{"product_id":"football-lexicon-book-david-woodhouse-9780571227976","title":"Football Lexicon","description":"Why is a left foot either trusty or educated, but a right foot is neither?  Why is a bad back pass almost invariably suicidal?  Why can you score from a corner with a free header, but never with a free shot?  Why are hooligans always a tiny minority even when there seem to be hundreds of them throwing seats across Kenilworth Road?  Discover how stock phrases - schoolboy howler, sweeper system - are only part of the story in the artfully twisted language of football. Let Leigh and Woodhouse take you on a journey, from the top-flight vocabulary of commentators to the more speculative efforts of footballers, from the Champions League circus to a Wednesday night in Rochdale. And prepare to be very entertained.  'The boys done terrific. A work of genius.'  Martin Kelner  'This book is pure kwolity. And I mean kwolity with a capital K.'  Graham Spiers    A sort of Robbie Fowler's Modern English Usage, the Football Lexicon provides an A to Row Z of the language of football, with over 800 examples of the set phrases we use to talk and write about the beautiful game.  Altercation: A rather euphemistic way of describing a bust-up, a dust-up, a situation where players square up, as in: 'Bit of an altercation off the ball there.' See also handbags.  Z: Row Z is a long way from the pitch and so, by inference, the hypothetical destination of any no-nonsense clearance. Defenders who put safety first by playing within their limitations can be praised, but a reference to the back of the stand may also depict a badly over-hit pass: 'He tried to find Fredgaard on the other wing, but that's gone straight into Row Z.' Old-school managers may even condone their players putting the opposition into the stands along with the ball: 'County boss Billy Dearden was left fuming: 'O'Driscoll should have finished in Row Z but we were too nice.''","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49506040283409,"sku":"GOR001343214","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50356960526609,"sku":"CIN057122797XG","price":6.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52394302963985,"sku":"GOR003626233","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52515731964177,"sku":"GOR010469805","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/057122797X.jpg?v=1751431539","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/football-lexicon-book-david-woodhouse-9780571227976","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}