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 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'.

Product details

• Authors: Adam Hurrey, Hurrey Adam
• Publisher: Headline
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 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; 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