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View Teddy Eagle's Profile Teddy Eagle Flag 12 Mar 19 1.22pm Send a Private Message to Teddy Eagle Add Teddy Eagle as a friend

I’m currently reading Michael Calvin’s State of Play which is interesting but lacks a bit of focus.
Duncan Hamilton’s books are good and I enjoyed I Believe in Miracles about Clough’s Forest.
Any others?

 

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View steven_t92's Profile steven_t92 Flag Orpington 12 Mar 19 1.25pm Send a Private Message to steven_t92 Add steven_t92 as a friend

The secret footballer might be worth a read if you want to know about the behind the scenes stuff. Some say its a load of rubbish but never know till you read it.

 

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View Teddy Eagle's Profile Teddy Eagle Flag 12 Mar 19 1.56pm Send a Private Message to Teddy Eagle Add Teddy Eagle as a friend

Yes, I’ve read the Secret Footballer books (isn’t it Paul Kitson?) one of them contained the story of a player spending about £20,000 on a bottle of champagne who turned out to be our own dear Connor Wickham. Probably injured himself lifting it.

 

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View ex hibitionist's Profile ex hibitionist Flag Hastings 12 Mar 19 2.47pm Send a Private Message to ex hibitionist Add ex hibitionist as a friend

Rogan Taylor (a grubbly little sh*te of a man) wrote an excellent biography of Ferenc Puskas (Puskas on Puskas) - it's very expensive (£20 second hand hard cover) despite being over 20 years old - great book though, when modern football began and all that.

 

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View Ghostship's Profile Ghostship Flag Norfolk 12 Mar 19 4.48pm Send a Private Message to Ghostship Add Ghostship as a friend

Red card Roy which is the autobiography of Roy McDonagh who once held the record number of red cards in English football. A proper old school centre forward who led quite an interesting life off the pitch as well as on. Their is a great bit in there about a confrontation he had with a certain Mr Pulis.

 

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View glazedallover's Profile glazedallover Flag Allier 12 Mar 19 5.02pm Send a Private Message to glazedallover Add glazedallover as a friend

The Beautiful Game : searching for the soul of football. David Conn

 

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View chris123's Profile chris123 Flag hove actually 12 Mar 19 5.26pm Send a Private Message to chris123 Add chris123 as a friend

Gary Imlach - my father and other working class heroes, Eamon Dunphy - only a game.

 

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View Teddy Eagle's Profile Teddy Eagle Flag 12 Mar 19 5.39pm Send a Private Message to Teddy Eagle Add Teddy Eagle as a friend

Originally posted by chris123

Gary Imlach - my father and other working class heroes, Eamon Dunphy - only a game.

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I’d forgotten Only a Game. Good book just a shame about the club it was about. The Glory Game was another.

 

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View PalazioVecchio's Profile PalazioVecchio Flag south pole 12 Mar 19 5.42pm Send a Private Message to PalazioVecchio Add PalazioVecchio as a friend

the autobiography of Paul McGrath, including his alcoholism nighmare, makes fascinating reading.

 


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View HolmesdaleUpper's Profile HolmesdaleUpper Flag Sanderstead 12 Mar 19 6.36pm Send a Private Message to HolmesdaleUpper Add HolmesdaleUpper as a friend

Big Fry - The Autobiography by Barry Fry is an amusing warts & all read of life from a trainee at Man U to management in the lower leagues.

 

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.TUX. Flag 12 Mar 19 6.38pm

Originally posted by PalazioVecchio

the autobiography of Paul McGrath, including his alcoholism nighmare, makes fascinating reading.

Agreed.
I was chatting about McGrath and how i'd always liked him as a player to a mate (Villa fan) while living in Spain. He lent me Paul's book.
How this man achieved what he achieved given his start in life and the (ever-present) demons he fought absolutely baffles me.

I liked him before reading the book. Total admiration ever since.


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View Co Derry Palace's Profile Co Derry Palace Flag maghera co derry 12 Mar 19 9.12pm Send a Private Message to Co Derry Palace Add Co Derry Palace as a friend

Excellent thread.
Can I recommend in no particular order. For maybe the more,er, mature readers.
Only a game? A strange kind of glory, and The Rocky Road,
all by Eamon Dunphy.
Spirit of 58-The story of Northern Ireland at 58 World Cup.
Tony Cascarino's book.(bit of an Irish theme so far).

Woody & Nord a football friendship. Andy Woodman and Gareth Southgate.
The Glory Game-Hunter Davies
The Damned United-David Peace
The Bromley Boys-Dave Roberts
All Played Out-Pete Davies
My Favourite Year-When Saturday Comes
Not Playing for Celtic-David Bennie
Dancing in the streets-Don Wilson
and for Christmas I was given 'Palace at the Palace' a must for anybody interested in the origins of our club.

 

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