Footynotes - The Ultimate Countdown of Footy Trivia is a football book written by Sky Sports, Chris "Unbelievable, Jeff" Kamara and Countdown's, Richard Digance.
This book is the result of many Friday evenings during the football season when Chris Kamara, preparing himself for commentaries the following day, and Richard Digance met up for a few beers and long chats about the sport they love and they began piecing together the content for this must-have for any footy fan. It features facts about games, players, teams, and just about everything else, this is then followed a relevant and invariably humorous 'Footynote’.
The book also includes a whole section of Footyrhymes - poems all about football, and 'Footygrams' – anagrams of players' names - can you guess who 'Tin ocean car' is?
Combining the caustic humour of Sky Sports commentator, Chris Kamara, and the wit of stand-up comic and football fan, Richard Digance, Footynotes: The Ultimate Countdown of Football Trivia is one of the funniest books to be published in a long time.
A Few Top Footynotes
1) Russian Andrei Arshavin has a degree in fashion design.
Footynote; That’s how he skirts round defenders.
2) Rogerio Ceni the Sao Paulo goalkeeper has scored 72 goals from 44 free kicks and 28 penalties.
Footynote; And they still haven’t realised he’s not playing in his best position.
3) Arsenal wear red shirts in respect of Nottingham Forest who provided them with their first kit.
Footynote; They also gave them Tony Woodcock and as a mark of respect they all played with big perms.
4) Celtic was founded in 1888 to raise funds for the poor children of Glasgow.
Footynote; So in a credit crunch when you can’t buy your kids presents get in touch with ‘em!!
5) Sven Goran Eriksson was the first football manager to substitute the entire team at half time against Holland in 2001.
Footynote; If people in Poland are called Poles why aren’t people in Holland called Holes?
6) Terry Venables was the only player to represent England at every single level from schoolboy onwards and then became coach and England’s most successful manager losing only two games out of 23.
Footynote; He also claimed to be a pop singer, as did Chris Waddle and Glenn Hoddle.
7) The 1878 FA Cup final was refereed by a Mr Bastard.
Footynote; We reckon his Christian name was Useless.
8) White footballs became official on 9th November 1951 and were first used for floodlit matches.
Footynote; Kammy was the first player to wear white boots, but only in the discos on a Saturday night.
9) Lal Hilditch was the only player-manager of Manchester United in 1927.
Footynote; He left when he couldn’t agree terms with himself.
Chris Kamara is a former professional footballer and manager but is now best known as a football analyst and commentator. Working for Sky Sports, Kamara appears on Sky Sports News as a reporter, often becoming overexcited and exclaiming "Unbelievable, Jeff!" to host, Jeff Stelling. He also hosts Goals On Sunday, a weekly roundup of the best goals and football chat. His weekly tour of football grounds on Soccer AM sees him perfectly placed as a trivia guru.
Richard Digance is also best known for his use of words - either as a comic or during his regular appearances on the TV programme, Countdown. A big fan of football, Digance is happy to make jokes at Kamara's expense, thus forming a comic partnership the equal of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy or Little and Large!