The Gaffta Awards: From Becks to Big Ron - Celebrating the Wonderful World of Football Speak (Paperback)

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The Gaffta Awards is a book about football's most enduring characters. You know who we mean - the game's talking heads, the selfless men who entertain us as royally from behind the microphone as their more athletic comrades do on the pitch. Despite all the media attention football receives, no one has seen fit to devise an awards system for the verbal geniuses of the modern game. Until now. This is the definitive study of 'guff', our umbrella term for all the gaffes, faux pas and general foolishness so prevalent in football today. Thrill as Uncle Bobby Robson, King Kev and Gordon Strachan battle it out for the Best Gaffer gong. While you're at it, cleanse your soul by taking a lesson or two from the Word of Hod. In the Best Commentator category, sheepskin statto Motty challenges for glory against Beeb stablemate Barry Davies, as well as ITV big-hitters Clive Tyldesley (Manchester United's number one fan) and the sadly departed Brian Moore. Despite his fall from grace, Big Ron's sterling work developing Ronglish - the long-acknowledged official language of the commentary box - sees him in with a real chance in the Best Supporting Commentator category. That said, excitable newcomer Chris Kamara will shout him down all the way to the awards podium. Players, too, are recognised at the Gafftas. All the usual suspects are in with a chance, including belching Gazza, preening Beckham, rotund Maradona and miserable Merson. Less predictably, perhaps, we offer an impressive showcase of unintentional humour from Alan 'Mary Poppins' Shearer. Anchors, pundits, foreign stars and the radio boys all have their own awards, while we also identify football's answer to Sid James in our 'Ooh, Matron' category. Of course, it's not all about the winning. From Lawro to Rodney Marsh, from Des Lynam to Ian Holloway, The Gaffta Awards profiles dozens of football's richest sources of natural gas and features hundreds of the funniest quotes and blunders.

About the Author
Larry Ryan is the editor of DangerHere.com and lives in Dublin, where he wears nothing but sheepskin and lives on a diet of champagne and cigars. Gareth Power is the former senior executive of DangerHere.com. He now lives in semi-retirement, devoting his time exclusively to football quotes. DangerHere?s Chief Football Writer Paul Little had a penchant for football guff from a very young age. Family legend has it that his first words were ?I?m over the moon, Brian.?

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   4 of 4 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars As Kev would say, "I luved it", 9 Dec 2004 By  Jim Anderton - See all my reviews Really enjoyed this. Laughed all the way through, especially the sections on some of the commentators I'd never heard of like Tom Tyrrel and George Hamilton and Tommy Smyth from the States. Whatever his faults, the Ronglish section makes you hope Big Ron makes his way back to our screens. European football hasn't been the same without lollipops, amusement arcades and spotter's badges. The way the book's laid out with Award nominees and also-rans as well as winners keeps it interesting. Not sure I agree with a few of the winners though. Can't believe Graham Taylor beat Ron in the co-commentator section. Having always had a bit of a soft spot for the Scousers, it was nice to see some of Shanks's greatest quotes again. Some of his comments on Everton are fantastic. Today's managers - even Fergie and Wenger - wouldn't dream of it. Overall, excellent read for a pretty cheap book. There's 280 pages too, not the 160 mentioned on the site. Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)   2 of 2 people found the following review helpful: 4.0 out of 5 stars A funny book for all football fans, 19 Nov 2004 By A Customer This book is a really good send up of football commentators. The authors have done a great job of compiling the very best of some of the strange and sometime ludicrous expert commentary football fans have been subjected to over many years Big Ron, Motty, Keegan, Andy Gray, Hoddle all feature prominently. This book will make you laugh every time you pick it up. Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)   4.0 out of 5 stars Very funny, 19 Nov 2004 By A Customer This book is much more than just a collection of football quotes, although it is that. There's some fine satirical writing in there too that makes the quotations even funnier than they would be on their own. Especially good, for me, are the sections explaining Ron Atkinson's dialect, "Ronglish", and the Andy Gray PACE scale (too involved to explain here). Highly recommended for anyone looking for a book they can dip in and out of for a good laugh. Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this) Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review › See all 3 customer reviews...		Ad feedback   Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews

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