jumpers for goalposts
Meanings
phrase
- Informal association football as played by children, especially as a romantic or old-fashioned ideal contrasted against the commercialism and cynicism of modern professional football.
Word forms
Etymology
From the idea that children, in the absence of a proper pitch, will mark one using items of clothing (such as jumpers).
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