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REVIEW: Extra Time Beckons, Penalties Loom by Adam Hurrey

Extra Time Beckons, Penalties Loom: How to use (and abuse) the language of football – Adam Hurrey, published by Headline, Price: £20.
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Ian Aspinall
Extra Time Beckons, Penalties Loom: How to use (and abuse) the language of football - Adam Hurrey, published by Headline, Price: £20.

Ten years after writing the amusing Football Cliches, Adam Hurrey returns with another witty and insightful book about the world of football.
An examination of football terminology
In Extra Time Beckons, Penalties Loom, the tongue-in-cheek Hurrey sets out to answer the big questions:
Is it acceptable to say a player is ‘breaking their silence’? (complicated)
Can headers be ‘lashed’? (anatomically impossible)
Should a penalty shoot-out ever be des...

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