He did have a very up and down career
Peaks & troughs.
He did have a very up and down career
Read Fred Eyre's book years ago, but still remember the story of when he turned up for his first match for City and the gateman would not let him in. He told they guy: " I'm going into that pub over there. When City notice they havent a number 6 tell them where to find me."Read Whitey's - very harrowing at times but it's what happened and needs to be read. Stewart's book is being brought over by my visiting mate next week.
Shaun Goater's I really enjoyed, so humble and down to earth. Great reading about his mum or grandmum just working to keep Shaun in a pair of boots when growing up as a kid.
Fred Eyre's has to be read - funniest football book going! Kicked into touch.
He missed a trick. Given the close finish, he should have intertwined both manuscripts, finishing with....Aguerrrroooooooo.Harry Harris...... I proof read it for the publisher 3 days after we had won it. He originally started the season writing about the rags ''final season with Fergie'' and them winning the title.... after the 6-1 he shat himself thinking ''they ain't going to win it'' and switched tactics to do the book on City. Obviously he carried on doing both just to cover himself.
The problem with autobiographies is that in many cases the subject is looking to cash in or to put the record straight. Also, they tend to be ghost written to a standard format of roughly 60,000 words. Often the ghost writer will make basic mistakes that fans would not (I think a few people have noticed 1 which talks of fans singing Blue Moon at Wembley in 1976 - 13 years before we actually started singing it!). Coton's is different because it was written by a Blue (Simon Mullock) who was keen to challenge Coton and get the best he could out of him while Lake's was written by his wife (a proper writer too!) and so the passion/feeling and frustrations could properly come out.Football autobiographies are, by and large, awful to read. Coton’s was alright though, and Lake’s was excellent. Not read Stewart’s yet.