Rucks, Pucks and Sliders: More Origins of Peculiar Sporting Lingo

by Bob Wilson

Veteran presenter and football legend Bob Wilson conducts another engaging romp through sport's more colourful terminology. Why is fighting in a square ring with strange gloves on called boxing? Why is it so difficult to stand up in the Pope's living room? And why does the Prince of Wales dislike buckets of nails and people with wet feet? "Rucks, Pucks & Sliders" reveals all as Bob Wilson explores the derivation of another collection of bizarre words...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1840468254
• ISBN13: 9781840468250
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Icon Books
• Length: 208 Pages