Rucks, Pucks & Sliders: More Origins of Peculiar Sporting Lingo
UK £9.99,Canada $20.00,
UK Publication September 2007
ISBN 9781840468250
Hardback
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Would you rather deal with a falling leaf from a Monkeyhanger or God while trying to survive the Group of Death? Have you ever seen Long John or Lord Byron grab a condor with a baffing spoon from the Crow's Nest? Maybe you?ve sent down a slider to a flat-track bully in a baggy green and watched in delight as they became the next victim of the Slow Death?
The world of sport has its own language, wonderfully rich in strange words and phrases, whose origins often stretch back centuries. Veteran BBC presenter and football legend Bob Wilson has written this brilliant follow-up to his bestselling Googlies, Nutmegs & Bogeys - another illustrated guide to the fascinating true meanings, heritage and evolution of the great sporting terms we use today.
Royalties from the sale of this book will go to Willow Foundation, a charity running special days for seriously young adults. For more information visit www.willowfoundation.org.uk
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Bob Wilson is the veteran presenter of nine football World Cups, as well as BBC Grandstand, Sportsnight and Match of the Day. Bob originally qualified as a teacher before being lured away to play football for Scotland and Arsenal, with whom he won the European Fairs Cup and the League and FA Cup double.
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