Author: Kenneth Burke Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd ISBN: 1848766491 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 121
Book Description
Laurie Top is a talented footballer with a wayward personality. He loves women and has disastrous dalliances with a Page 3 girl and a Miss World. Risk is Laurie’s buzzword, gambling is his personal philosophy and he is up to his neck in debt to his bookmaker. Now Laurie’s football manager is becoming tired of his millionaire ways, and a clash is brewing between the old and new generation of football – as the dour manager threatens to call time on his playboy lifestyle. Football is a Funny Old Game is the second book by Kenneth Burke and this satire on the beautiful game contains home truths about modern football.
Author: Ian St. John Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 9780091742515 Category : Soccer Languages : en Pages : 122
Book Description
A humorous journey through the terraces, dressing rooms and board rooms of professional football. Saint and Greavsie, popular football and television personalities, provide observations on the current game, its players and managers and recall past soccer heroes.
Author: Andrew John Publisher: ISBN: 9781843170914 Category : Soccer Languages : en Pages : 127
Book Description
A collection of all the funniest and most bizarre sayings from the world ofootball. From Alan Brazil's 'the tackles are coming in thick and thin', toichael Owen's 'I was really surprised when the FA knocked on my doorbell',his is a compilation of the ridiculous things said by commentators, playersnd managers of the beautiful game. With this guide to the oddest remarksver made on and off the pitch you can read how some of the most famous namesn the game manage to take their eye off the ball just long enough to putheir foot in their mouth.
Author: Pete Randall Publisher: Mereo Books, mereobook, mereobooks ISBN: 1861514417 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 197
Book Description
ÿWho are the mysterious children who meet up periodically to play dazzling, almost magical football? Why do they never seem to age ? and why do they turn up not only in different places but in different decades, sometimes different centuries? And who is the boy with the mysterious hawk-like eyes who wanders the ages without ever getting any older? This intriguing work of imagination follows the subtle link between a group of youngsters, a football and the passage of time.
Author: David L Donaghy Publisher: ISBN: 9781715688981 Category : Languages : en Pages : 60
Book Description
Cartoons relating to walking football, the funny side of the game. The slower version of the game, played in a gentile fashion. with courtesy and dignity - Yeah RIGHT! When the whistle blows it's warfare, no holds barred. The cartoons depict the hilarious side of this ever growing game for men and women over the age of 50.
Author: Jim Chumley Publisher: Summersdale ISBN: 1786854686 Category : Humor Languages : en Pages : 150
Book Description
Football is obviously very serious business – like when that disallowed goal was 'never off-side', and that was 'totally a dive' – but it’s a funny old game really. This compendium of hilarious jokes will help you see the lighter side when your team is showing you up, and give your mates a good chuckle at the celebrations when they win.
Author: John Andrews Publisher: Aurum Press ISBN: 9781781315842 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
Through stunning infographics and high-quality illustrations, the world of soccer is brought to life. Full of facts and stats, players and personalities, this is the beautiful game as you have never seen it before. Whether it is uncovering the most goals scored in an international tournament, or comparing the left-foot of the world's best players, the intriguing and often surprising truths of soccer are uncovered. From the legend-makers Brazil and their world cup wins, the tallest and shortest players to have graced the game, to pitting the top players against each others, these striking and fun infographics put the game's most intriguing questions to the test. Who has scored more from the penalty spot, Ronaldo or Messi? Which goalie has the safest hands? Who has received the most red cards?
Author: Mark Oristano Publisher: BookPros, LLC ISBN: 0982160119 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 162
Book Description
Want to know what everyone is cheering about? Learn to enjoy and understand the game with the football fanatic in your life. This book is the ultimate football guide for the novice fan. You will get answers to such complex questions as: . What is that yellow line on the field and why does it keep moving?. What down is it and why do I care?. What is a T formation?Laced with hilarious and insightful anecdotes from Mark Oristano's thirty-year career as a pro football sportscaster, [i]A Sportscaster's Guide to Watching Football[/i] will turn you into a football-watching pro, or at least, let you fake it.[i]Time Out: I was in the locker room before a game, and I saw an Oilers linebacker furiously drawing on his shoes with a permanent marker. This player, like many, had his ankle tape applied over the outside of his shoes instead of inside, which obviously covered the shoe logo. And he was drawing the logo of his shoe contract on the tape.Wouldn't it be easier, I asked him, to get taped inside and not have to do the artwork?Yeah, it would, he replied, but then I'd actually have to wear their damn shoes, and I hate 'em. So I wear the brand I like and do it this way instead. [/
Author: Kenneth Burke
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