A quirky collection of true stories from the stranger side of the Beautiful Game, including a oneman team, freaky weather conditions, ludicrous scorelines and all manner of offpitch shenanigans 8216It8217s a funny old game 8217 The world8217s favourite sport has certainly given us its fair share of strange moments, and this absorbing collection gathers together the best of them, from more than a century of the beautiful game From Blackburn Rovers8217 oneman team to Wilfred Minter8217s sevengoal haul in which he still ended up on the losing side, here are goals and gaffes galore drawn from all levels of the footballing world, whether highprofile internationals or the lowest tiers of domestic football The stories in this book are bizarre, fascinating, hilarious, and, most importantly, true This brand new edition, redesigned in splendid hardback for 2018, is the perfect gift for the soccer obsessive in your life Word count: 45,000 words