Books

[cant spell-dont care]

I know there is a thread like this hourly but can anyone recommend any good footy books.
I have read Colin Bell: Reluctant hero, Blue moon: Down amongst the dead men with man city, Kicked into touch ect.
Thanks guys.

 

[El Boy Wonder]

A Season With Verona by Tim Parks

 

[blue_paul]

A Season With Verona by Tim Parks

Football against the Enemy by Simon Kuper is THE best book on football I've read. It's years old now but you may get a copy on Amazon.
Strangely enough, Tony Cascarino's autobiography is excellent, a brutally honest account of a journeyman footballer. No sign of a warped ego being massaged which is what a lot of footballers come out with.
Stay away from the hoolie porn, they're all the same. There's something quite homoerotic about a bunch of grown men in their 'designer clobber' 'fronting' the oppostion as the book says!

 

[El Boy Wonder]

Robin Friday - The Greatest football you never saw by Paul McGuigan and Paolo Hewitt is a good book. Not particularly engrossing, but well worth a read. The bloke was clearly mental

 

[Hollywood Blue]

Robin Friday - The Greatest football you never saw by Paul McGuigan and Paolo Hewitt is a good book. Not particularly engrossing, but well worth a read. The bloke was clearly mental

That is a great book, fascinating read.
You can find a couple of grainy video's of him on youtube btw.

 

[Billy City]

Feed the goat was a good read mate, think its now in paperback and not to dear.

 

[Hollywood Blue]

Another one I recommend is Manslaughter United, it follows a prison football team during a season, very good read.

 

[El Boy Wonder]

Robin Friday - The Greatest football you never saw by Paul McGuigan and Paolo Hewitt is a good book. Not particularly engrossing, but well worth a read. The bloke was clearly mental

That is a great book, fascinating read.
You can find a couple of grainy video's of him on youtube btw.

Excellent! I'll go have a look.

By saying it wasnt engrossing i wasnt knocking it by the way! The diary form of it meant it was more of a dip in and out whilst on the toilet/train sortof thing as opposed to a proper autobiography or novel type thing!

Thoroughly enjoyed it

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Pointless by Jeff Connor. It's about a season following East Stirlingshire. 108 points going begging and I think they got 8. Hilarious. This is footy supporting way beyond the realms of sense.

 

[cant spell-dont care]

Feed the goat was a good read mate, think its now in paperback and not to dear.

Ye read that, as all city fans should as its brilliant.