The Book of Football Quotations

by PhilShaw (Editor)

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  Paperback
  2003

  $3.25

  Now in its nineth edition, this compilation includes quotes from everyone - Shakespeare to Suarez, Camus to Cantona, Busby to Beckham - who has made an apt, pithy or comical comment about football. And not just footballers and managers either - fans, pundits, groundsmen, directors and wives all get to have their say too. Every subject is covered - from tactical debates to changing lifestyles - to produce a sometimes hilarious and always thought-provoking commentary on the game. Anyone who thought 'sick as a parrot' and 'over the moon' was as profound as it got, will be pleasantly surprised by the elegance and insight on display. Contributions include gems from all the old masters: Cloughie, Tommy Docherty, Jimmy Greaves, George Best and the best of the very latest wit and wisdom to be caught in print or on tape. 'Footballers are no different from human beings' Graham Taylor 'It's a very well-run outfit from Monday to Friday. It's Saturdays we've got a problem with' Lawrie McMenemy on Southampton 'What I said to them at half-time would be unprintable on the radio' Gerry Francis 'Football hooligans? Well, there are 92 club chairmen for a start' Brian Clough

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  Paperback
  1999

  $3.25

  A guide to who said what, why and when in British football and beyond. It seeks to record all the witty, wacky, flamboyant, scathing, wry, pithy or pretentious things that have been said about leading players, clubs, managers, chairmen, fans, referees or players' wives in the two years since the fifth edition was published. The great rollercoaster of controversies - including Glenn Hoddle's demise as England manager, the ongoing battles with addiction of Tony Adams, Paul Merson, and Gazza, and John Hartson's attack on West Ham team-mate, and so on. The volume features people such as Michael Caine, Noel Gallagher, Jack Higgins, Rory McGrath, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Dowager Marchioness of Reading, Ian Dury and Eileen Drewery.