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Looking forward to the Terry Naylor book which is out later this month although I assume it will be similar to most other football biographies.
You mean you're not really Terry Naylor
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Bit of a reader myself and I thought i'd share a few good football related books out at the moment and also those I have recently read.
Currently reading 'I'm not really here' by Paul Lake, who for those that remember him played for man city when they were a real team. only just started this but it's a real good one.
Just finished Shirts shorts and Spurs by our legendary pitman Roy 'Roysie' Reyland who is now pitman for the rugby outfit Saracens. This was a real funny book and full of good stories about behind the scenes antics at the Lane. Roy spend 29 years at the lane and is a proper yid.
Currently reading 'I'm not really here' by Paul Lake, who for those that remember him played for man city when they were a real team. only just started this but it's a real good one.
Just finished Shirts shorts and Spurs by our legendary pitman Roy 'Roysie' Reyland who is now pitman for the rugby outfit Saracens. This was a real funny book and full of good stories about behind the scenes antics at the Lane. Roy spend 29 years at the lane and is a proper yid.
The Glory Game is a must read for every Spurs supporter, I bought it at the time and it was quite controversial then. I lent it to someone, never got it back and had to buy the reissue, which includes an update, which is worth a read on its own.
Was it under Science fiction?
Purchased and will read it on the train when I go to North Wales next month, to see my aunt.
That London’s Fields book which features your good self was excellent btw. Great read. Surprised that we’re not quite the most hated by all London clubs!
Welcome back Chivers. Hope all is well with you.
He was very pally with Souness in their younger days ,by all accounts.
Be interesting to read about that
Wonder if he mentions the drunken annoying idiot(me!) he met in a pub in Clerkenwell a few years back?...
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Up the Spurs. Take care yourself.
The Ball is Round by David Goldblatt.
A comprehensive history of football from its earliest origins.
A comprehensive history of football from its earliest origins.
Reading Calcio: a history of Italian football, by John Foot at moment. Foot is a woolwich cunt unfortunately but once you're past the first couple of pages you forget that and he concentrates on the calcio stuff.
It's awesome.
My favourite part so far was when he talks about how the great Torino side of the 1940s all died in a plane crash and the league championship was granted to Torino even though there were four games left. They would have walked it, as they were by far the greatest team in the country, unbeaten at home in about five years I think he said.
Torino decided to still play the remaining four games of the season, fielding their academy kids. Their opponents did the same. The way he describes the dumbfounded silence in the stadium, finally breaking out into chants, is beautifully evocative. Italian football has always been so violent and corrupt, with a win at all costs mentality, that the Grande Torino incident stands out even more. A heartbreaking story told really well indeed in this book.
Anyone who likes football books will enjoy this one I'm sure, especially if you're into Serie A.
It's awesome.
My favourite part so far was when he talks about how the great Torino side of the 1940s all died in a plane crash and the league championship was granted to Torino even though there were four games left. They would have walked it, as they were by far the greatest team in the country, unbeaten at home in about five years I think he said.
Torino decided to still play the remaining four games of the season, fielding their academy kids. Their opponents did the same. The way he describes the dumbfounded silence in the stadium, finally breaking out into chants, is beautifully evocative. Italian football has always been so violent and corrupt, with a win at all costs mentality, that the Grande Torino incident stands out even more. A heartbreaking story told really well indeed in this book.
Anyone who likes football books will enjoy this one I'm sure, especially if you're into Serie A.
I'm a bit of a book nerd, and I bought 6 first editions of 'The Glory Game' about 15 years ago for not a lot, and they are going up in value quite nicely. I've got an American 1st edition as well where the wages and transfers are in dollars. I'm sad.
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there was no need to agree. :lennonlol:
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I thought it was good. The writing style is really good and there's a lot of good anecdotes in there. What holds it back for me is that it's so short. Quality over quantity is fair enough, but 150-odd pages is tiny!
zlatan always pulls a funny face. :adebaehug: