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football + NOUN
a football team
• Which football team do you support?
a football club
• Tottenham Hotspur is a North London football club.
a football player
• Like many little boys, his ambition was to be a football player.
a football manager
• Football managers shouldn't complain about referees' decisions.
football fan
(= someone who likes football a lot )
• Pat is a keen football fan.
football supporter
(= someone who supports a particular football team )
• 55 football supporters were arrested after the game.
a football match/game
• Do you often go to football matches?
a football pitch
(= an area of grass where football is played )
• An area of wasteland had been turned into a football pitch.
a football ground/stadium
(= a place where football is played )
• Hundreds of fans were making their way towards the football ground.
a football league
(= a group of football teams who play against each other )
• The Premier League is one of the most popular football leagues in the world.
football boots
• He got some new football boots for his birthday.
a football shirt
• They were all wearing England football shirts.
football kit
(= clothes for playing football in )
• He washes the whole team's football kit.
a football strip
(= clothes worn by a particular football team )
• The team wear a different football strip for their Champions League matches.
a football referee
(= the person who makes sure that the rules of football are followed )
• He is a qualified football referee for the Dorset County Football Association.
a football crowd
• We got caught up in a noisy football crowd.
football violence
(= between fans at football games )
• The government is considering measures to combat football violence.
verbs
play football
• The boys are playing football in the garden.
watch football
• He likes to spend Saturday afternoon watching football.
follow football
(= be interested in football )
• Bob follows football and goes to as many matches as he can.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + football
professional football
• It was his dream to play professional football one day.
international football
(= played by teams representing their country )
• He will retire from international football after the World Cup.
domestic football
(= played between teams from the same country )
• Saturday's defeat was the team's first in domestic football for seven matches.
cup football
(= in a competition to win a cup )
• It was an exciting match in the best traditions of cup football.
league football
(= in a football league )
• He was still playing league football at the age of 41.
five-a-side football
(= with five players on each team )
• His son played in a five-a-side football tournament.
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noun ADJ. adventurous, attractive, classy, creative, entertaining, exciting, fine, fluent, good, great, neat | one-touch The Dutch team impressed the fans with their classy one-touch football. | amateur, professional | junior | first-team | club, league | international, world | domestic | five-a-side | indoor | live | American, Aussie rules/Australian rules, Gaelic QUANT. game VERB + FOOTBALL play | watch | follow Young Italians follow football like we follow the royal family. FOOTBALL + NOUN club, league | squad, team | hero, player, star | field, ground, pitch, stadium | terraces The government is trying to tackle violence on the football terraces. | boots, kit, shirt, shorts, strip | agent, management, manager | authorities The police say the players' behaviour is a matter for the football authorities. | enthusiast, fan, follower, supporter | crowd | programme | championship, game, match, tournament | training | career | hooliganism, riot, violence | hooligan | chant Obscene football chants stop people taking their children to matches. | commentator, writer | action, coverage Join Radio 5 for all the top football action. | world The football world was rocked by the scandal. | culture The World Cup is fascinating for its clash of football cultures.SPORT
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