The Big Book of Football's Funniest Quotes is the most comprehensive collection of hilarious football quotes ever published. There are 1,500 quotes from players, managers, club officials, and the media. Fully revised and updated for the 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons, it includes 150 new observations from football people who have still to learn that engaging brain before mouth might save them from looking and sounding rather foolish. Contains a foreword by legendary England goalkeeper Peter Shilton. No one can dispute that football has provided some of the funniest quotes (intentionally or not) in the history of sports—and The Big Book of Football's Funniest Quotes is the most comprehensive collection of these hilarious comic offerings. Compiled by avid quotation collectors Ian Spragg, Adrian Clarke, and Stuart Reeves, The Big Book of Football's Funniest Quotes is packed with an incredible 1,500 ridiculous quotes from and about some the most famous names in football, including Sir Alex Ferguson, Jose Mourinho, Ian Holloway, Paul 'Gazza' Gascoigne, and Eric Cantona. Bursting with confused clichés, mangled metaphors, comic cusses, and idiotic football insights, this book really is the hilarious last word in funny football quotations. "What (John) Carew can do with a football, I can do with an orange." —Zlatan Ibrahimovic replies to criticism from the ex Norway striker. "It's not important how many faults you make in a game, it's important that nobody can remember after the game. If you win 4-0 but make four mistakes, no one will remember." —Jurgen Klopp

Adrian Clarke was a professional soccer player at every level from Arsenal in the Premier League to Hendon in the Ryman League. After a number of years in Leagues One and Two, he retired and retrained as journalist and was news editor of the Southend Evening Echo before becoming a freelance sports writer, contributing to many UK national newspapers. He has written or co-written a number of books, many with Iain Spragg. Stuart Reeves is a full-time researcher and writer and a keen collector of sports quotations. Iain Spragg is a sports journalist who has written for a number of national newspapers in Britain, including the Daily Telegraph and Times. He has written many books in the sports and humor fields, including Cristiano Ronaldo: The Ultimate Fan Book, The Official Arsenal Book of Records, England Ruby Official Yearbook, the London's Strangest series, The Random History of Rugby, and The Reduced History of Sex.