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Football based 'old sayings and proverbs' 09:50 - Mar 23 with 1193 viewsKeno

the news story made me think we used to sat 'one swallow etc etc '

in footballing terms its "One rumour does not a close season make"

anyone care to add anymore -

I'm bored and its the best I could come up with today

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Football based 'old sayings and proverbs' on 09:52 - Mar 23 with 1175 viewsfooters

A Marcus in the hand is worth two Yanks in the bush?

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Football based 'old sayings and proverbs' on 09:58 - Mar 23 with 1150 viewsclive_baker

"A game in hand is worth 0.5 in the bush"

On a similar note I've just been laughing to myself at how Lambert used to say "never too high, never too low" after a rare victory. Don't think there was any danger of the former Paul.

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Football based 'old sayings and proverbs' on 10:17 - Mar 23 with 1127 viewsGuthrum

It's imminent.

Good Lord! Whatever is it?
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Football based 'old sayings and proverbs' on 10:20 - Mar 23 with 1100 viewsMetal_Hacker

"Jumpers for goalposts" is always a winner innit

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Football based 'old sayings and proverbs' on 10:26 - Mar 23 with 1108 viewsKeno

Football based 'old sayings and proverbs' on 10:20 - Mar 23 by Metal_Hacker

"Jumpers for goalposts" is always a winner innit


2 -0 is a dangerous scoreline

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Football based 'old sayings and proverbs' on 10:30 - Mar 23 with 1074 viewsMetal_Hacker

Football based 'old sayings and proverbs' on 10:26 - Mar 23 by Keno

2 -0 is a dangerous scoreline


An old Cloughie statement to which I'm sure there are loads more obviously

"I wouldn't say I was the best manager in the business BUT I was in the top ONE "

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Football based 'old sayings and proverbs' on 10:34 - Mar 23 with 1082 viewsKeno

Football based 'old sayings and proverbs' on 10:30 - Mar 23 by Metal_Hacker

An old Cloughie statement to which I'm sure there are loads more obviously

"I wouldn't say I was the best manager in the business BUT I was in the top ONE "


My Favourite is the Danny Blanchflower one 'we like to equalise before the opposition take the lead"

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Football based 'old sayings and proverbs' on 11:15 - Mar 23 with 1057 viewstractorboy1978

Football based 'old sayings and proverbs' on 09:58 - Mar 23 by clive_baker

"A game in hand is worth 0.5 in the bush"

On a similar note I've just been laughing to myself at how Lambert used to say "never too high, never too low" after a rare victory. Don't think there was any danger of the former Paul.


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Football based 'old sayings and proverbs' on 12:32 - Mar 23 with 1035 viewsWeWereZombies

Up for two and a half hours and no 'Be careful what...'?

In the hope of entertaining football, if not positive results for the rest of the season I think we should channel Harold Macmillan 'Better score draw, score draw than bore, bore'*

*I have an inkling that 'Better jaw, jaw, jaw than war war, war' predates both Churchill and Macmillan but could not be bothered to dig any further than this:

https://winstonchurchill.org/resources/quotes/quotes-falsely-attributed/

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Football based 'old sayings and proverbs' on 13:12 - Mar 23 with 1014 viewsBasingstokeBlue

Football based 'old sayings and proverbs' on 10:17 - Mar 23 by Guthrum

It's imminent.


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Football based 'old sayings and proverbs' on 14:31 - Mar 23 with 981 viewsEatonBlue

It could have gone either way up until kick-off
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Football based 'old sayings and proverbs' on 14:36 - Mar 23 with 973 viewsBloomBlue

'swings and roundabouts'

'We're not technical enough'
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Football based 'old sayings and proverbs' on 15:04 - Mar 23 with 953 viewsshamboy

Football based 'old sayings and proverbs' on 14:36 - Mar 23 by BloomBlue

'swings and roundabouts'

'We're not technical enough'


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Football based 'old sayings and proverbs' on 17:11 - Mar 23 with 914 viewsmonty_radio

Manager in haste, repent in League One.

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Football based 'old sayings and proverbs' on 17:18 - Mar 23 with 905 viewsJ2BLUE

It's a game of two halves.

These days more likely to be used by some proper bantz commentator after the first leg of a two legged tie.

Truly impaired.
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Football based 'old sayings and proverbs' on 17:25 - Mar 23 with 899 viewsDarth_Koont

The team that wins is the team that wants it more.

Patent b@ll@cks or Man City would have trouble against Crewe.

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