Extra Time Beckons, Penalties Loom - How to Use Abuse The Language of Football: Shortlisted for Football

The long-awaited follow-up to Football Cliches Adam Hurrey''s cult classic about the language of football. Does language evolve? Yes, it does. Will it ever be acceptable for a football commentator to call a shot that bounces before it goes in ''a screamer''? No, it will not. With tongue firmly-in-cheek, Adam Hurrey sets off to define the definitive rules of the language of football. He will answer the big questions such as: Is it acceptable to say a player is ''breaking their silence'' (it''s complicated), can headers can be ''lashed'' (anatomically impossible), whether a penalty shootout could ever be described as ''late drama'' (truly abhorrent), how many games constitute a ''bumper'' day of Premier League action (minimum of eight) and just how big a deficit constitutes ''a mountain to climb'' (certainly not Liverpool going 1-0 down at home to Wolves in the third minute, Sky Sports.) Playful yet deadly serious, follow Hurrey as he rules on countless infringements - both glaring and subtle - of football''s linguistic laws.

Product details

• Authors: Adam Hurrey, Hurrey Adam
• Publisher: Headline
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.09.2024
• EAN: 9781035408351
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3540835-1
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 236 mm x 26 mm
• Series: Football Cliches series
• Subjects: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire; Guides > Sport > General, dictionaries, handbooks, yearbooks, history; SPORTS & RECREATION / General, HUMOR / Topic / Sports, Sports teams & clubs, Sociology: sport and leisure, Sports teams and clubs, Football (Soccer, Association football), Association football (Soccer), SPORTS & RECREATION / Cultural & Social Aspects