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OK, if it's not called a "Play", then what is it?

OK, I always like to learn new things. So, if it's not called a "play" then what do you call it? Is it a "kick", a "shot", a "save", or maybe an (international) "incident"?

Jeff

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: I thought Rob Green doing a Scott Carson impression was
: unfortunate...

: And they're not called "plays" in football (UK meaning)
: Jeff :)

: I find it interesting how different countries and cultures consume
: their sports too - the coverage I have seen in the US of any
: sport has been pretty stat-obsessed, really delving into
: minutiaie, whereas I'm quite happy seeing possession stats pop
: up a couple of times during the match. National bias is pretty
: much universal I think - watching F1, the producers are pretty
: much tied to the feed from the race TV team, but that doesn't
: stop the commentators focussing on "their" racers. And
: watching football with any South American commentary track is
: brilliant, the commentators go apoplectic!

: Though you can't beat Alan Partridge going "Goal!" and
: then "And another one!" when the replay is shown :)
: (For the benefit of non-UK readers, Alan Partridge is a
: fictional TV commentator/presenter created by Steve Coogan).

: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsQpWBSjVzI

: Some swearing in that, I'll warn you.

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