Top Shouts You'll Only Hear In Sunday League

We all love a bit of Grassroots football and especially those hilarious Sunday league shouts that you would almost probably never hear at any professional level in the game.

You meet up with your mates all tired and hungover from last night, get changed in some dirty changing room together, smash a few shots at the keeper and then go for one last minute slosh in the bushes before kick off. The beautiful game.

Here are the top Sunday league shouts that make us all cringe, giggle, you name it.

"Straight in lads!"

The first thing a player says when they're side has lost the toss and are chasing the ball first after the opposing side has kicked off.

"Straight in lads! No messin' about."

Like the rest of the players are just going to stand there and let the other team score. They are aware that they've turned up for a football match. Hilarious.

"Put a name on it!"

Usually when you're jumping up for a header, the right thing to do is shout your name when the ball comes towards you because shouting 'mine' or 'I've got!' just isn't right and of course, it's guaranteed to lead to an error.

"He doesn't want it!"

It's the one thing to shout when you're trying to get into your opponents head. Aimed towards the one player who appears to be calm on the ball. All you want to do is just put a little bit of pressure on them and most times it works like a charm.

"Get it out!!!"

This one is so annoying. Look I just want pick up the ball and dribble it out from the back and do a Xavi esc pass towards the striker, who'll go on and score a beauty (actually probably put it wide past the short beer belly keeper).

Fine I'll just play it safe and hoof the damn thing.

"Still 0-0 lads!"

Possibly the most pointless shout that all players don't pay any attention to. The left backs just trying to encourage the team to play the same intensity as they have been throughout the whole game even if they should be 10-0 up.

"We're not talking!"

When communication in the team has broken down. There's always one poor guy who's trying to get everyone to open their mouths.

In the aftermath of this, almost exactly nobody says a word.

"Don't let it bounce!"

The one rule that's never allowed in grassroots football. You're playing centre back, the balls travelling in the air towards you, don't ever let it bounce. Head it or bring it down. Especially if you're playing in defence. It's asking for trouble!

If you let it bounce and give the ball away and the other team score, you have to do the dreaded thing of holding your hands up and say "... sorry."

"Where are you lot in the league?"

You're playing in defence against a bloke twice the size of you. The balls out of play, everyone stops to catch their breath.

Bloke: "Where are you lot in the league then?"

You: "To be honest mate I don't know I only play for fun."

Bloke: "Really?! Well we're about two points from top and we've got a semi final cup game next weekend."

You: *Pretends to be amazed.

Stop trying to show off where you are in the league because nobody gives a sh*t.

"Ref! Ref! How long?"

Usually asked by an overexcited player who's side are winning or sometimes it could be asked by a hungover player who just really wants to hear that whistle blow.

"Watch the short!"

It's a corner kick, everybody's in the box. "Right lads pick one up! Let us know who you've got!" One cheeky sod has escaped from all madness in the penalty area and has ran towards the corner flag completely unmarked.

If somebody doesn't 'watch the short' then all hell breaks loose.

"Time!"

The ball drops towards somebody from the air and an opposing player starts sprinting towards them. In these tricky situations you find yourself in, you're teammates shout "time! plenty of time!" Yeah it'll give me a chance to put my head up and calm me down, if Virgil Van Dijk can style it out so can I- oh bollocks there goes the ball.

"Got the ball Ref!"

Two footed challenge, studs up, straight into the opponents legs. Then they try to protest their innocence by saying they got the ball. Of course you got the ball mate.

"Our ball Ref!"

The right backs gone to retrieve the ball after it has has been deflected off the pitch into the bushes. Who did it come off last?

"Ref it it came off him last!"

"Nah ref it's our ball mate"

*Referee indicates by pointing in the direction of the throw in.*

"Ref!!"

The team defending the throw in have a hissy fit and then get on with the game like nothing ever happened.