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020 _a9781445157207
040 _cKH8
082 _a796.334 MAS
100 _aMason, Paul
245 _aFootball /
_cPaul Mason
260 _aLondon :
_bFranklin Watts,
_c2017. ©2017.
300 _a31 pages :
_bcolour illustrations ;
_c28 cm.
440 _aStrange but true!
500 _aIncludes index.
505 _aFootball -- but not as we know it! -- Football's thug-like beginnings -- Football: worldwide fun -- Breaking the rules -- The best names in the game -- Extreme fans -- Knockout competition -- Football's greatest upsets -- Weird World Cup -- Football extremes -- Crazy keepers -- Goals, glorious goals -- It's a funnu old game -- Football quiz.
520 _a Football can bring moments of joy and huge emotion. It can also bring moments of supreme weirdness! Some of football's oddest stories are almost too strange to be believed. From a match halted by bees, to a player being sent off for farting, this book uncovers some of the strangest true stories in the history of the sport.
_b It's a great fun read for any football fan aged 8+.
650 _2Soccer
_aJuvenile literature.
650 _2Soccer.
942 _2ddc
_cNFIC