"Enter set"- next in line to join the balling action

Otu- one with no football skills

Center ball.....when one player is in the middle sorrounded by players passing the ball to each other while he tries to collect the ball frm them. 10touches makes one goal. 3corner makes one goal..... Osi or Toros..1hen u put the ball between your opponent's leg. Nasa...giving a pass with your outside foot.

Tep tep: To jugle the ball.

Remember this *singing and dancing* One tororo la fun won...Two tororo la fun won....Three tororo la fun won....Then we will now taunt the opponents and dance in front of them mocking them....Me I was a "Baruwa" oooo...I no sabi play...So I used to get that a lot and I felt like killing them all...The thing dey pain ooooo.

olawalebab: lugo. When a player misses a ball.

guy na o ti lago ooo and not lugo

This is nostalgic!! lol!

here are some....

penarity! Inside the net! over the bar!....chanted during penalties

"i one, i two, i three.... used while selecting players

Nasa...when you shoot with your outside foot

Go queue/ go line up....when a guy fall victim of a series of dribble by a single player

otu...someone that can play well

Eshin....horse: a very good player

show me your number...use when a player is dribbled and he makes a complete turn with is back to the dribbler

show me your height.....use when the ball is chipped above a player and he jumps to reach it but to no avail

eh! eh!...chanted in support of a team playing like barca

uu...! uu..! a negative chant

oje igi/ o je bar.....wen a ball hits the goal post

uu dey fear leg.....

Unfortunately, I didn't read every page, so sorry if these are duplicated.

Gẹ'run fun (barb hair for him) or wọn height ẹ (measure his height) both meaning to dribble by playing the ball over opponent's head ---- classic example was Okocha over John Barnes' head in Eagles' friendly with England around 1995.

S'ọgẹdẹ s'ọbọ (throw banana to monkey) --- play easy ball to keeper which that one uses to shine.

Gba bi ma gba bẹ (go this way and not that way) ----- send keeper wrong way with pẹnarity kick.

free2ryhme:

guy na o ti lago ooo and not lugo

i just kept laughing. good old memories. i'll post when i remember any

Slight corruption as I can't remember how it went properly.

Do a Pondamali = shine in goal like rather good former Tanzanian (I think) goalkeeper called Pondamali.

Play abana shot i.e. heavy shot

Play banana shot ---- curving 'Brazilian' style shot.

Aja arin.

Yọ fun un --- make yourself available for a pass from your teammate

(In Ibadan accent) sẹgun (NOT Shẹgun) soot, sẹgun soot, sẹgun soot, suku m'bọ. Translation (IICC v Rangers): Shẹgun (Ọdegbami) shoot the ball, (Christian) Chukwu is coming at you!

T'o ba ta felefele, ẹ sha balẹ --- if he messes about, e.g. dribbling our defenders, just bring him down.

Sliding tackle

(In Ibadan accent): off sooting = up the Shooting Stars (i.e. IICC)


Ẹ fi won ta draught! ---- Pass the ball around them as with draught moves.

68 -> a semi-circle movement.. That alias belongs to James Eneaguna of Julius Beger FC fame

Ege -> dribbling

Ege Irole -> a good dribbler ( My secondary school days, we gave a classmate that alias. Still wondering how people like dont find themselves in our national teams)

Thunder -> After Teslim 'Thunder' Balogun - powerful shot.


Also in my NYSC days also in Bauchi
- Namu ne - My ball

Enigma: Yọ fun un --- make yourself available for a pass from your teammate

(In Ibadan accent) sẹgun (NOT Shẹgun) soot, sẹgun soot, sẹgun soot, suku m'bọ. Translation (IICC v Rangers): Shẹgun (Ọdegbami) shoot the ball, (Christian) Chukwu is coming at you!

T'o ba ta felefele, ẹ sha balẹ --- if he messes about, e.g. dribbling our defenders, just bring him down.

Sliding tackle

(In Ibadan accent): off sooting = up the Shooting Stars (i.e. IICC)


Ẹ fi won ta draught! ---- Pass the ball around them as with draught moves.

Guy you have killled me! LMAO! Lwkmd!

Sa lo--when a keeper goes the wrong way as a penalty is taken. DEBENSON--when a player picks out a team mate with a long telegraphic pass.

