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View kent675's Profile kent675 Flag Bromley, Kent 13 Mar 19 10.42am Send a Private Message to kent675 Add kent675 as a friend

Surprised no-one has mentioned Palace Addiction.

That Paul McGrath book is amazing.

 


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View Red Al's Profile Red Al Flag Reading 13 Mar 19 11.46am Send a Private Message to Red Al Add Red Al as a friend

Brilliant Orange, by David Winner, Bloomsbury

Excellent book about the Dutch and Total Football

 

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View Apollofuzz's Profile Apollofuzz Flag On the edge of reason 13 Mar 19 12.37pm Send a Private Message to Apollofuzz Add Apollofuzz as a friend

If you are interested in the 80s Football casuals, fashion and Terrace culture then I recommend.

Casuals - Phil Thornton

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View cantrbury eagle's Profile cantrbury eagle Flag Canterbury 13 Mar 19 4.38pm Send a Private Message to cantrbury eagle Add cantrbury eagle as a friend

Careful what you wish for by Simon Jordan for all his faults Simon was and is a genuine Palace fan and this book shows how quickly you can get unstuck owning a football club

 

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View Mr. Mainstand's Profile Mr. Mainstand Flag west norwood 28 Mar 19 1.06pm Send a Private Message to Mr. Mainstand Add Mr. Mainstand as a friend

I just came across my copy of brilliant orange. If anyone wants it, pm me and I'll meet you before a match and give it to you.

Matt.

 

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View Kloten's Profile Kloten Flag Bromley 28 Mar 19 1.20pm Send a Private Message to Kloten Add Kloten as a friend

The Nowhere Men by Michael Calvin is really good. It's about the world of scouting within the English footballing system. It won The Times British Sports Book Award 2014.

 

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View Frickin Saweet's Profile Frickin Saweet Flag South Cronx 28 Mar 19 3.57pm Send a Private Message to Frickin Saweet Add Frickin Saweet as a friend

Peter Crouch's How to be a Footballer is really amusing, some genuine laugh out loud moments. Read it on holiday a couple of weeks ago. He strikes you as 'one of the good ones' and harks for the 'good old days' of football, which are sadly evaporating. Tells his story from being an academy graduate and trying to fit in and then realising he was completely faking it and decided to be himself.

 

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View Teddy Eagle's Profile Teddy Eagle Flag 18 Jun 19 3.43pm Send a Private Message to Teddy Eagle Add Teddy Eagle as a friend

Originally posted by Frickin Saweet

Peter Crouch's How to be a Footballer is really amusing, some genuine laugh out loud moments. Read it on holiday a couple of weeks ago. He strikes you as 'one of the good ones' and harks for the 'good old days' of football, which are sadly evaporating. Tells his story from being an academy graduate and trying to fit in and then realising he was completely faking it and decided to be himself.

Just read this and enjoyed it. It would be good on a long flight and does show other aspects of a footballer’s life.
Hopefully he’ll write a real warts ‘n’ all version one day.

 

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View YT's Profile YT Flag Oxford 18 Jun 19 5.28pm Send a Private Message to YT Add YT as a friend

Has anyone mentioned:

Thirty-one Nil - On the Road with Football's Outsiders, by James Montague?

A football book I didn't particularly enjoy was The Damned United. The style just annoyed me. I enjoyed the film version, even with its many innacuracies.

 


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View lefty27's Profile lefty27 Flag ipswich 18 Jun 19 5.40pm Send a Private Message to lefty27 Add lefty27 as a friend

Originally posted by kent675

Surprised no-one has mentioned Palace Addiction.

That Paul McGrath book is amazing.

I am currently reading ‘Palace addiction’, really good read and brings back memories. Probably a good time to read it and appreciate how far we have come.
The damned United was a good read although a work of fiction.

 

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View braunstoneagle's Profile braunstoneagle Flag the middle of bumf*** nowhere... 18 Jun 19 6.09pm Send a Private Message to braunstoneagle Add braunstoneagle as a friend

woody & nord...a story about the football friendship between woodman & southgate is decent.

all the secret footballer series is v good

i enjoyed paul mersons book

i also enjoyed the anecdotes in gazza book.

when i was a boy i used to enjoy getting the rothmans football annuals for christmas, nowadays its called willopedia.

 


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