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Post by simmo70 on Apr 19, 2012 8:14:34 GMT
I have just finished reading My Father & Other Working-Class Football Heroes by Gary Imlach. I have been meaning to read it for years and found it in a local 2nd hand book shop. It really is a tremendous read, probably the best football book I've read. I can also recommend My Favourite Year, again quite old now but if you stumble across it it's a good one.
Any other recommendations for sports books in general, the new Eddie Mercx (sp) is meant to be good
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Post by lostboy on Apr 19, 2012 8:31:54 GMT
Yep.
The Death of Marco Pantani - Matt Rendell - fantastic insight into the cult around Pantani, his personality, drugs in cycling etc.
Broken Dreams by Tom Bower - getting a bit old now but a great look at football corruption in the UK in the 80s and 90s.
There's some excellent books on the various "teams of their era" such as Ajax, AC Milan, Barca etc. some of which are more story and some very detailed technically. Most offer a good insight into the money, politics, drugs, corruption, ideals etc. that were rampant at the time. (Not so much the Barca ones.)
Oh, and the best recent one, Racing Through The Dark by David Millar. Again a very heady mix of cycling, drugs, rehabilitation etc. from a bloke who is impossibly clever and very, very cool. (Met him, top guy)
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Post by hiddenhedgeender on Apr 19, 2012 8:37:47 GMT
Football Against the Enemy by Simon Kuper.
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Post by simmo70 on Apr 19, 2012 9:01:24 GMT
I have football against the enemy, started but not finished. I have quite a few as yet un read, the local 2nd hand bookshop is a handy source I think I may officially collect 2nd hand football books.
Funnily enough the bloke who played up front for The Republic O' Ireland, but was English...Um went to France...can't remember his name but his Autobiography is a good read too.
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Post by shirleymush on Apr 19, 2012 9:13:46 GMT
Inverting The Pyramid by Jonathan Wilson. Compulsive reading for anyone with an interest in tactics.
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Brilliant Orange- The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football by David Winner.
The Ball Is Round- A Global History of Football by David Goldblatt.
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Post by lostboy on Apr 19, 2012 9:14:50 GMT
I have football against the enemy, started but not finished. I have quite a few as yet un read, the local 2nd hand bookshop is a handy source I think I may officially collect 2nd hand football books. Funnily enough the bloke who played up front for The Republic O' Ireland, but was English...Um went to France...can't remember his name but his Autobiography is a good read too. Tony Cascarino |
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Post by hiddenhedgeender on Apr 19, 2012 9:36:06 GMT
I have football against the enemy, started but not finished. I have quite a few as yet un read, the local 2nd hand bookshop is a handy source I think I may officially collect 2nd hand football books. Funnily enough the bloke who played up front for The Republic O' Ireland, but was English...Um went to France...can't remember his name but his Autobiography is a good read too. Re Football Against the Enemy...I loved the Herta Berlin fan that the Stasi had a chunky dossier on. He was only watching his team. |
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Post by spot51 on Apr 19, 2012 10:13:47 GMT
Best book on football I've ever read:  |
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Post by simmo70 on Apr 19, 2012 10:16:35 GMT
Tony O'Cascarin thats the fella!
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Post by Mandochris on Apr 19, 2012 13:17:43 GMT
I read a good footie autobiography when I was a nipper in about 1963 or 4. By some English guy who went and played for Inter in the late fifties. Not that famous but it was an interesting read. There was a chapter entitled "the itailian football fan is a fanatic" or something. I don't remember his name but I enjoyed it. I think it's the only footie book I ever read.
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Post by Mandochris on Apr 19, 2012 13:22:17 GMT
This was him. I found him via the Charlton link. Not Inter ... Eddie Firmani |
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Post by theallseeingeye on Apr 19, 2012 15:35:43 GMT
Shoot
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