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How to Ruin a Beautiful Game: The Ultimate Sarcastic Guide to the Offside Rule
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Publisher: Independently Published
Pages: 104
Weight: 0.24
Height: 0.22 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
IS IT A GOAL? OR HAS A VIDEO ASSISTANT REFEREE IN LONDON JUST DESTROYED YOUR SATURDAY?
Welcome to the modern game, where celebrating a goal is a dangerous emotional gamble. We now live in a world where a brilliant thirty-yard volley can be completely erased from history because a striker's left armpit or a thick layer of deodorant was mathematically violating the laws of physics.
How to Ruin a Beautiful Game is the ultimate sarcastic dictionary tracking the absolute absurdity of modern football's greatest vibe-killer. Inside, you'll find 100 hilariously petty definitions capturing the total match day misery of the modern offside rule:
- The Premature Celebration: Hugging a complete stranger and spilling 7 worth of pie, only to realise the flag went up three minutes ago.
- The Micro-Millimetre Line: Turning a tense football match into a high-stakes game of laser tag at a children's birthday party.
- The He Must Have Been Declaration: The unwavering belief that an opposing player was offside simply because he had the audacity to score.
The perfect gift for any football fanatic tired of staring at digital grids, this book is your ultimate survival guide to modern match day misery.
THE PERFECT FOOTBALL GIFT FOR MEN & FANS OF ALL AGES
Whether it's for a birthday, Father's Day, or a Christmas stocking filler, this book will have any football fan laughing out loud in painful agreement.
LARGE PRINT EDITION
Formatted in a clean, high-contrast 18pt font with one hilarious definition per page. Perfect for easy reading at home, in the pub, or while waiting for a referee to decide if you're legally allowed to be happy yet.
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