Football Clichés by Adam Hurrey

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Football Clichés by Adam Hurrey

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A wonderfully insightful and gloriously witty analysis of the language of football from the creator of footballcliches.com and the host of the Football Clichés podcast.

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Football Clichés by Adam Hurrey

'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 Some cliches are ridiculous, some are quaintly outdated, some have survived through their sheer indisputability.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.
An entertaining, hilarious dissection of the language of football, complete with diagrams and illustrationsOpen your chequebook for a last-ditch transfer swoop. - Sport Magazine

Hurrey's observations are worryingly accurate and will make you laugh out loud. If you want to know when we're officially in the 'business end of the season' or whether a goal was by a shot being fired, drilled, rifled, thundered, hammered, powered, slammed, rammed, or blasted into the back of the net then Adam is the man to tell us. - outsideoftheboot.com

Football Cliches is a crusade to analyse and dissect the art of the football cliche. The saturation of football coverage has ensured the emergence of a code, to which everyone in football unwittingly adheres. Literally over the moon to be up there with your Jonathan Wilsons and David Conns of the world on the FSF awards shortlist. - Football Supporters' Federation
Adam Hurrey is a football writer and editor at The Athletic, and the creator and host of the Football Clichés podcast. He also had trials for Swindon Town as a youngster, but was genuinely rejected for being 'too small'.
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ISBN 13 9781472241344
ISBN 10 1472241347
Title Football Clichés
Author Adam Hurrey
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Binding type Paperback
Publisher Headline Publishing Group
Year published 2016-08-11
Number of pages 208
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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