At The End of The Day - a Dictionary of Received Footballing Wisdom by Toby Newton and Peter Carpenter
At the End of the Day blows the whistle on the ridiculous things that people say about football. You’ve heard them:
The commentator with the annoying laugh The maniac in replica kit yelling at the referee
The SKY pundit paid a fortune to analyse endless video re-runs The ‘real fan’ calling Five Live from a motorway service station The ‘fantasy football’ and ‘philosophy football’ merchants
The pudgy-faced ex-pro. Sir Alex. Us. You.
At the End of the Day is not just another book about football (the ghost-written insiders account, the hooligan’s story, the replica Nick Hornby novel). It is a perfect stocking-filler, season opener, birthday gift, a book with cult potential. At the End of the Day exposes and laughs at the catchphrases and pieties of a game and its lingo.
“Little gems lurk: Inevitable: once scored a goal always was. Schemers: require longer than other players to take free kicks. Youth policy: the grand illusion”
TimeOut
“A well aimed harpoon into the great footballing whale”
The Independent
“some pleasantly spiteful entries, suggesting the authors are well aware of the absurdity of much modern football”
Four Four TWO
“does its best to translate football-speak into English”
MOTD Magazine
