1. a match

the player who leads a team, also called the captain

2. a pitch

a yellow card shown to a player by the referee for a serious foul. Two bookings or yellow cards result in a red card or sending-off

3. a referee

a player who plays mainly in the middle part of the pitch

4. a linesman

a player who sits on the bench ready to replace another team-mate on the pitch. Can also be used as a verb

5. a goalkeeper

a player is in a position which is not allowed by the rules of the game, i.e. when an attacking player is closer to the opposing team’s goal-line at the moment the ball is passed to him or her than the last defender apart from the goalkeeper

6.a defender

if a match has no winner at full-time, 2 x 15 minutes of this may be played in some competitions

7. a midfielder

the person in charge of a team and responsible for training, new players and transfers.

8. an attacker

the point of the game when the referee blows the final whistle and the match is over. Normally after 90 minutes and any added injury or stoppage time

9. a skipper

the person whose main duty it is to indicate with a flag when the ball has gone out of play, when a player is offside or when a player should take a corner

10.a substitute

a player who plays in the part of the football team which tries to prevent the other team from scoring goals,

11. a manager

the person who makes sure that the players follow the rules. Normally wears a black shirt and shorts, and has a whistle

12. a foul

the area where footballers play a match

13. a booking

also called stoppage time, added minutes at the end of the regular playing time at half-time or full-time. Entirely at the referee’s discretion and normally indicated by an official on the sideline (or touchline)

14. full-time

also called a forward; a player whose duty it is to score goals

15. injury time

a violation of the rules. For example, if a player kicks another player it is a foul

16. extra time

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two teams playing against each other in a 90-minute game of football

17. offside

the player in goal who has to stop the ball from crossing the goal-line. The only player who is allowed to handle the ball during open play