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Why Playing in Red Makes You a Winner
Gavin Newsham
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Description for Why Playing in Red Makes You a Winner
Paperback. Is there a sport you could turn professional at with only a year of coaching? How can you give yourself a 1-in-12 chance of playing international soccer against Cristiano Ronaldo? Which sport is the most profitable to participate in for the least amount of effort? This book offers an alternative take on commonly accepted sporting knowledge. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 216.
Is there a sport you could turn professional at with only a year of coaching? How can you give yourself a 1-in-12 chance of playing international soccer against Cristiano Ronaldo? Which sport is the most profitable to participate in for the least amount of effort? This is a highly amusing, alternative take on commonly accepted sporting knowledge. These, plus many more, are the questions posed and answered by Why Playing in Red Makes You a Winner...a diligently researched book that challenges us to use figures to take a quirky and sideways look at sport. Packed with well-investigated observations and explanations ... Read more
Is there a sport you could turn professional at with only a year of coaching? How can you give yourself a 1-in-12 chance of playing international soccer against Cristiano Ronaldo? Which sport is the most profitable to participate in for the least amount of effort? This is a highly amusing, alternative take on commonly accepted sporting knowledge. These, plus many more, are the questions posed and answered by Why Playing in Red Makes You a Winner...a diligently researched book that challenges us to use figures to take a quirky and sideways look at sport. Packed with well-investigated observations and explanations ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Carlton Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780976372
SKU
V9781780976372
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About Gavin Newsham
Gavin Newsham is an award-winning writer whose work regularly appears in the Sunday Times. His previous books include Once in a Lifetime, the story of the New York Cosmos and celebrated biographies of golfer John Daly (winner of NSC Best New Writer in 2004), The Ofiicial Treasures of Muhammad Ali and the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Fact File. ... Read more
Reviews for Why Playing in Red Makes You a Winner
A statto's delight. And with a smart variety of graphics alongside the author's myth-busting observations, it's a real page-turner. FourFourTwo There's plenty of fun to be had. The Independent on Sunday