Dugout

Dugout describes the area where the manager, coaching staff and substitutes sit on the side of the pitch. Another word used is bench. However, the dugout is used more often when describing where the manager is sitting, while the bench often emphasizes a player’s role as a substitute rather than a first team player, as in – ‘he came off the bench in the second half’. So, you might read that a manager was taking notes in the dugout, or scowling in the dugout. Managers often leap from the dugout to argue with the fourth official, or get sent from the dugout to the stands, when the referee red cards them.