David and Victoria Beckham, Wayne Rooney, Sven-Goran Eriksson, Sir Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho all feature in a new one-man show celebrating the language of football.

A Unique Show
Football Fanatical: An A-Z of the Beautiful Game, the brainchild of freelance broadcaster and journalist Grahame Lloyd, is a mixed bag of commentary, quotation, poetry, prose and the occasional song.

A light-hearted look at the language of football used by managers, players, reporters, commentators and supporters, based – more or less – on the length of a football match – depending on the amount of stoppage time added on for audience applause!

Grahame Lloyd has commentated and reported on football for a number of organisations including BBC Wales, ITV Sport, Talksport, The Independent, The Guardian and The SkySports Football Yearbook. A published poet, he has performed his work through the rural arts touring scheme and on BBC Radio.

Grahame has written books on the former Liverpool midfielder, Jan Molby, Cardiff City's centenary and footballers who have played once for their country and he wrote and published Hard Man, Hard Knocks, the autobiography of Terry Yorath, the former Wales captain and manager.

'Football fans love it and non fans love it even more!
‘hilarious from the kick off ’
– Newark Advertiser

‘A very creative and entertaining evening’
– Lincolnshire Echo

‘You don’t have to know about football to enjoy it’
– Ripley Heanor News

'Witty and illuminating'
- Lincolnshire Rural Touring Network