Showing results for "Football" in Literature & Fiction

Alexei Sayle stars in this comical story of Britain's first Communist football team A secret descendant of Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin, Ricky Lenin is a dyed-in-the-wool Marxist, fervently committed to overthrowing the decadent world of British football. As a midfield maestro, he's perfectly...

In these uncertain times we all need a coping mechanism. And Laura Lexx has found the obvious one - imagining life married to the sensible, no-nonsense man of our dreams, Jürgen Klopp. She thinks maybe he has something to do with football? More importantly, he definitely knows how to efficiently stack a dishwasher and would tell you honestly if you were being unreasonable about a colleague.

"Vesuviana Football Club" è un podcast che racconta l'estate più assurda nella storia del piccolo e immaginario comune campano di Miracola Vesuviana: 8.487 abitanti compresi calciatori e staff tecnico che, dopo 8 promozioni consecutive dalla Terza Categoria, si ritrovano inaspettatamente catapultati in Serie A. 12 puntate, in stile mockumentary comico, che narrano in presa diretta la grottesca epopea di una piccola squadra di provincia che ambiva alle zone basse di Televideo e che si ritrova invece a monopolizzare i titoli della Gazzetta dello Sport.

Welcome to Funcliffe park. It’s a crusty old caravan park that's falling into the sea, the neighbours are all weird, but forget about that! Have a cuppa and a crumpet instead. It’s 1999 and Nanna wants to keep her football-mad grandson Nobby out of trouble, but everything’s going wrong. Nobby’s having a terrible birthday, Nanna's whacked the local MP with a marigold glove and worst of all, she’s just stewed the tea. Will Nanna and Nobby triumph? Or is it full time for Funcliffe?

Soccer's Sensational Scam, a comedy adventure where technology, soccer, and betting collide. This audiobook can be enjoyed even by those who reach for the remote at the first utterance of the "F" word or "S" word, or any other sign of soccer action whatsoever.

The Edison High Sparks football team is winless for the year. For their last game, they travel to Dark Hollow, West Viriginia, to play a night game. They should have stayed home....

When Karma and her fellow Suburban Moms take on troublemakers, things spin out of control and somebody dies. Accidentally. It starts when a speeding car hits Karma's daughter, and the cops can't find the driver. The Moms find and punish the culprit before the police get a chance. Is this justice or vigilantism? Then teenagers expose themselves to little girls on the playground. They definitely need to be taught a lesson...Trouble escalates when an obnoxious neighbor turns out to be a wife-beater, and the moms go full-on vigilante.

Julie Randall needs that book. Not because it's a rare first edition, but because the handwritten notes in the margins will unlock the secrets of her Victorian-era kitchen garden in north London. The book was almost hers, but now, it's in the hands of some aristocratic jerk who probably doesn't know a tomato from a cucumber. Make that a handsome, aristocratic jerk.

Marie-Claire is willing to do whatever it takes to stay at her prestigious London art school. Learn to loosen up? Leave her comfort zone? One kiss in a dark alcove with handsome footballer Mick Carr might be the answer. Suddenly, what started as a harmless fling turns into a nationwide scandal as the paparazzi hunts her and Mick’s ex-girlfriend brews trouble at every turn. Mick might hold the key to her success, but he also held the keys to her destruction. Will his love save her or destroy her?

Rocky, always ready with a wise remark and a tongue-in-cheek approach, is a magnet for trouble. There is usually a beautiful woman involved; some good, some bad. His tough guy stays just inside the law, though we often get a glimpse of a soft heart beneath the hard-boiled exterior.

Abbott and Costello talk about Uncle Mike and Aunt May. Bud gets lost in the script. Lou gets lost as well. They find their place and the talk moves onto football. Wrong Rumba.