SHORTLISTED 2025

Football Book of the Year | Shortlisted

Extra Time Beckons, Penalties Loom

by Adam Hurrey

The long-awaited follow-up to Football Clichés. As the self-appointed world expert on the subject, Adam Hurrey sets off to define the definitive rules of the language of football. Have we let the football lexicon spiral out of control? In finding out, this book will be exactly as gloriously pedantic as it sounds.

Extra Time Beckons, Penalties Loom by Adam Hurrey
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