The Best After-Dinner Sports Tales

by Chignell (Author)

• Used

  Illustrated
  2003

  $3.27

  A glittering array of sporting personalities regale their amusing tales in this compilation of over 300 after-dinner stories and anecdotes, published in aid of the children's charity SPARKS. Readers will be thoroughly entertained as the wittiest after-dinner speakers recount their most interesting tales. These are real stories from their lives both inside and outside of the world of sport; some already known and much loved, others untold until now. From Dickie Bird to Frankie Dettori, Henry Cooper to Gary Lineker, Sally Gunnell to Sandy Lyle, all will reveal the funniest moments in their lives - the disasters, embarrassments, the laughter and the tears that top-class sport has to offer. Featuring a selection of cartoons and photographs, the book will appeal to sports enthusiasts of all ages and backgrounds.

• Used

  Hardcover
  2002

  $4.51

  Five hundred of Britain's most famous sporting legends regale their amusing tales in this humorous and irreverent compilation of after-dinner stories, published in aid of the SPARKS charity. Imagine having some of the wittiest after-dinner speakers entertain you with their most amusing tales. Real stories from their lives both inside and outside the world of sport and favourite anecdotes, with some hitherto unrevealed tales. In this comprehensive compilation of the best after-dinner sporting humour, edited by Sky commentator Will Chignell, many of Britain's most famous sports personalities are featured. From Ian Botham to George Best, Tim Henman to Lennox Lewis, Bill Beaumont to Steve Redgrave and Gareth Edwards to Sam Torrance, there is a broad spectrum of contributors re-living the funniest moments in their lives. With specially commissioned illustrations from a sports cartoonists and photographs reflecting the anecdotal stories, the book should appeal to sports enthusiasts of all ages and backgrounds.