Roy of the Rovers stuffnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌrɔɪ əv ðə ˈrəʊ.vəz ˌstʌf//ˌrɔɪ əv ðə ˈroʊ.vɚz ˌstʌf/UKused in sports reports to refer to brave and exciting football by a team that has very little chance of being successful, typical of the games in the 1950s comic strip "Roy of the Rovers"
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Football/soccer
- 18-yard box
- 2 3 5
- 4 3 2 1
- 4 4 2
- 4 5 1
- crossbar
- feint
- futsal
- game 39
- game ball
- ghost goal
- give-and-go
- relegation
- scissor kick
- scrimmage
- seal dribble
- shin guard
- shin pad
- shirt pad
- stoppage
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