Why is a left foot either trusty or educated, but a right foot is neither?Why is a bad back pass almost invariably suicidal?Why can you score from a corner with a free header, but never with a free shot?Why are hooligans always a tiny minority even when there seem to be hundreds of them throwing seats across Kenilworth Road?Discover how stock phrases - schoolboy howler, sweeper system - are only part of the story in the artfully twisted language of football. Let Leigh and Woodhouse take you on a journey, from the top-flight vocabulary of commentators to the more speculative efforts of footballers, from the Champions League circus to a Wednesday night in Rochdale. And prepare to be very entertained.'The boys done terrific. A work of genius.' Martin Kelner'This book is pure kwolity. And I mean kwolity with a capital K.' Graham Spiers A sort of Robbie Fowler's Modern English Usage, the Football Lexicon provides an A to Row Z of the language of football, with over 800 examples of the set