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Football Clich駸 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781472241344)
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x'A must-have' - The Telegraph
'Book of the Week' - The Independent
'Hilarious' - Sport Magazine In what other context do football fans use the words 'aplomb' or 'derisory'? Why don't we use 'rifle' as a verb on the other six days of the week? Why do aggrieved midfielders feel the instinctive need to make a giant ball-shaped gesture with both hands after a mistimed tackle is punished? The more football Adam Hurrey watched, the more he began to spot the recurring mannerisms, behaviours, opinions and iconography that were mindlessly repeated in the football media. Some cliches are ridiculous, some are quaintly outdated, some have survived through their sheer indisputability. Here, featuring gloriously pseudo-scientific diagrams and the inimitable writing style that made footballcliches.com a smash hit, they are covered in all their glory.
Author: Adam Hurrey
ISBN-10: 1472241347
ISBN-13: 9781472241344
Publisher: Headline
Language: English
Published: 09/17/2019
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.39lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.60d
'Book of the Week' - The Independent
'Hilarious' - Sport Magazine In what other context do football fans use the words 'aplomb' or 'derisory'? Why don't we use 'rifle' as a verb on the other six days of the week? Why do aggrieved midfielders feel the instinctive need to make a giant ball-shaped gesture with both hands after a mistimed tackle is punished? The more football Adam Hurrey watched, the more he began to spot the recurring mannerisms, behaviours, opinions and iconography that were mindlessly repeated in the football media. Some cliches are ridiculous, some are quaintly outdated, some have survived through their sheer indisputability. Here, featuring gloriously pseudo-scientific diagrams and the inimitable writing style that made footballcliches.com a smash hit, they are covered in all their glory.
Author: Adam Hurrey
ISBN-10: 1472241347
ISBN-13: 9781472241344
Publisher: Headline
Language: English
Published: 09/17/2019
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.39lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.60d
By Adam Hurrey
xAdam Hurrey is a London-based football writer. He created the Football Clich駸 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'.
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