Author(s): Adrian Clarke (Editor); Stuart Reeves (Editor); Iain Spragg (Editor)

Sport/Recreation

The Big Book of Football's Funniest Quotes is the most comprehensive collection of hilarious football quotes ever published. There are 1,500 quotes from players, managers, club officials, and the media. Fully revised and updated for the 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons, it includes 150 new observations from football people who have still to learn that engaging brain before mouth might save them from looking and sounding rather foolish. Contains a foreword by legendary England goalkeeper Peter Shilton. No one can dispute that football has provided some of the funniest quotes (intentionally or not) in the history of sports--and The Big Book of Football's Funniest Quotes is the most comprehensive collection of these hilarious comic offerings. Compiled by avid quotation collectors Ian Spragg, Adrian Clarke, and Stuart Reeves, The Big Book of Football's Funniest Quotes is packed with an incredible 1,500 ridiculous quotes from and about some the most famous names in football, including Sir Alex Ferguson, Jose Mourinho, Ian Holloway, Paul 'Gazza' Gascoigne, and Eric Cantona. Bursting with confused cliches, mangled metaphors, comic cusses, and idiotic football insights, this book really is the hilarious last word in funny football quotations. "What (John) Carew can do with a football, I can do with an orange." --Zlatan Ibrahimovic replies to criticism from the ex Norway striker. "It's not important how many faults you make in a game, it's important that nobody can remember after the game. If you win 4-0 but make four mistakes, no one will remember." --Jurgen Klopp