PLAY BIG RON'S FOOTBALL CLICHE BINGORAMA

Last updated : 19 December 2001 By

So settle down in front of Big Ron on ITV and tick off each of these stock phrases as they tumble out of his gob.

"At the end of the day" 1 point

"Early doors" 1 point

"They've set their stall out early doors" 2 points

"Top (or full) marks to the keeper for that one" 2 points

"To be fair" 2 points

"To be honest" 3 points

"To be fairly honest" 5 points

"He'll be disappointed with that" 2 points

"A little bit of afters" 5 points

"They're going great guns" 3 points

"He's gone for a Buddy Holly (volley)" 5 points

"What this game needs is a goal" 5 points

"The

"In the mixer" 5 points

"Spotters badge" 5 points

"He's put the reducer on him" 6 points

"They'll bring the big men up for this" 2 points

"The lads battled hard/well" 3 points

"They'll have to ride out the storm" 2 points

"Giving it the full gun" 3 points

"Nice bright feet" 6 points

"He wears his heart on his sleeve" 5 points

"You don't win anything in October" 4 points

"They're all captains out there tonight" 10 points

"He's gone for the Tic-Tac-Toe" (a bizarre expression for when Andy Cole had three saved shots, one in the bottom left, one in the centre middle and one in the top right, so one could have drawn a diagonal line through them like in noughts and crosses. Honestly) 50 points

"They like to play football" 5 points

"They're a good passing side" 4 points

"Eleven men behind the ball" 3 points

"Defending in numbers" 3 points

"It's all gone a bit handbags at ten paces" 10 points

"It's a dream start" 5 points

"He's covered every blade of grass on the pitch" 5 points

"You'd put your life on him to score from there" 8 points

"He should have a license for that skill" 4 points

"A great ambassador for the game" 4 points

"Lightning pace" 3 points

"Frightening pace" 5 points

"He's done him on the inside" 6 points

"He's sold him a lollypop" 10 points

"Back stick" 6 points

"Little eyebrows" 10 points

"Little eyebrows at the back stick" 15 points

"Little Scholesy" 5 points

"He's a streetfighter" 7 points

"He's a little ratter in midfield" 20 points

"The keeper's come out waving to his mother" 10 points

"For fun" 10 points

"I'll tell you what" 8 points

"For me?" 6 points

"He's a handful upstairs" 10 points