noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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central
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David Beckham captained the side and played in a central midfield role.
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He plays at centre-back for his club and country but is equally at home in central midfield .
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Inspiration Four hamstring operations and two bouts of knee surgery later, Ian Snodin is back and back in central midfield .
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Played mostly right back last season but can also play in central defence or midfield .
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man
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He may also be prepared to part with midfield man Steve Hodge as part of a deal.
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The midfield man was involved in the move that put Bari ahead after five minutes.
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What makes a truly great team is having two of these in midfield plus a ball winner and a roving midfield man .
player
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Middlesbrough will offer new contracts in the summer to full back Jimmy Phillips and midfield player Mark Proctor.
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Andrew has played for Stockton and Cleveland County Boys as a winger but could develop into a midfield player .
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The game also allowed the long-running feud between Limpar and Derby midfield player Mark Pembridge to continue.
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Then again I think to enable Speed and Macca to get forward we need a holding midfield player .
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Pool are helping former Newcastle United midfield player Michael Parkinson to recover from injury.
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Newcastle United midfield player Gavin Peacock tops Boro's shopping list.
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As an advanced midfield player he s ok, but as an out and out striker ... Please!!
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Hartlepool collected a £40,000 sponge to soak up some of their debts, Darlington took in exchange their outstanding midfield player .
role
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David Beckham captained the side and played in a central midfield role .
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Paul Wilkinson operated as a lone striker, with Slaven in a midfield role .
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He played a number of games that season in a centre midfield role .
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The linking midfield role still needed to be filled.
■ VERB
play
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Hard working forward who can play midfield .
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McHale said McGee was in with a good chance of starting against Halifax because he can play in defence or midfield .
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David Beckham captained the side and played in a central midfield role.
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Martin Ling is injured, so Fitzroy Simpson comes off the bench to play in midfield .
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Still at school but has already played a few times in midfield for youth team.
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Marker, 27, can play in defence or midfield and has a hard-man reputation.
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Staunton now plays left sided midfield for Ireland.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Jackson carried the ball out of bounds at midfield .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But everything fell apart and Shields began to slice through a non-existent home midfield .
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Graham relished the opportunity to upstage Chelsea and found in the talented Russell the width to dominate the game from midfield .
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Sandison adopted the McPherson role of organising matters behind the Airdrie defensive line while the midfield remained conservatively deep.
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The midfield can not easily force the forward into space.
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The game also allowed the long-running feud between Limpar and Derby midfield player Mark Pembridge to continue.
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The Spurs chief is determined to beef up his midfield following the departures of Stewart and Paul Gascoigne.
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Then again I think to enable Speed and Macca to get forward we need a holding midfield player.