{"product_id":"extra-time-beckons-penalties-loom-how-to-and-abuse-the-language-of-football-9781035408351","title":"Extra Time Beckons, Penalties Loom: How to (and Abuse) the Language of Football","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e Sports Book of the Year \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"A hilarious examination of the football commentary language we all understand but don't know why\" \u003c\/i\u003eWHSBOTY 2024 Reading Panel \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe long-awaited follow-up to \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFootball Clich?s, \u003c\/i\u003eA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003edam Hurrey's cult classic about the language of football.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"So enjoyable ... fascinating and deliciously nerdy.\" \u003ci\u003eFourFourTwo\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Adam Hurrey is the best observer of football culture in the world. He has a knack for either encapsulating something that's always nagged at you or nailing something you can't believe you haven't noticed before.\" Elis James \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The funniest, smartest book on the language of football. It sends out a message, silences the doubters and lets its football do the talking ... a Rolls-Royce of a book.\" David Goldblatt \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e***\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDoes language evolve? Yes, it does.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWill it ever be acceptable for a football commentator to call a shot that bounces before it goes in 'a screamer'? No, it will not.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the self-appointed world expert on the subject, Adam Hurrey sets off to define the definitive rules of the language of football. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe will answer the big questions such as: is it acceptable to say a player is 'breaking their silence' (it's complicated), can headers can be 'lashed' (anatomically impossible), whether a penalty shootout could ever be described as 'late drama' (truly abhorrent), how many games constitute a 'bumper' day of Premier League action (minimum of eight) and just how big a deficit constitutes 'a mountain to climb' (certainly not Liverpool going 1-0 down at home to Wolves in the third minute, Sky Sports). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlong the way, Hurrey examines some case studies of how the football media has reached saturation point - the transfer rumour mill, the futile art of big-match previewing, the rise of (and backlash against) football jargon - and how its language has evolved to keep the machine going. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHave we let the football lexicon spiral out of control? In finding out, this book will be exactly as gloriously pedantic as it sounds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdam Hurrey is a London-based football writer. He created the Football Clich?s 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 \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. He also had trials for Swindon Town as a youngster, but was genuinely rejected for being 'too small'.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Headline","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51181517865234,"sku":"9781035408351","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_876ffaae-78d0-4857-82e9-206a9956effa.jpg?v=1744397392","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/extra-time-beckons-penalties-loom-how-to-and-abuse-the-language-of-football-9781035408351","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}