six-yard area
six-yard box

He crosses without looking up - it's a good ball-in across the six-yard box but there's nobody attacking it for the visitors.

"He gets into the six-yard box and gives us a physical presence up there."

Rooney delivers the ball back into the six-yard box, but it's too high for Welbeck.

Her throw-in to the six-yard box from the sideline was a useful weapon.

Arshavin down the left, tries to ping it low across the edge of the six-yard box, and that's just horrible.

Sometimes direct, the action on the pitch will seek to occupy the opposition's six-yard box.

Theirs was a muddle in the six-yard box rather than any organised barrier.

February He turns the six-yard box into a cartoon strip.

Edwards made no mistake when the ball fell to him, on the edge of the six-yard box, lashing in confidently.

Shearer returned the ball into the six-yard box for Paatelainen to blast home.