Football's Strangest Matches
Author | : Andrew Ward |
Publisher | : Portico |
Total Pages | : 275 |
Release | : 2016-02-12 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781911042280 |
ISBN-13 | : 1911042289 |
Rating | : 4/5 (80 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: ‘It’s a funny old game.’ The world’s favourite sport has certainly given us its fair share of strange moments, and this absorbing collection gathers together the best of them, from more than a century of the beautiful game. From Blackburn Rovers’ one-man team to Wilfred Minter’s seven-goal haul in which he still ended up on the losing side, here are goals and gaffes galore drawn from all levels of the footballing world, whether high-profile internationals or the lowest tiers of domestic football. The stories in this book are bizarre, fascinating, hilarious, and, most importantly, true. Revised, redesigned and updated for a new generation of football fanatics, this book is the perfect gift for the soccer obsessive in your life. Word count: 45,000 words