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Postby Dinger » Wed Jan 27, 2010 6:49 pm

Just started reading "a season on the brink" by Guillem Balague, not got too far in but its a pretty good read so far.
I've been addicted to football books for a while. Just wondering if anyone has any must read football book recommendations.
So far the best ones I've read:
Bill Shankly
Psycho - The Stuart Pearce story,
Kevin Keegan,
Dalglish
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Postby andy_g » Wed Jan 27, 2010 9:24 pm

the only one i've ever read is denis law's autobiography because i won it. boring as feck.
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Postby Dinger » Wed Jan 27, 2010 9:34 pm

Oh and the Robbie Fowler book was a good read as well, sadly it was written in the summer just before he rejoined so there was nothing about Liverpool under Rafa.
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Postby Ben Patrick » Wed Jan 27, 2010 9:34 pm

reading brian reades 40 years with same bird, its brilliant.
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Postby NANNY RED » Wed Jan 27, 2010 10:13 pm

Ben Patrick wrote:reading brian reades 40 years with same bird, its brilliant.

Erm 43 Ben :nod

Brilliant book, some of the things he wrote about id been there an done that :laugh:

An i only realised today it was you on facey :laugh:
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Postby tubby » Wed Jan 27, 2010 10:15 pm

NANNY RED wrote:
Ben Patrick wrote:reading brian reades 40 years with same bird, its brilliant.

Erm 43 Ben :nod

Brilliant book, some of the things he wrote about id been there an done that :laugh:

An i only realised today it was you on facey :laugh:

44 actually

:D

You put me onto it in the first place haha


All the Liverpool ones are good but my top 3 would consist of this, Fowler and Carra. I need to get round to Torres' one.
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Postby NANNY RED » Wed Jan 27, 2010 10:16 pm

bavlondon wrote:
NANNY RED wrote:
Ben Patrick wrote:reading brian reades 40 years with same bird, its brilliant.

Erm 43 Ben :nod

Brilliant book, some of the things he wrote about id been there an done that :laugh:

An i only realised today it was you on facey :laugh:

44 actually

:D

You put me onto it in the first place haha

:laugh:
Well i read it when it was 43,
You going Arsenal
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Postby tubby » Wed Jan 27, 2010 10:17 pm

NANNY RED wrote:
bavlondon wrote:
NANNY RED wrote:
Ben Patrick wrote:reading brian reades 40 years with same bird, its brilliant.

Erm 43 Ben :nod

Brilliant book, some of the things he wrote about id been there an done that :laugh:

An i only realised today it was you on facey :laugh:

44 actually

:D

You put me onto it in the first place haha

:laugh:

You going Arsenal

Yeah but i'm sat in with the home fans so have to behave myself.  Might be able to meet you for a bevvie before depending on where you are going to be. :eyebrow
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Postby NANNY RED » Wed Jan 27, 2010 10:20 pm

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Yeah but i'm sat in with the home fans so have to behave myself.  Might be able to meet you for a bevvie before depending on where you are going to be. :eyebrow[/quote]
Ill let you know which pub  an what time ill ring you , i might be taking my daughter to this one, introduce her to my side of life :laugh:
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Postby Dinger » Wed Jan 27, 2010 10:25 pm

bavlondon wrote:
NANNY RED wrote:
Ben Patrick wrote:reading brian reades 40 years with same bird, its brilliant.

Erm 43 Ben :nod

Brilliant book, some of the things he wrote about id been there an done that :laugh:

An i only realised today it was you on facey :laugh:

44 actually

:D

You put me onto it in the first place haha


All the Liverpool ones are good but my top 3 would consist of this, Fowler and Carra. I need to get round to Torres' one.

I've got something against reading autobiographies by players who are still playing, I know that I'm not getting the whole story.
I've been told good thing about the Carragher book but I'd prefer to read his tale once he has retired from being the most successful Liverpool manager ever.
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Postby tubby » Wed Jan 27, 2010 10:26 pm

NANNY RED wrote:

Yeah but i'm sat in with the home fans so have to behave myself.  Might be able to meet you for a bevvie before depending on where you are going to be. :eyebrow[/quote]
Ill let you know which pub  an what time ill ring you , i might be taking my daughter to this one, introduce her to my side of life :laugh:[/quote]
Always meant to ask you is she a L'Pool or everton supporter?
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Postby tubby » Wed Jan 27, 2010 10:28 pm

Dinger wrote:
bavlondon wrote:
NANNY RED wrote:
Ben Patrick wrote:reading brian reades 40 years with same bird, its brilliant.

Erm 43 Ben :nod

Brilliant book, some of the things he wrote about id been there an done that :laugh:

An i only realised today it was you on facey :laugh:

44 actually

:D

You put me onto it in the first place haha


All the Liverpool ones are good but my top 3 would consist of this, Fowler and Carra. I need to get round to Torres' one.

I've got something against reading autobiographies by players who are still playing, I know that I'm not getting the whole story.
I've been told good thing about the Carragher book but I'd prefer to read his tale once he has retired from being the most successful Liverpool manager ever.

Yeah I know what you mean mate, im surpirsed there isn't another edition of the Gerrard one out yet.  :laugh:

Carra is worth a read though, he has seen a lot still.

I love reading and listening to footballers talk about football. It's just so much better and refreshing than reading pundits talk :censored: ect..
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Postby Dinger » Wed Jan 27, 2010 10:32 pm

bavlondon wrote:
Dinger wrote:I've got something against reading autobiographies by players who are still playing, I know that I'm not getting the whole story.
I've been told good thing about the Carragher book but I'd prefer to read his tale once he has retired from being the most successful Liverpool manager ever.

Yeah I know what you mean mate, im surpirsed there isn't another edition of the Gerrard one out yet.  :laugh:

Carra is worth a read though, he has seen a lot still.

I love reading and listening to footballers talk about football. It's just so much better and refreshing than reading pundits talk :censored: ect..

I love hearing about all that stuff from the players, you get to see a side of it that you are never going to hear about in the press, I reckon its the only way of getting a feel for what life is like inside football. The John Barnes one was great but I'm biased on that as he was there throughout my childhood.
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Postby Big Niall » Wed Jan 27, 2010 10:33 pm

I prefer the darker ones, Tony Adams, Paul Merson and the darkest of the lot was Paul McGrath (still fukked up).

Probably, why I'm so cheerful  :D

The one Eamonn Dunmphy wrote about 40 years ago was good too, it was based on season, started off full of optimism and quickly realised they were krap. Also said that all footballers (including him) are selfish and want the team to lose when they are dropped and the guy replacing him to have a nightmare and then have to fake being gutted after the match.
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