• Do you want to watch some footie? / the match? - Fancy going to watch football?
  • They really took a hammering. / took a thrashing. - They lost the game badly.
  • They're playing at home / away - The team is playing the match at their own ground. / at the opposing team's ground.
  • He lives and breathes the game! / Football's his life! / Football's in his blood! - He's a total football fanatic!