Football Talk: The Language & Folklore of the World's Greatest GameWho still says 'soccer'; why does 'Arsenal' sound so foreign; who was 'sick as a parrot' first; was Shakespeare the game's first clogger; and what makes footballers better wordsmiths than the Eskimos? The answers to all these and more are revealed in Football Talk, football's first dictionary of words. |
Contents
Football By Far the Greatest Word the World | 3 |
A Measured Buildup From A Game | 13 |
Into the Field of Battle Is It War? | 25 |
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Football Talk: The Language & Folklore of the World's Greatest Game Peter J. Seddon No preview available - 2004 |
Common terms and phrases
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