Balls!
The Alternative Football Annual
HarperSport (Publisher)
Published on 16. October 2006
Book
Hardback
160 pages
978-0-00-722891-1 (ISBN)
Description
This is an irreverent, fun-packed spoof, a football annual for adults, and an instant antidote to all those dark winter nights watching your team's latest scoreless bore-draw against the pub eleven from next door. It is for all those insatiable football fans who thought there was no life beyond 'Shoot', 'Match', or 'When Saturday Comes'! Now you can enrich your knowledge of all things football, and more besides, thanks to this rib-tickling mickey-take on the nation's favourite sport. "Balls!" gets to the parts that other books cannot reach, with its topical trivia and scabrous twist on 'the man's game'. It features, other golden balls: Who named their children after the Knights of the Round Table? Which striker invited Rod Stewart to his wedding? Which defender names his pets after the noise they make? Which England ace has a soundproofed room in his house where he performs Oasis cover versions? Is Chinawhite better than MOVIDA? What about Pangaea? This is an exclusive guide to the favourite haunts of our favourite stars - from Nice to Newcastle. It's all guaranteed to make you eat your season ticket.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Illustrations
200 col illus
Dimensions
Height: 252 mm
Width: 195 mm
Weight
707 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-00-722891-1 (9780007228911)
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Simon Burnton has been writing about football and, when cornered, other sports for the Guardian since 1998. He has also contributed to numerous other publications, including the Observer, Evening Standard, FourFourTwo, When Saturday Comes and Arena. This is his first book. Rob Bagchi is the co-author of two books: The Unforgiven: The Story of Don Revie's Leeds United (2002) and Frank McLintock: True Grit (2005). He has co-written the Clogger column in the Guardian since 2002 and has written for many other newspapers and magazines including The Times and the Independent.