OK, revised:
"van persie is out for the season"About 8,550 results (0.24 seconds)
"rooney is out for the season"4 results (0.24 seconds)
"torres is out for the season"About 21,100 results (0.21 seconds)
"fabregas is out for the season"About 11,400 results (0.24 seconds)
No results found for "bergkamp is out for the season".
― James Mitchell, Tuesday, 29 March 2011 10:27 (thirteen years ago) link
"fell theatrically to the floor"About 742 results (0.27 seconds)
First page of results is all footballers: de Rossi, Bilic, Simeone, Robben...
― in a wonderful balloon! (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Tuesday, 29 March 2011 11:24 (thirteen years ago) link
"went down like a sack of spuds"About 44,700 results (0.35 seconds)
As many boxing as football references. First football hit is Karl Henry moaning about Arsenal.
― death, taxes and (onimo), Tuesday, 29 March 2011 11:27 (thirteen years ago) link
"player who can produce a bit of magic"About 64 results (0.24 seconds)
"players who can produce a bit of magic"About 1,260 results (0.17 seconds)
― death, taxes and (onimo), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 19:50 (thirteen years ago) link
similarly
"a bit of magic in the final third"
About 1,770 results (0.24 seconds)
― Will.Have.Known (Local Garda), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 20:00 (thirteen years ago) link
"a little bit of monica by my side"About 1,370 results (0.29 seconds)
― in a wonderful balloon! (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 20:02 (thirteen years ago) link
"moment of magic"About 9,780 results (0.19 seconds)
― tending tropics (jim in glasgow), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 20:13 (thirteen years ago) link
No results found for "a little bit of rita in the final third".
― Will.Have.Known (Local Garda), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 20:14 (thirteen years ago) link
No results found for "you don't often hear white hart lane this quiet on a european night".
― James Mitchell, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 20:18 (thirteen years ago) link
"gomes howler"Cost us 30065452984 results
― the salmon of procrastination (darraghmac), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 20:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Sadly both hits for "that lady bit of luck" are me quoting Yogi Hughes on the SPL thread.
― death, taxes and (onimo), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 21:41 (thirteen years ago) link
"lady bit of luck" gives four results - one for you and three from Hearts messageboards laughing at him. I'm sure the word little was in there somewhere though, but "lady little bit of luck" (which is how I remember it) doesn't give me anything.
― ailsa, Thursday, 14 April 2011 09:39 (thirteen years ago) link
Found it! Interview link, about 35 seconds in, "bit..lady bit of luck". Still an amazing interview, btw.
― ailsa, Thursday, 14 April 2011 09:42 (thirteen years ago) link
bit.ly of luck*
*a rickroll
― 1000 Vults Of Nult (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 14 April 2011 11:40 (thirteen years ago) link
Oops, I never put the link in, did i?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hibernian/9026679.stm
― ailsa, Thursday, 14 April 2011 11:42 (thirteen years ago) link
luck be a lady bit of luck (tonight)
― Will.Have.Known (Local Garda), Thursday, 14 April 2011 11:59 (thirteen years ago) link
May all your lady-bits be lucky.
― death, taxes and (onimo), Thursday, 14 April 2011 12:42 (thirteen years ago) link
wenger+"touchline bust-up"
About 23,100 results (0.18 seconds)
― THE MAN (onimo), Monday, 18 April 2011 13:48 (thirteen years ago) link
"former everton man rooney"About 1,140 results (0.19 seconds)
nult w/ #1 result
― Some other race (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 21:08 (thirteen years ago) link
arsene "mental strength"About 134,000 results (0.23 seconds)
― James Mitchell, Thursday, 21 April 2011 10:52 (thirteen years ago) link
"were left to rue their profligacy"About 4,130 results (0.22 seconds)
― MPx4A, Tuesday, 26 April 2011 17:50 (thirteen years ago) link
were left to rue their fucking profligacy
― MPx4A, Tuesday, 26 April 2011 17:51 (thirteen years ago) link
"left with a mountain to climb"About 94,200 results (0.24 seconds)
― A Zed and Two Nults (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 26 April 2011 17:56 (thirteen years ago) link
"left themselves with a mountain to climb"About 9,720 results (0.23 seconds)
^^ nice mental image?
