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Football Crazy [Kindle Edition]

Terry Ravenscroft
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)

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FOOTBALL CAN BE CRAZY AT TIMES BUT IT HAS NEVER BEEN AS CRAZY AS THIS BEFORE

An extract from one of many 5 Star UK Amazon Customer Reviews of ‘Football Crazy’ -

Eamonn Harrigan - I read this from cover to cover with barely a break for a cup of tea. The author takes real life characters, the kind we all know and love or loathe from our local teams and he heightens their personalities just enough to make them still credible while making them hilarious. The story trips along at a great pace and the reader finds himself turning pages quickly. In essence this book caricatures perfectly the goings on in a small town and at a small town club - maybe even the goings on at a premiership club. I would highly recommend this to those interested in footie or those who want a good laugh.

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If meat pie millionaire Joe Price had never bought lowly Coca-Cola League Two side Frogley Town and vowed to take them all the way to the top of the Premiership, if football fanatic Stanley Sutton hadn’t dyed his dog Fentonbottom in the club’s colours, if team manager Big Donny Donnelly hadn’t had the acquisition of a mistress as his main priority, if local radio presenter Dave Rave and Frogley Advertiser sports journalist Martin Sneed hadn’t wanted to chase their dreams, if the inmates of the local lunatic asylum hadn’t numbered themselves among Frogley Town’s keenest supporters and if Frogley police chief Superintendent Screwer hadn’t sworn to rid the town of football hooligans, none of this would ever have happened. But unfortunately they all did. Football Crazy – a comic tale of football, sex, madness, sex, violence, and more sex. If you like the books of Tom Sharpe you will love this book by Terry Ravenscroft. Soccer as you've never known it before.

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Another extract from a 5 Star review for Football Crazy.

Chrism8te - This has to be my favourite book I have read of TR so far. Drenched in humour from the first page till the last. A must read for all that like comedy.

FOOTBALL CRAZY - YOU'D BE CRAZY NOT TO BUY IT.

Product details

  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 346 KB
  • Print Length: 224 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1905529538
  • Publisher: Razzamatazz Publications (15 Dec 2010)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B004GHNJO2
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #5,447 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I got recommended the author from a friend of mine whose comic/literary views I've usually shared . Having read the book I can thoroughly recommend it to others as both tremendously funny and well written book that deserves critical success.Looking forward to reading one of the authors other published works
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Great Gas 30 Dec 2010
Format:Paperback
I read this from cover to cover with barely a break for a cup of tea. For anyone who knows or loves football or anyone who wants to know the real goings on around a small town club this book is a must. The author takes real life characters, the kind we all know and love or loathe from our local teams and he heightens their personalities just enough to make them still credible while making them hilarious. From the off the reader can see the world Stanley inhabits and feel for him. The author treats each of his characters with sensitivity even the megalomaniac policeman Screwer. The story trips along at a great pace and the reader finds himself turning pages quickly. In these days of chicken farmers buying premiership teams it is not a stretch to imagine meat pie magnate Price taking over a small town team and doing exactly the same things. In essence this book caricatures perfectly the goings on in a small town and at a small town club - maybe even the goings on at a premiership club. I would highly recommend this to those interested in footie or those who want a good laugh.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Barrelful of laughs 14 Dec 2006
Format:Paperback
I'd already read Terry Ravenscroft's Dear Air 2000 which I found to be hilarious so I was looking forward to reading this. I was not disappointed.

A much better book and far better value than all the England footballers' autobiographies put together. Two of the main characters, Big Donny Donnelly and Superintendant Screwer will surely go down as two of the most laugh-provoking fictional characters in history. A really funny barrelful of laughs book with no padding whatsoever.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Why Sheffield Wednesday?
Sheffield Wednesday won the FA Cup in 1935, so is this Frogley FC ? who cares?
If you wanted an inspiring read about the rise and fall of a football club, Northampton Town,... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Anthony V
a terrific look at non league football and its foibles.
If like me you were raised on non-league football, and do not own / have never owned a Chelsea or Man United shirt, you will enjoy this book. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mrs. D. L. Powell
Genuinely Funny Book
One of the funniest books I've read in a long time. But don't read it on the train if you are embarrassed by laughing out loud. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mr. Brian E. Wotton
Anther Very Funny Read
Ive just finished Football Crazy and must say I enjoyed it.Iaughed out loud often and had to put the book down when Dave Raves chinese feng shue man(pardon the spelling)finished... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mr. A. L. France
First of Many
I bought this book because of the reviews & price & now I am a Terry Ravenscroft fan.

Sometimes it's nice to just have an easy read & this is certainly easy & very... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Oldbikerboy
In need of a good editor
I have read a few books by Terry Ravenscroft, and when I saw this at 99p thought why not. The book does seem to have some good points, problem is though that it is quite 'clunky'... Read more
Published 5 months ago by obscure
Good stuff
A light, comical, shortish read set in a fantasy world of a minor league football team with all the fantacy, aspirations, lunacy, apathy and delusions that invariabley arise. Read more
Published 6 months ago by M. A. Cossins
Football never looked so good
This has to be my favourite book I have read of TR so far.

As a "massive" football fan of Newcastle United (and we all know how big Geordie Football supporters are - not... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Chrism8te
A reet good laugh
It takes a good book to make me laugh out loud on a journey involving airports but this book did just that. Read more
Published 6 months ago by S. Ford
Should be on TV !!
In my opinion this is the funniest book that Terry has written. It is so good that it needs to be turned into a TV show without delay. Read more
Published 7 months ago by G. Mackey
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