The Beautiful Poetry of Football Commentary
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The Beautiful Poetry of Football Commentary by Charlie Eccleshare
A joyous anthology of iconic snippets of football commentary presented as poems. Featuring scholarly/tongue-in-cheek analysis by The Athletic's Charlie Eccleshare. The perfect humorous and nostalgic gift for any football fan.
"It is a privilege to be part of this excellent work" - Martin Tyler, English Football Commentator
"There have been some brilliant lines of commentary down the years and Charlie's academic deconstruction of them is terrificI'm both grateful and incredibly flattered to be included. To share such lovingly compiled pages with Motson, Davies, Wolstenholme, Butler and Coleman feels almost impossible." - Peter Drury, Lead Main Commentator for NBC Sports and former Lead Main Commentator for Premier League Productions.
"There have been some brilliant lines of commentary down the years and Charlie's academic deconstruction of them is terrificI'm both grateful and incredibly flattered to be included. To share such lovingly compiled pages with Motson, Davies, Wolstenholme, Butler and Coleman feels almost impossible." - Peter Drury, Lead Main Commentator for NBC Sports and former Lead Main Commentator for Premier League Productions.
Charlie Eccleshare is a football journalist for The Athletic, mainly covering Tottenham Hotspur. He joined in 2019 after five years writing about football and tennis at The Telegraph. He is a co-host of the Football Cliches podcast which explores the glorious and unique language of football.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781399604086 |
| ISBN 10 | 1399604082 |
| Title | The Beautiful Poetry of Football Commentary |
| Author | Charlie Eccleshare |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Orion Publishing Co |
| Year published | 2022-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 176 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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