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.

About the author

Adam Hurrey is a London-based football writer. He created the Football Clichés blog in 2007 while working as a TV listings editor and has since contributed articles about the unique language of football to the websites of the Guardian and the Telegraph, among others. He also had trials for Swindon Town as a youngster, but was genuinely rejected for being 'too small'.

Summary

The glorious follow-up to cult classic Football Clichés

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