Vision release Book of Football Records 2012
Vision release Book of Football Records 2012
By Clive Batty
Published by Vision Sports
Out Now! RRP £16.99 ISBN 9781 90763 7322
Football fans live being able to rattle off a whole list of facts and statistics, such as which premier league club has the noisiest fans, and who’s the only player to have won the Champion’s league with three different teams. If you know someone like this who you know wants to build up their football knowledge, then the perfect Christmas present for them is the Book Of Football Records 2012, published by vision sports.
Brothers, dads, Grandfathers, and of course all those female footie fans out there, will be overjoyed to get their hands on this book. This is the third edition of this book and its quirky and colourful format will no doubt ensure that it enjoys the success of its predecessors.
This great book is packed full of facts, records, amazing and facts from the beautiful game. There are entries on every league club in England, as well as the Scottish SPL teams. It also has features on all the top footballing nations, the major clubs dorm Europe and the rest of the world which encompasses every team from Boca Juniors to Barcelona, and also has a monster squad of footballing legends past and present.
In the 2012 edition you can find out..
• Which Brazilian star was sent off in 2011 after celebrating a goal by putting on a mask of himself?
• Why did an Indonesia player score an intentional own goal in a match against Thailand?
• Which player missed three penalties in the same international match?
• Which South American player became the first goalkeeper ever to score 100 goals?
• Which Premier League star has played 46 times for England without ever completing 90 minutes?
• Which 2011 match ended with the referee setting a new world record by sending off 36 players?
• Which club set a new Premier League record last season by failing to keep a clean sheet in 34 consecutive matches – but still managed to avoid relegation?
• In which country did a ref allow a goal ‘scored’ by a cheeky ball boy?
• Which Premier League manager has written three football novels?
• Who is the only player to have made more than 1,000 appearances for the same club?
• Which Dutch club signed an 18-month-old toddler this year after being impressed by his football skills in a YouTube video?
As if all that wasn’t enough……. there are a whole wealth of fun and quirky entries which celebrate the more bizarre footie facts and records like the referee who scored a goal with a blinding header and team that scored 149 own goals in one match!
This fact packed book of footy knowledge is available from bookshops now. See www.visionsp.co.ukfor more information.