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Author
Publisher
Century
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
This text is inspired by stories Gary Lineker and Danny Baker have shared with each other about what life in football is really like. Not the dull-as-dishwater post-match interviews you sometimes see on TV, but the secrets, the superstitions, the laughs and the personalities at the heart of it all.
Author
Publisher
Guardian Books
Pub. Date
2015
Description
Ever wondered how to build a football club? What a typical match day feels like for the players on the pitch and those behind the scenes? From scouting systems to managing the big names, merchandise deals to hotel life, this book takes you into the world of professional football and shows us the hidden side of a world we think we're familiar with.
Author
Formats
Description
What happens on the pitch is only half the story. Being a footballer is not just kicking a ball about with 21 other people on a big grass rectangle. Sometimes being a footballer is about accidentally becoming best mates with Mickey Rourke, or understanding why spitting is considered football's most heinous crime. In 'How to be a Footballer,' Peter Crouch took us into a world of bad tattoos and even worse haircuts, a world where you're on the pitch...
Author
Publisher
Quercus
Pub. Date
2017
Description
James Brown has been playing football since growing up in the backstreets of Leeds. The sudden death of one his long-standing team mates made James ponder the unique bond between men who meet each other once a week for years, but don't know any personal details beyond pitch prowess. Five-a-Side football is where you play the beautiful game for love, not money. You play it for life and you play it everywhere. Your kit is damp and your legs are a leopard's...
Author
Publisher
Ebury Press
Description
Harry's tales and insight into the game he's lived and breathed for 50 years. Whether he likes it or not Harry's been so long in the game, his bestselling autobiography 'Always Managing' could only get to grips with the most basic dramas of his 50-odd years in football. He has so many more tales and observations about the game to share. So here is the story of the decades Harry has spent watching, playing and managing in football, of those he's met...
7) Alright Aldo
Author
Publisher
Sport Media
Pub. Date
2010
Description
From Anfield to Dublin, Tranmere to Real Sociedad, Newport to the USA World Cup and Istanbul to Cardiff, Aldo relives the funny side of being a professional footballer and what it's like working on the other side as one of the media.