‘housery (verb): an attempt to gain a competitive advantage through unfair means which can involve winding up the opposition. Often prefixed with a slang term for faeces. See also: gamesmanship, the dark arts.
Bristol Rovers striker John Marquis fought fire with fire during Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Derby County and has earned the plaudits from across the footballing fraternity with a truly world class moment of ‘housery.
Rovers had endured some quite blatantly cynical and obvious time-wasting by Rams goalkeeper Joe Wildsmith throughout the contest at the Mem, as the 27-year-old decided to go to ground in near-slow motion every time he got his hands on the goal, eating up the clock as Paul Warne’s side thought they had eked out a unspectacular but significant 1-0 win.
