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The Worst of Football
Run Outs to Riots: Malice and Misfortune in the World's Cruellest Game
by Nigel Henderson
Publication Date: 15 November 2005
RRP: £10.99
Format: Hardback
Size: 146 x 216 x 22 mm
Pages: 300
ISBN-10: 0954246063
ISBN-13: 978-0954246068
Never sent off, never booked, never even, according to legend, spoken to by a referee, Tom Finney was the archetypal gentleman footballer. The Worst of Football proves he's in the minority as it brings together the worst collection of footballing malevolence, misadventure and madness ever assembled: ranging from the player sent off within 20 seconds of the start of a Christmas Day match to the one who was smuggled out of a ground in disguise. And of course it's not just the players! There's fans who tried to set light to a manager's wife; the chairman-cum-general election candidate who tried to bribe the opposition to help his campaign; and the referee who stormed off in the middle of a game. The Worst of Football has got it all and proves that the 'beautiful game' is, and pretty much always has been, more war dance than working man's ballet.
About The Author
Nigel Henderson works on the sports desk at The Times newspaper. He is also the author of Pitch titles If It Was Raining Palaces I'd Get Hit by the Dunny Door and The Worst of Football.
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