Pickles the World Cup Dog and Other Unusual Football Obituaries - Rilegato

Seddon, Peter

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 184513284X ISBN 13: 9781845132842

Casa editrice: Aurum Press, 2007

Riassunto

Following on from Aurum's successful sports humour title in winter 2006, "Peter the Lord's Cat", we bring you a football equivalent for winter 2007. "Pickles the World Cup Dog" is a beautifully-designed small gift book which offers an eccentric gallery of over 200 footballing obituaries. This original collection concentrates on the more unusual subjects, from celebrities (Rod Hull - death by TV football); inventors (Charles Goodyear, without whom the manufacture of bladder footballs and the development of the modern game would not have been possible); literary greats (Albert Camus, goalkeeper turned novelist who 'owed everything to football'); god's creatures (Toby the Sheep, Morton FC's club mascot who drowned in the club bath); musicians (Elgar, an avid Wolves fan who wrote the first football 'chant'); and murders (referee William Ernest Williams killed in 1912 by a disgruntled player); and of course the much lamented mongrel Pickles, the '66 world cup hero who discovered the stolen cup under a bush in South Norwood before garrotting himself on his own leash in pursuit of a neighbour's tabby. This work does for football what Aurum's successful "Peter the Lord's Cat" did for cricket. It offers an original collection of 200 football-related obituaries, full of surprising and eccentric entries. It is available in a beautifully produced miniature hardback. It is an ideal gift book for football fans.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Aurum Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 184513284X
• ISBN 13: 9781845132842
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 160