This curious little compilation declares itself to be an A-Z of football cliches and, boy, it ain't kidding. It offers a few nuggets of useful info - why Arsenal football club is so called, how you go about "nutmegging" an opponent, what really happened to Accrington Stanley, etc, etc - but manages to evade the whys and wherefores of soccer-speak as elegantly as Ryan Giggs swerving round a defence that's been caught square at the back (See also "all over the place" and "in disarray"). So if you want to know why A.C.
Milan is always referred to as "Mee-lan" on Channel 4, or who it was that first started making those ridiculous banking aeroplane movements with their arms after scoring a goal, or how the parrot got sick in the first place, you're doomed to disappointment.