"Nil all"

[Bozza]

I have heard this twice over the last couple of days. Is it normal? Does anyone else every say "nil all" when referring to a 0-0 scoreline or, like me, would you say "nil nil" ?

 

[oneboot]

I’ve herd it before, I use either depending on my mood. Nil – all did sound strange the first time I heard it though.

 

[Gullet]

NIL NIL ALWAYS.TRADITIONAL INNIT.

 

[Easy 10]

Nil-all is a pikey phrase. Any right-minded football fan says nil-nil, cos thats just the way it is.

One-all or one-one though....now there's a conundrum if ever I saw one. Or any other score-draw for that matter. I shall ponder this tonight, and perhaps during breakfast, and report back with my findings.

 

[Exiled in Exeter]

nil - nil.

 

[Bozza]

With all respect to our incredibly well read female 'colleagues' - on both occasions the guilty party has been female.

I think of "nil all" as being a tell-tale sign of someone not really being a football person.

The only other time I remember hearing it, because it really stuck in my mind, was when Martin Perry used it when I was interviewing him for Scars & Stripes in Cafe Rouge, Hove some years ago. I think he was quite new to it all back then though. And I love him to bits.

 

[Gritt23]

It has to be nil - nil.

Nil all just sounds like another sport but I'm not sure why or which one. It certainly doesn't sound right.

 

[medicine man]

nil- nil, although I have been known to say 'nils' texting thing i think....

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Nil - nil for me ... just like the CORRECT score at Luton tonight.

And that's allowing for Leon failing to score the Albion's penalty, which he would've done because he was not having his best game.

 

[The Famous Grouse]

I prefer nil - nil..

 

[The Clown of Pevensey Bay]

Northern folk are more likely to say "nil-all", in my experience. Can't say it really bothers me.

 

[Bwian]

I think Sunderland fans refer to it as 'nils each'

 

[Brovion]

nil-nil. "Nil all" is an Irish Christian name as in "Nilall Quinn"

 

[Simster]

nil-nil. "Nil all" is an Irish Christian name as in "Nilall Quinn"

 

[Braders]

nil - nil or 'no score'

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Bore draw for me.

But it's nil nil really isn't it? Nil all is for people who use the term "footy" or (even worse) "footer".

Usually posh, clueless people.

 

[Braders]

oit i say footy

 

[Meade's Ball]

I say "zilch-zilch".
Try it. Its the phrase thats sweeping the nation.

 

[Thimble Keegan]

I say 0-0.

Albion & England forever.

Thimble Keegan
Worthing-Lisbon BHA

 

[Curious Orange]

Bore draw for me.

But it's nil nil really isn't it? Nil all is for people who use the term "footy" or (even worse) "footer".

Usually posh, clueless people.

Worse than that Edna, people who call the Beautiful Game "Soccer". That word grates!