Foul Play: What's Wrong with Sport

A Chinese man watching a football match runs out of a burning building with his TV set in his arms, leaving his wife and child to fend for themselves. A French tennis coach drugs his children's opponents, causing one death. An England supporter, upset at his team's exit from a football tournament, stabs a Russian student for 'sounding German'. What is it about sport that makes people behav…

Googlies, Nutmegs & Bogeys: The Origins of Peculiar Sporting Lingo

'Wilson conducts an engaging romp through sport's more colourful terminology ... buy it to be entertained.' Independent 'Brilliant. I loved it!' David Seaman 'A cracking read' Daily Express     'A lesson in the language of sport from a man that should know' Kevin Keegan OBE The world of sport has its own language, rich in strange words and phrases whose origins often stret…

Rucks, Pucks & Sliders: More Origins of Peculiar Sporting Lingo

Would you rather deal with a falling leaf from a Monkeyhanger or God while trying to survive the Group of Death? Have you ever seen Long John or Lord Byron grab a condor with a baffing spoon from the Crow's Nest? Maybe you?ve sent down a slider to a flat-track bully in a baggy green and watched in delight as they became the next victim of the Slow Death? The world of sport has its own language, w…

What Every Man Wants

'If you like sport, you'll want this book' Matt Dawson MBE `One of those brilliantly obvious books which you're amazed no one has ever done before.' Bob Wilson If you like your sport, the chances are you've dreamed about winning one of the trophies in this book. If you love your sport, you've probably dreamt about them all. Whether you have aspirations to one day claim one of these beautiful …