Football Clichés

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?

In this entertaining and amusing book, Adam Hurrey examines the recurring mannerisms, behaviours, opinions and iconography that are mindlessly repeated in the football media – cliches which are ridiculous, quaintly outdated or have survived through their sheer indisputability. Published in 2016.

Size: 129mm x 198mm – 208 pages.