Sport: Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know - Tim Harris

We all know one. Someone who can tell you who was the last player to score a hat trick for Accrington Stanley away to Grimsby on a Wednesday night in January. This was just a random example, by the way, so please don't write in with the answer. The kind of person who is wonderful to have on your side at a Quiz Night, but who you don't really want to be getting into conversation with if you can avoid it. This is the main problem a book like this is going to have. It needs to impart information, but without being incredibly dull. After all, no one reads a dictionary for fun; or no one I know, at least. The introduction sets a light-hearted tone that ...  Read the complete review