in we're not sure.

F – ‘Funny old game’
Isn’t it? Apparently so, we’re told it often enough.

G – ‘Game of two halves’
This piece of footy chat is not used to simply describe the fact that a match is split by the half-time interval, but to highlight how the first and second halves were vastly different.

H – 'Home draw'
The ever-enthralling cup draws always spark exactly the same response from players and managers; “you can’t ask for more than a ‘home draw’.

I – 'I'm flattered by their interest'
Whenever a player is linked with a move to another club, out come these immortal words. A few days later the player will be on the move.

J – 'Job'
Modern day footballers don't put in a good performance, they ‘do a job’.

K – ‘Killer goal’ or‘keep it tight’
Not the most inspire of cliched letters but take your pick from ‘Killer goal’ or‘keep it tight’.

L – 'Left peg'
Talented left footers are blessed with one of these. Right-footed players never have their feet described as pegs.

M – 'Mixer'
The mixer is in the penalty area, close to the goal.

N – ‘Not over til the fat lady sings’
A match normally finishes with the referee blowing the final whistle, but as any good player knows it's ‘Not over til the fat lady sings’.

O – ‘Onion bag’
Another name for the net.

P – 'Pop'
A variation from using ‘dig’.

Q – ‘Quality’
Sometimes it shines through, but on other occasions it is sadly lacking.

R – ‘Rotation’
As in squad rotation. Rather than referring to players spinning around, it describes a manager’s prerogative to chop and change the side.

S – 'Sleeping giant'
A club starved of success but still believing they are actually any good.

T – 'Taking each game as it comes'
In order to try and avoid accusations of complacency, footballers often wheel this one out.

U – ‘Unfashionable club’
Any small town team that even dares to mix it with the big boys.

V – 'Very much so'
Players often looks for ways to string out sentences to sound more interesting and intelligent than they really are. ‘Very much so’ can often replace a simple yes.

W – 'Wire'
So often we are told that the race for the championship is going to ‘go down to the wire’, but rarely is it actually the case.

X – 'X-rated'
Rash, wild and late are all different ways of describing foul challenges but the very worst ones are saved for the ‘X-rated’ category.

Y – 'You know'
No interview is complete unless every sentence is rounded off perfectly with the words ‘you know’.

Z – 'Row Z'
Most commentators will tell you that defenders are the least skilled passers in a team. Yet when it comes to clearing the ball out of play they are always expected to find ‘Row Z’. Asking a bit much, isn’t it?