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  1. MDG

    MDG Well-Known Member

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    Anybody read Gary Nevilles book, 'The people's game'? Heard it was good, more about how the modern game should change etc.

    Also any recommended footy reads?

    I've read.

    Keeper of Dreams
    Andy Ritchie / Rick Holden one..
    Jumpers for goalposts
    Up Pohnpei
    Don't call me Happy- John Hendrie

    Enjoyed all those, looking for some more suggestions.
     
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    This one's a good read -

    Feed the Beast: A Real Football Life - Jon Parkin
     
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    Just finished Tim Parks : A season with Verona courtesy of @Redarmy87

    Thoroughly enjoyed it and would highly recommend
     
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    They did a book about our season in the Prem - it was a collection of the weekly column in The Times. Worth a read - want to say it was by Matt Dickinson but it's been a while since I read it



    Alex Ferguson is a good one too
     
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    Just finished:Bean there done that: Graham Beans account of his time working with the FA compliance office and then setting up his own company fighting the cases of managers and players hauled up before the FA
    Gives a good account of his battle with Barry Taylor
    Decent read by a local lad originally from cudworth
     
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    Although not brilliantly written, the book about Robin Friday is something else.

    I'd also recommend The Miracle of Castel di Sangro. Truth really is stranger than fiction sometimes.
     
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    Frank Worthington - One Hump Or Two. Eye-opening, let's say....
     
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    Mark Hodkinson - Life at the Top. One of the better books concerning Tarn.
     
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    Gazzas is funniest for the pranks he got up to..
    Neil Redfern for the Barnsley connection
    Alex Ferguson has two books both worth reading. A working class manager who didn't forget his roots.
    Frank Worthington a real character
    Darren Gough - OK if you like cricket stats
    Dickie Bird - Not his own stories but reports on other cricketers pranks whilst he was umpiring.
     
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    Sir Stanley matthews - the way it was.

    Brilliant read about the birth of the modern game. Also a great bloke who was probably one of the best, but he doesn’t think so…
     
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    Maradona's is worth a read
     
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    The Blinder by Barry Hines. His first novel, I think., mid 60s. :)
     
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    Crouch' books are great, fully of funny stories and he's more than happy to laugh at himself.
     
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    The Football Man by Arthur Hopcraft - bit dated but a classic
    The Far Corner by Harry Pearson - very funny book about football at all levels in the north east.

    Both are good reads, and miles away from the celebrity ghosted bio and the 'and then we played Wolves in the semis and the ref was a shocker' etc etc..
     

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