Book description
'He dribbles a lot and the opposition doesn't like it - you can see
it all over their faces' - Ron Atkinson
'Rugby is a good occasion for keeping thirty bullies far from the
city centre' - Oscar Wilde
Whether over the moon or sick as a parrot, sportsmen and women can
invariably be relied upon to come out with a humorous quote...even if
it's not always intentional. The Bowler's Holding, The Batsman's
Willey provides the definitive collection of sporting wit, from
participants and observers alike.
The book covers the full gamut of the sports spectrum and provides
over 4,000 side-splittingly funny quotes - some examples of incisive
sporting wit, others inadvertent howlers never to be forgotten;
ranging from the cutting remarks of Brian Clough and Muhammad Ali to
the studied observations of John Arlott and the hilarious gaffes of
Murray Walker.
The Bowler's Holding, The Batsman's Willey is an absolute
must for any sports fan.
Former sports journalist Geoff Tibballs has written nearly 100 books,
many of them on sport and humour, with titles including
The Mammoth
Book of Comic Quotes
,
Great Sporting Eccentrics
and
Great Sporting Mishaps
. An accomplished armchair sportsman, he believes his life-long devotion
to Millwall Football Club has enabled him to appreciate the ridiculous.
