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This fact-filled book takes popular notions and ideas about football and examines where the myth came from, how or why it has become well known, and finally whether it really is true or false! It looks at statements like: 'World War One was stopped for a game of football' or 'A player was murdered for scoring an own goal'. Each statement is evaluated and then awarded a Truth or Busted stamp at the end of each entry. The title also has fascinating features such as highest transfer fees around the world or cool David Beckham facts, as well as a mini quiz on football teams and their grounds!
List of contents
- 1: A player was once sent off while taking a penalty
- 2: A fan sued his team for being rubbish
- 3: Red and yellow cards mimic traffic lights
- 4: God knocked England out of the 1986 World Cup
- 5: World War One was stopped for a football match
- 6: Footballers earn less than their underpants do
- 7: Footballers are all softies
- 8: A school headmaster invented football
About the author
Adam Sutherland is an award-winning journalist and non-fiction writer with over 20 years' experience in the industry. He has written for publications including The Observer, Wired and Esquire magazines, and has won the PPA Specialist Writer of the Year Award for his coverage of sport, and a BSME award for Young Writer of the Year. He started his writing career covering bands and music for style magazines The Face, i-D and Arena, but more recently has expanded to cover film, new media and business. He has written a series of business titles for young adults on companies such as Nike, Google and Facebook, and biographies of rapper Jay-Z and Apple founder Steve Jobs.
Summary
Truth or Busted explores the fact or fiction behind stuff you THINK you know about popular everyday topics!
