This is a random list of the worst, and by definition the most widely used, in sports writing. The cliche, of course, being the last resort of hacks who can't write. This should also serve as a guide for anyone wishing to read between the lines in a sports report.
The Beautiful Game: a non-sequitur, given that it contains the likes of Nicolas Anelka, Joey Barton and Harry Redknapp.
Hitting the woodwork: Goalposts are no longer made of wood.
Piledriver (as in shot): Piledrivers drive things into the ground.
Elusive stand-off: Shit scared of getting tackled.
No-nonsense defender: Dirty bastard.
Eccentric (usually goalkeepers: Stark staring bonkers.
Enigmatic: Doesn't talk to the Press.
Doesn't suffer fools gladly: Won't talk to the Press.
An insider/source close to the club told me: No-one would go on the record, so I'm making this up.
The worst kept secret in the game: I missed the story, but knew about it all along, honest.
One of the nicest men in the game: Once said good morning to me in an hotel corridor.
Power-packed (as in sprinter): Steroid junkie.
Too little, too late: Stand-by last par when my deadline's due.
The late, great (Bill Shankly, Jock Stein etc): For some reason, dear departed sporting persons are never just late or just great but always late and great.
Legend: By definition a legend is: the tale of a mythical or supernatural being, something to be read, a New Wave of British Heavy Metal band, a 1976 Broadway play by American playwright Samuel Taylor, a famous novel, or the greatest hits collection of Bob Marley & The Wailers.
It is certainly not Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
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