Extra Time Beckons, Penalties Loom - How to Use (and Abuse) The Language of Football

Adam Hurrey is a London-based football writer. He created the Football Cliches 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''.>

About the author

Adam Hurrey is a football writer and editor at The Athletic, and the creator and host of the Football Clichés podcast. He also had trials for Swindon Town as a youngster, but was genuinely rejected for being 'too small'.

Product details

• Authors: Adam Hurrey, Hurrey Adam
• Publisher: Headline
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 18.09.2025
• EAN: 9781035408382
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3540838-2
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Football Cliches series
• Subjects: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire; Guides > Sport > Ball sport; SPORTS & RECREATION / Soccer, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, HUMOR / Topic / Sports, Humour, Sports teams & clubs, Sociology: sport & leisure, Sociology: sport and leisure, Sports teams and clubs, Football (Soccer, Association football), Association football (Soccer), SPORTS & RECREATION / Cultural & Social Aspects