Hull City @HullCity 30: Elmohamady's cross is headed behind to give the Tigers another corner, which results in a second successive flag-kick #HULMID
It does sound like an Americanism to be sure, but many of the noted radio & TV football commentators of old (Wolstenholme, Coleman, Hill etc) used the expression frequently... if that's what you're getting at OLM ? Wed 10/Dec/1969 England 1 (J.Charlton) Portugal 0 Friendly at Wembley BBC Highlights David Coleman *The first England home match to be televised in colour was broadcast on BBC1 as "International Football" at 10:20-11pm (not shown in Scotland or Wales). Lured by the prospect of seeing a repeat of the 1966 World cup semi-final, a capacity crowd witnessed a lethargic match as England sought to implement a patient passing game in anticipation of the conditions to be expected in Mexico, sadly the finishing left much to be desired - including a penalty by Lee which was hit 10 yards wide. Jackie Charlton scored the only goal of the game on 24 mins, heading home his brother's flag kick. Repeated on ESPN in the 2000's.
I have never heard an American refer to it as a flag kick and I have certainly never heard it from a commentator during a game.
sounds like a computer generated thesaurus thing. text commentaries from bbc and flashscores often sound like they are being written by people whose first language is not english. however, writing can get stilted if the same words are repeated too much.
They do refer to us as the Tigers or simply as Hull here. Its rare anyone says Hull City and I have never heard anyone refer to us as Hull City AFC.
