On Penalties (Yellow Jersey Shorts)

The penalty shoot-out is the greatest set piece of sporting drama ever conceived. Cruel, arbitrary, tortuous and unfair, it is everything that we profess not to like about competition but secretly crave. It has also Presented the England football team with a new and infinitely more punishing manner in which to lose. Three times in the past decade the nation has sat on the edge of its collective sofa and watched the seemingly inevitable unfold as Stuart Pearce, Chris Waddle, Gareth Southgate, Paul Ince and David Batty have selected the wrong shots in the lottery of international championship shoot-outs. Except it's not a lottery. There is an art to scoring penalties, which calls upon a unique combination of physical prowess and psychological strength. Score and few will remember, miss and, as the above list of names testifes, no one wil forget. No wonder it was a goalkeeper who originally thought up the penalty kick. The author explores the growing significance of the penalty from its stilted arrival in 1890 to its spectacular, scene-stealing climax at the end of the 20th century.

Title - On Penalties (Yellow Jersey Shorts)

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Author -

ISBN 13 - 9780224059947

Imprint - Jonathan Cape Ltd

Publisher - Vintage Publishing

Date Published - 25/05/2000

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No. of pages - 160

Binding Type - Hardback

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Weight - g

Languages - English