The worlds favorite sport has certainly given us its fair share of strange moments. Author Andrew Ward has trawled the sports pages of history to create a fascinating collection of bizarre yet true tales from more than a century of the beautiful game. From Blackburn Rovers one-man team to Wilfred Minters seven-goal haul in which he still ended up on the losing side there are goals and gaffes galore drawn from all levels of the football world whether high-profile internationals or the lowest tiers of domestic football. This extraordinary book makes a great gift for any football fan and certainly proves the old adage beloved by football commentators—its a funny old game.