(1)ball passes in btw your legs:1. oc. 2.sule 3. opio 4.dalu 5. go tie wrapper
(2)ball over someone's head: heithing 2. what is your height
(3)bad goal keeper/ player: basket, 2. paw-paw 3.ajo 4.otondo 5.otula 6. yansh
(4)dribble : drivle 2. quaeooo

Everybodi-can-play= no teams,you all welcome.
Gboshan gboshan=unskillful but got hard tackles.
You play penalty backward with the bank of your leg to an empty post.
Otu=no skills
High goal!,deden!
only God knows where these ideas come from

We had this guy in my neighbourhood . We always fight over him to be in our team not cos he's skillful o but he's got the leg and stamina any player will be afraid to drag the ball with. Looool.
Any team he joins is likely to win cos he's just gonna be kicking legs.

1. over the bar.
2. five five penalrity.
3. one side should pull their shirt.
4. choosing (ie selection of players)
5. angle 90.
6. 3 corner make one penalrity!
7. fowl throw

Tinyemeka:

Guy how far?! Which place for Maiduguri?

Guy how far?! Which place for Maiduguri?

I stayed at Bolori Layout and Baga Road.

Haha really?

I llived around State-lowcost/abbganaram, but i had family around bolori too ))

Hope all is well with you!

" Deading ball, after one bounce and no rough"

;DI ONE, I TWO..when you are playing with older people and you know say set no sure for you,u no get choice that to be keeper...at least u go feature for evening

Jarus: Growing up, there were some terminologies we used in local, street football, which in hindsight, are funny.

Let's relive the memories here:

1, Ogirigbamila (when you use the wall to support your play)
2, Orey/ori (when the ball passes through the stone used as goal post
3, F'olohun s'ole (Use God as keeper, when nobody wants to be the keeper)
4, Ege irole/ Goal irole ( late in the evening, when the football play is almost ending, and players start catching fun with mockery dribbles and goals)


Can we list more? I know it depends on one's locality and language e.g most of the terms here are Yoruba.

oti jegi minutes u overaged o lagi means the ball hit the bar,everybody can play means after a long set and it gets dark and still no winner,pompido means a very good keeper,play felele the light rubber ball other than the real leather ball etc

BlackPikiN: I heard the term KWATANKWA when I visited Aba---If you no strong, no just play cause dem dey break leg for the game.


I con enter Enugu na there I hear say Bigards seminary football field, dem dey call am SAN SIRO(Inter & AC Milan home ground).

Aba is more about strength and Enugu is more skills.


For Lagos na their I see say them dey call a goal keeper wey fumble Baruwa and better keeper Peter Rufai.

Peter Rufai ni bobo yi sha.

But damn, We play ball so tey time dey enter 8pm. Na so I play ball reach o.

Lwkmd @ nkwatankwa...u've made ma day

J B = it is used to describe some one who don't know how to play football.

Gbuo ya mma = leg over

Oge or ogechi= when u dribble someone like a sharp dribble.

Kanorrr!= when you take a heavy shot from a distance.

Baleluu or santoe = when u defend ur poss with heavy shot.

Denixon= when u do leg-over

tiann= when u miss to kick a ball

ibeji= when u tackle ur opponent at once with the two legs

they are countless and they come and go like styles.....
I grew up in ajegunle (lagos)
and we do play monkey poss every blessed evening.
Ohh i love those days!!!

wyn the ball- played a curved shot

surut=ossy=opio=kolo- when the ball goes in between ones legs

dedding- play the ball without it bouncing.

mantebe- curve the ball skillfully

Seria A- A very rough game mehn if u no dey gidigba no play o (only for the big boys)

kolo...o ji o(ojoro 123).....lago

who remembers playing in the rain.those days they sweet o. Wat of snake bite and owuo.when it enters btw ur legs u wil be beaten by everybody

O bodi e (tricked with body mvmnt), iwo lo ko won wa ni (when u drible almst evrybdy), salo (penalty kik dt mak d keeper go d wrng dirction), gerun fun (drible over d opnents head), o ti ra bata (injury to d toe), fori score (whn u v d oportnty 2 use any part of your body 2 score as u r alone in d 18). They are endless