The Football Fan's Manifesto

By Michael Tunison

Book Overview

Popular football blogger Michael Tunison of KissingSuzyKolber.com offers the no-hold-barred rules and bylaws that every football fan should know in The Football Fan's Manifesto. With humor and tough love, The Football Fan's Manifesto takes readers through the essential rules of fandom, such as picking a favorite team, and teaches them how to be true football fans.

The Football Fan's Ten Commandments

You Must Choose Your Team by the Age of Eight.Value That Team Above All Else, Even Yourself.Under No Circumstances Can You Switch Teams (And Expect to Live).There is a Limit to the Amount of Merchandise You Can Own (But It's Very Generous).Sportsmanship is for the Athletes. Fans Can Gloat Endlessly.A Self-Induced Coma to Skip the Off-season is a Practical Solution to an Annoying Problem.An Inoffensive Fantasy Football Name is a Lame Fantasy Football Name.Wealth Doesn't Matter So Long As You Don't Have to Work Weekends.Respect Superstitions. If Your Team Lost, It's Because You Jinxed Them.In Life, the Order of Importance: Football First, Football Second, Football Third, Family . . . uh, I Don't Know, twelfth?

These are just the basics if you wish to be a True Football Fan. The full picture is much more complex and boozy. Thankfully, The Football Fan's Manifesto is your very own playbook to the strict rules and bylaws that must be scrupulously observed. After all, trash-talking is an intricate science and running onto the field a dangerous but irresistible pursuit. There are many lessons to be learned, especially that choosing a favorite team to live and die with is not a choice made easily: It's the most important decision of your life

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061735140
• ISBN13: 9780061735141
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Dey Street Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Informative and Entertaining

Quite a funny book, with the same quality humor expected from Deadspin/KSK. Must have for any true football fan.

Funny

I like the style of writing and author is witty and sarcastic. I've found myself smiling or laughing from time to time and it's an easy read. I'm not done yet but so far so good. I recommend it for any football fan.

Should be issued to every American citizen at birth

The Football Fan's Manifesto is a humorous take on Football fandom in America, written by one of the co-founders of the irreverent, and therefore absolutely essential Football blog Kissing Suzy Kolber. Though humorous, the book is a near perfect encapsulation of what it means to be a Football fan, much like Nick Hornby's Fever Pitch was for soccer. This makes it the perfect gift for not only hardcore fans themselves, but also for Football widows seeking to understand their disturbed partner's psyche. Also great for newcomers to the game(where have you been?) and foreign visitors seeking a better understanding of American culture. One of the best books written on Football in the past 30 years, your football season won't be complete unless you buy a copy!