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The pitch's middle class: does all the work, gets none of the glory.
means The central zone of a sports field (especially soccer) between the two teams' defensive areas, where play is organized and contested.
from A straightforward compound of 'mid' (middle, from Old English 'midd') and 'field' (open ground, from Old English 'feld'). It emerged alongside organized football codes in the 1800s as the game's vocabulary developed — simply naming the ground that lies in the middle, no hidden story needed.
- real estate
- same zone, wildly different jobs depending on team
- engine room
- where games are actually won, unseen by scoreboards
- glory gap
- strikers get goals, midfielders get sore legs