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Rucks, Pucks and Sliders: More Origins of Peculiar Sporting Lingo
Bob Wilson
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Description for Rucks, Pucks and Sliders: More Origins of Peculiar Sporting Lingo
Hardcover. Including anecdotes from Bob Wilson's own football and television careers, this work features one of sport's most enduring icons guiding us through the meanings, heritage and evolution of great sporting terms we use. Num Pages: 208 pages, b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: CFFD; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Veteran presenter and football legend Bob Wilson conducts another engaging romp through sport's more colourful terminology. Why is fighting in a square ring with strange gloves on called boxing? Why is it so difficult to stand up in the Pope's living room? And why does the Prince of Wales dislike buckets of nails and people with wet feet? Rucks, Pucks & Sliders reveals all as Bob Wilson explores the derivation of another collection of bizarre words and phrases from the wonderfully rich language of sport. Find out why, as a custodian, Bob has spent much of his life ... Read more
Veteran presenter and football legend Bob Wilson conducts another engaging romp through sport's more colourful terminology. Why is fighting in a square ring with strange gloves on called boxing? Why is it so difficult to stand up in the Pope's living room? And why does the Prince of Wales dislike buckets of nails and people with wet feet? Rucks, Pucks & Sliders reveals all as Bob Wilson explores the derivation of another collection of bizarre words and phrases from the wonderfully rich language of sport. Find out why, as a custodian, Bob has spent much of his life ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Icon Books Ltd
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Dustjacket
Yes
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Duxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781840468250
SKU
KNW0008072
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Bob Wilson
Bob Wilson is the veteran presenter of nine World Cups, Grandstand, Football Focus, Sportsnight and Match of the Day, and was goalkeeper for Scotland and Arsenal. His Willow Foundation charity, set up in memory of his daughter, Anna, who died of cancer aged 31, receives royalties from the sale of his books.
Reviews for Rucks, Pucks and Sliders: More Origins of Peculiar Sporting Lingo
'The daddy of male loo-reading books... Bob Wilson's compendium should be sent out by right to every lad when he reaches the age of assent, in exactly the same way centurions receive a telegraph from the Queen' Scotland on Sunday 'Brilliant. I loved it!' David Seaman MBE 'Wilson conducts an engaging romp through sport's more colourful terminology... buy it to ... Read more