Sentence examples for kick-off was from inspiring English sources
First play after the kick-off was nearly an interception.
To say there was a bit of pressure on Foster before kick-off was sizeable understatement.
They played Wales in Milan at San Siro and the countdown to kick-off was eerie.
Kick-off was delayed by 15 minutes in Edinburgh, because fans were queuing to get in.
The kick-off was the sporting equivalent of hitting the snooze button.
The Giants, whose record before kick-off was identical to the Rams', leave Twickenham with an altogether more upbeat outlook.
The kick-off was delayed for three minutes when the referee asked for it to be removed.
Kick-off was put back by traffic congestion, hardly unusual around the Tottenham High Road but in this case relating to the M25.
The noise that greeted the kick-off was just awesome, but the noise which greeted our equalising goal was something I seriously won't forget in a hurry.
The big news here before kick-off was that Diego Costa would not be playing for Chelsea at White Hart Lane.
A minute's silence before kick-off was observed at both ends of the ground, all the more remarkable when just minutes earlier Anfield had been rocking with noise.
