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| a match | two teams playing against each other in a 90-minute game of football |
| a pitch | the area where footballers play a match |
| a referee | the person who makes sure that the players follow the rules. Normally wears a black shirt and shorts, and has a whistle |
| a linesman | the person whose main duty it is to indicate with a flag when the ball has gone out of play or when a player is offside |
| a goalkeeper | 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 |
| a defender | a player who plays in the part of the football team which tries to prevent the other team from scoring goals |
| a midfielder | a midfielder – a player who plays mainly in the middle part of the pitch (or midfield) |
| an attacker | also called a forward; a player whose duty it is to score goals |
| a skipper | the player who leads a team, also called the captain |
| a substitute | a player who sits on the bench ready to replace another team-mate on the pitch. |
| a manager | the person in charge of a team and responsible for training, new players and transfers |
| a foul | a violation of the rules |
| a booking | 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 |
| full-time | 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 |
| injury time | 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) |
| extra time | if a match has no winner at full-time, 2 x 15 minutes of extra time may be played in some competitions |
| offside | 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 |
