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On Penalties (Yellow Jersey Shorts) (Hardcover)

by Andrew Anthony (Author)

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Hardcover: 128 pages
Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd (25 May 2000)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0224059947
ISBN-13: 978-0224059947
Product Dimensions: 16.2 x 10.8 x 1.8 cm

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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Andrew Anthony's treatise On Penalties looks at every aspect of the penalty kick, quoting extensively from many of those who have famously scored and missed, from 12 yards out. A range of goalkeepers are also consulted on how to save penalties. Practice makes perfect. Or does it? It has been noted to some interest on many occasions that the pressure of the shoot-out situation can't be re-created properly on the training ground. Yet, the more German teams hone their technique, the more success they seem to have when matches are decided in this way.

It's a timely book. In the last 15 years, the penalty shoot-out has played an increasingly important role in the outcome of the major international football tournaments. It has denied the English national side on three famous occasions. The Dutch and Italian sides have been tormented even further by the cruellest of ways to settle a game (the former missed five kicks from the spot versus the latter in the semi-final of the 2000 European Championships in front of their own fans). Anthony notes that previous literature on penalties has been sparse. Indeed, serious thinking on the issue has been lacking from many of the so-called major football nations. But, with a high percentage of the most important games in world football ending in this manner, this entertaining work is correct to analyse and draw attention to such a dramatically decisive factor; spot on. --Trevor Crowe --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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"A wonderfully entertaining read." -"New Statesman"

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5.0 out of 5 stars Everything about penalties: stomach-churning to historic, 30 May 2000

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Even women who profess to hate football often love penalty shoot-outs, according to one recent article. In this brilliantly insightful, honest, polemic and very, very funny book, Andrew Anthony dissects the penalty shoot-out as never before. Such an exercise could have turned out dry and worthy - or, worse still, mawkish and sentimental - but this book is neither. It is compelling from cover to cover.

Needless to say, certain characters from the England Hall of Shame crop up a fair bit, but the author puts his money where his mouth is, finishing by shooting ten penalties at England's most successful penalty-saving keeper, Mark Crossley of Nottingham Forest.

This is that rarest of football books - a genuine gem! You'll read it in one go!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating and well-written study, 7 Sep 2001

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I would have read this short book in one sitting, only somebody else needed to use the bathroom before I'd quite finished. This is an absolutely absorbing book, clever, insightful and observant, and no football fan should be without it.

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