Football's Strangest Matches: Extraordinary But True Stories from Over a Century of Football

by Andrew Ward (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2010

  $3.22

  • From bestselling author Andrew Ward.
  • Over a century's worth of fascinating football stories and tales.
  • The perfect gift for the football fanatic in your family!

  The world's favourite sport has certainly given us its fair share of strange moments. Author Andrew Ward has trawled the sports pages of history to create Football's Strangest Matches, a fascinating collection of bizarre-yet-true tales from more than a century of the beautiful game. From Blackburn Rovers' one-man team to Wilfred Minter's seven-goal haul in which he still ended up on the losing side, there are goals and gaffes galore drawn from all levels of the football world, whether high-profile internationals or the lowest tiers of domestic football. This extraordinary book makes a great gift for any football fan, and certainly proves the old adage beloved by football commentators - 'it's a funny old game'...

  Other titles in the series: Rugby's Strangest Matches (9781907554063), Cricket's Strangest Matches (9781907554094) and Golf's Strangest Rounds (9781907554070).

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  Paperback
  2000

  $3.21

  In this fascinating collection of true stories taken frommore than100 years of soccer history, Andrew ward has gathered together the most extrordinary happenings ever to befall asoccer field. They include stories about the game spectators couldn't see: the game that lasted four days; the games between the strikers and the police in 1926 and between Eton College and the unemployed boys; the games of three halves; the game decided by a hypnotist; and the one in which the same player scored all four goalstwo for each side. A delight for all soccer fans, this is also a unique look at the more curious moments of the beautiful sport.