― MPx4A, Tuesday, 26 April 2011 17:58 (thirteen years ago) link
"hit him in the midriff"About 81,900 results (0.09 seconds)
― craig carl (or something), Tuesday, 26 April 2011 23:54 (thirteen years ago) link
"straight down the keeper's throat"About 475,000 results (0.25 seconds)
― craig carl (or something), Tuesday, 26 April 2011 23:56 (thirteen years ago) link
"hit him in the midrift"About 511 results (0.22 seconds)
― every day I'm (onimo), Wednesday, 27 April 2011 09:41 (thirteen years ago) link
"not being funny or anything but at the end of the day"
1 result (0.26 seconds) Search Results
1. BBC - 1Xtra TX - Does rap promote guns? 20 Sep 2006 ... Not being funny or anything but at the end of the day if these people are easily influenced by some innocent hip hop Then what do they do ... www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/tx/cameron_rap.shtml - Cached - Similar
― eid orb (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 18:52 (twelve years ago) link
"highest paid player in the club's history"About 47,600 results (0.27 seconds)
in order: Pienaar, Nasri, Rooney, Llorente, Arteta, Ebanks-Blake, Driver, Henry (at West Ham), Carbone (hurrah!), Fabregas, and Paddy Purcell of Glenwood Rovers which I'd like to believe is a real team
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 5 May 2011 21:32 (twelve years ago) link
"squad lacks depth"About 27,600 results (0.23 seconds)
Most of the results on the front page are about Chelsea, which I find a bit odd.
― Que sera sera... (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Thursday, 5 May 2011 21:39 (twelve years ago) link
"plenty of strength in depth"About 13,700 results (0.24 seconds)
1 Chelsea2 City3 Glenavon u16s.
― abbottabadass (onimo), Thursday, 5 May 2011 22:14 (twelve years ago) link
ha
― eid orb (nakhchivan), Thursday, 5 May 2011 22:16 (twelve years ago) link
wait is pienaar the highest for us?
― socks & pwns may break my bwns (darraghmac), Thursday, 5 May 2011 22:16 (twelve years ago) link
there's a phrase u can search to find out
― eid orb (nakhchivan), Thursday, 5 May 2011 22:17 (twelve years ago) link
go on?
― socks & pwns may break my bwns (darraghmac), Thursday, 5 May 2011 22:18 (twelve years ago) link
He could well be (who else? Vdv?) but that reference is for Everton, Arteta threatening to eclipse him a few hits further on
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 5 May 2011 22:18 (twelve years ago) link
i'd imagine it'll be berbatov tbh, tho vdv is a good shout
― socks & pwns may break my bwns (darraghmac), Thursday, 5 May 2011 22:19 (twelve years ago) link
Notorious spendthrifts Everton & Arsenal dominating that list
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 5 May 2011 22:20 (twelve years ago) link
No 8. Gareth Barry (28), Manchester City; £120,000: Aston Villa accepted £12 million for club captain in June 2009 after 12 years at Villa Park. Barry doubled his salary, saying that City's "ambition" won him ove
brutal zing
― socks & pwns may break my bwns (darraghmac), Thursday, 5 May 2011 22:20 (twelve years ago) link
g bale btw, apparently 100k pw jist noo
― socks & pwns may break my bwns (darraghmac), Thursday, 5 May 2011 22:28 (twelve years ago) link
"he knows where the net is"About 197,000 results (0.19 seconds)
― Introducing the Hardline According to (jim in glasgow), Monday, 9 May 2011 19:38 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.3pmkickoff.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/2/image/5e06319eda06f020e43594a9c230972d/g/e/genf08.png
"foot like a traction engine"About 59,100 results (0.32 seconds)
"that was liquid football"About 24,000 results (0.24 seconds)
"football pie all over his shirt"About 6,190 results (0.28 seconds)
― William Bloody Swygart, Monday, 9 May 2011 20:52 (twelve years ago) link
"out of chicken balti pies"About 26 results (0.13 seconds)
― oppet, Monday, 9 May 2011 21:45 (twelve years ago) link
"keystone cops defending"About 8,560 results (0.20 seconds)
― no xmas for jonchaies (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 20:35 (twelve years ago) link
"bundles the ball over the line"About 4,340 results (0.06 seconds)
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 23:25 (twelve years ago) link
that's pretty legit though i guess
"perfect header from crouch"6 results (0.25 seconds)
― socks & pwns may break my bwns (darraghmac), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 23:31 (twelve years ago) link
No results found for "decent header from crouch".
"shit header from crouch"3 results (0.14 seconds)
― socks & pwns may break my bwns (darraghmac), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 23:32 (twelve years ago) link
"peter crouch is useless"About 1,410 results (0.09 seconds)
― socks & pwns may break my bwns (darraghmac), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 23:33 (twelve years ago) link