A Game of Three Halves: A Collection of Balls-ups from the Beautiful Game

`There are two ways of getting the ball. One is from your own team-mates, and that`s the only way.` Terry Venables Filling in a credit card application form, Jason McAteer came to the question that asked: `What is your position in the company?` his answer was `right-back`.An intelligent footballer is one whose I.Q. is higher than his shirt number. But it`s not just the players. Managers, commentators, fans, bookmakers - it seems that anyone connected with football excels at verbal blunders.Warning for footballers: You will need to turn this book over again before you can start reading it.