Strange But True Football Stories

Strange But True Football Stories
Author: Howard Liss
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 148
Release: 1983
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780394856322

Recounts twenty-three humorous, frustrating, disappointing, and exciting moments in the past half-century of football.

Strange and Amazing Football Stories

Strange and Amazing Football Stories
Author: Bill Gutman
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Total Pages: 132
Release: 1986
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780671611330

Records unexpected and unusual happenings in the history of football.

1001 Bizarre Football Stories

1001 Bizarre Football Stories
Author: Robert Lodge
Publisher: Carlton Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Soccer
ISBN: 9781847325419

A star striker sold in exchange for 15 kg of sausage meat, a chairman threatening to install hooligan-eating crocodiles at the stadium, a coach hired and fired in 10 minutes, and a player being sent off after one second for complaining that the referee's whistle was too loud--all true stories, which are amongst those that feature in this incredible collection of 1001 hilarious football stories. Following on in Carlton's highly successful 1001 Ridiculous series, Football Stories tells of hilariously silly incidents involving daft footballers, mad managers, crazy chairman, and foolish fans. Learn of the striker who secretly made love to his girlfriend on the center circle when the stadium is closed, only for the club to find out when she recounted the moment of passion on national television. This, plus training ground spates, drunken player partying, ludicrous signings, and acts of soccer stupidity make this the most entertaining collection of football stories you'll ever read.

Strange & Amazing Baseball Stories

Strange & Amazing Baseball Stories
Author: Bill Gutman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 148
Release: 1987
Genre: Baseball
ISBN: 9780671611255

Focusing on the zany, unbelievable, and mysterious happenings in the world of baseball, these stories come from the past and the present and feature both well-known and obscure baseball stars. A perfect book for the new baseball season. 16 black-and-white photos.

Football Oddities

Football Oddities
Author: Tony Matthews
Publisher: The History Press
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2005-10-03
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0752493760

The entire Ecuador team - all eleven players - were sent off in an international match in 1978! Because of a colour clash, Blackburn Rovers' players wore white evening dress shirts for their 1890 FA Cup final encounter with The Wednesday! In May 1950 Blackpool signed Billy Wright from a local junior club for a set of tangerine jerseys! These are just a few of the many hundreds of startling, unusual and improbable stories thrown up by the beautiful game over the years. In one of the most individual and irreverent collections of footballing facts ever produced, Tony Matthews has unearthed tales of the unexpected that will delight footy fans everywhere. Did you hear the one about the Argentine full-back who scored a hat-trick of own goals in less than an hour? Remember the England goalkeeper who was sent off after just twenty-seven seconds of a Premiership game in 1995? Read about them - and many, many others - here.