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As the Euro 2016 only just started and me being a huge footy fan, I´d wonder if you could help me coming up with a list of the most important (and irrelevant) football terms AND THEIR THAI TRANSLATION so that I can learn relevant new Thai words for my weekly ground hopping in Thailand. Thank you!

12th man

Added time / Stoppage time:

Assist

Away (like in "home and away")

Away goals rule

Back pass

Ball boy

Booking

Box / Penalty area

Break (counter attack)

Byline

Captain

Corner / Corner kick

Yellow card

Red card

Crossbar

Dead ball

Derby

Direct free kick

Diving

Dribbling

Extra Time

Final whistle

Fixture

Foul

Friendly match

Full-Time

Goal

Goal difference

Goal kick

Goalmouth

Half-back

Half-time

Hat-trick

Header

Hattrick

High foot

Howler

Keeper

Kick-off

Kit

Last man

Linesman

Near post

Far post

Neutral ground

Obstruction

Offside

Offside trap

One-on-one

One-two

Open goal

Opportunity (goal scoring opportunity=

Overhead kick

Own goal

Pass

Penalty kick

Penalty shootout

Pitch

Playmaker

Playoff

Pre-Season

Promotion (to a higher division; going up)

Relegation

Referee

Scissor kick

Season

Sending off

Set piece

Side netting

Six-pointer

Tackle

Squeaky-bum time (lol)

Substitute

Tackle

Terrace

Throw-In

Through-ball

Touchline

Underdog

Upset

Woodwork

Yellow card

Zonal marking.

Phew, a longer list than I expected. Maybe some of you pros can translate a few of these terms into proper "Thai footy terms"?

Cheers and best

DUS

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