Football books
- Thread starter C.ra.ig
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What kind of book? If you're looking for a novel, Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby is a good read.
Kingdom Bhoy
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Only a Game Eamonn Dunphy the Lee Howey book by Tony Gillan both Keanos books Tony Gillian Let There be Light and Paul McGrath Back from the Brink.
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viccarlton
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Have just read this one while on holiday, funny in parts, and plenty of content for MLF’s, not a literary classic but I enjoyed it.
Massively Violent & Decidedly Average | Biteback Publishing
Massively Violent & Decidedly Average | Biteback Publishing
Kid Galahad
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Bit of a Sunderland and Irish bias there KB, not like you.....
Kingdom Bhoy
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They are a right rivetting read!Bit of a Sunderland and Irish bias there KB, not like you.....
Kid Galahad
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I have the John Hartson book you can have if you haven't read it (I know he's Welsh but he's also Celtic!)
Kingdom Bhoy
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That's kind of you thanks and you are right on both counts. I'm a big fan of BBJ just drop me a Whats App and we'll meet up.
Kid Galahad
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No bother
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Forget footy, get Mike Tysons autobiography, it is brilliant. No wonder he turned out to be one mean sob. What an upbringing, but what a life so far too.
I couldn't put it down, superb.
My Father and other Working Class Heroes by Gary Imlach.
The best football book I have ever read. It shows how footballers were
basically slaves to their club in the sixties compared to today
£1.95p on Abe books.
The best football book I have ever read. It shows how footballers were
basically slaves to their club in the sixties compared to today
£1.95p on Abe books.
riffraff
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I always recommend The Ball Is Round by David Goldblatt. It’s a worldwide history of the growth of football. Universally accepted by writers working in the football area as the greatest football book ever written. It should be compulsory reading for people before they’re allowed inside a ground or on a forum.
There’s also a few Eng Lang country specific histories of the game: Morbo-Spain, Tor-Germany, Calcio-Italy etc. The Wilson lad of Sunderland stock has knocked out an Argentinian one titles Angels With Dirty Faces which I’ve not yet got round too which comes highly recommended.
There’s also a few Eng Lang country specific histories of the game: Morbo-Spain, Tor-Germany, Calcio-Italy etc. The Wilson lad of Sunderland stock has knocked out an Argentinian one titles Angels With Dirty Faces which I’ve not yet got round too which comes highly recommended.
West_Winger
Winger
The Damned United is a great book, and I’d always recommend ‘And up steps Michael Gray’ which gave me the funniest line about the mags - “like a mag on Concorde, games were coming thick and fast”
The Archer
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Excellent read
Disco_Pants93
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Both of Keano’s autobiographies are sensational.
Pink Panther
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Steve Bruce's novel - Striker
Seaham Towny
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Or Sweeper or Defender.
Or just download the Quickly Kevin podcasts where they discuss them, the books cost about a grand each or something
