Ronglish

The rich visual content of the Ronglish vocabulary is showcased with this delightful description of a glancing backward header. Often used in conjunction with ’second post’.

While much of Ron’s language has spread throughout the football world, nobody has yet attempted to pull off the ‘eyebrows’ - possibly because of the sheer degree of difficulty.

It’s likely also that Andy Gray – a chief Ronglish plagiarist - has been deterred only because he can’t get out of his mind the anything-but-little eyebrows sported by Richard Keys.

Ron might have said in 1989:
It’s gone in there, little eyebrows from Bouldy and there’s big Tone steaming in at the second post.

Ron might say in 2006, despite Arsenal not having scored in this fashion for several centuries:
The Arsenal are dangerous in these positions, you know. Just needs a little eyebrows at the first post and one of the big solid citizens will be looking for an ugly one round the back.