Classic Football Clangers (Classic Clangers)

by David Mortimer (Author)

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  Paperback
  2004

  $3.29

  In all sporting contests, success and inspiration compete with failure and loss of nerve and football, being a relentlessly high-speed game, is particularly prone to crucial split-second moments of human fallibility and eccentricity. For every Ole Gunnar Solskjaer snatching last-minute glory in the Champions League Final there is somebody whose overconfidence or moment of self-doubt leaves the spectator clutching his head in disbelief. From Victorian times to the twenty-first century, Classic Football Clangers takes a look at some of the moments their perpetrators would rather forget - whether it's Germany's Oliver Kahn gifting the 2002 World Cup to Brazil, or Dennis Wise getting sent off four minutes after sending himself on as a substitute for Millwall - you're sure to find some of your favourite football gaffes in the pages of this book. Roberto Baggio, David Seaman, Gazza and Becks all make an appearance, not to mention a small army of penalty-fluffers and eccentric goalkeepers who all played a part in at least one toe-curling moment. This book will appeal to football lovers - or lovers of any sport - irrespective of age or ability, as a reminder of how human we are, and how ea