They Think It's All Over

Funny football quotes for all the family

Frank Worrall

• Publisher: John Blake
• eBook ISBN:
  9781789466720
• Year: 2022

Get ready for top-drawer delivery, as You're Havin' a Laugh laces up its boots and races up the wing to bend in cross after cross of perfect football banter, including...

the funny:

'I love Blackpool; we're very similar - we both look better in the dark' - Ian Holloway

the plain stupid:

'Whichever team scores more goals usually wins' - Michael Owen

and the genuinely deranged:

'It's not fair to say Lee Bowyer's a racist; he'd stamp on anyone's head' - Rodney Marsh

...to tell the story of the beautiful game, through the hilarious (sometimes intentionally, sometimes not) words, actions and (mis)behaviours of your favourite players, managers, commentators and pundits. It is the perfect gift for lads and dads, plus football fans of all teams, everywhere and anywhere. Back of the net!

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Introduction
• More Émile than Gianfranco (Zola): Football’s great thinkers
• The Good, the Bad & the Bubbly: Performance, success and failure
• It Figures? (Not as a Rule): Summing up and analyses
• Mystic Meg-Son and Co: Predictions? Doh!
• Home is Where the Art is: Footballing lives off the pitch
• Stands and Deliver: On the fans – and from them
• Simply the Beast: Training tips and fails
• Sh*t and you Know you are: Talent and mediocrity
• Off the Wall: Surprises and idiosyncrasies
• Allegations and Alligators: Tensions on and off the pitch
• The Big Bad Wolves: Footballing rivalries
• Mermaids and Other Myths: Managers in at the deep end
• On the Transfer Trail: Miss World and a loony lock-in
• The Sack Race: Rash cream, brekkie and a cold lake
• The Special Ones: Legends in their own lunchtimes
• Tactical Geniuses (or not): Bazookas and burglars
• The Style Council: Monks, flowers and pianos
• It’s Ref Justice: Discipline, bald blokes and wives
• International Rescue: Bulls, headlights and a mouse
• Injuries and Build: Pelé, haircuts and rats
• The Star Men: Fences, rocks and leg-breakers
• The Foreign Legion: Pasta, hotel fires and a hitman
• About the Author