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In this football language post we explain the newspaper headline, ‘Jeepers Keepers‘ from the Daily Telegraph newspaper about the Carabao Cup quarter-final match between Tottenham and Manchester United. You can see more newspaper headlines here and don’t forget we have hundreds more explanations of football language in our football glossary. If you have questions or comments about this or any other phrase then email us at: admin@languagecaster.com.
Newspaper Headlines: Jeepers Keepers
In the recent Carabao Cup quarter final game between Tottenham and Manchester United, both keepers made lots of mistakes or gaffes and this headline focuses on these mistakes. The word ‘jeepers‘ is used when someone is surprised at something and they might shout it out: ‘Jeepers! Where did that come from?‘ There is also another expression, ‘Jeepers creepers‘ which is also used to show surprise or shock though maybe more to do with a fright; in fact there was a horror movie titled ‘Jeepers Creepers‘. So, in this headline there is a play on this phrase and instead of the word ‘creepers’ it has used ‘Keepers’ referring to the nightmare or horror show that the two goalkeepers had in the game.