Football books.

Anyone recommend any good ones please? Ill pop back in a bit then I can just scroll past all the suggestions for Shoot Annnuals etc...

Just finished, enjoyed and can really recommend 'Best and Edwards - Football, Fame and Oblivion'.


Ta.

Full Time: The Secret Life of Tony Cascarino

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Full-Time-Se.../dp/1903650542

i liked Keane's autobiography.

"hand of god" Jimmy Burns' Maradona one is a good read.

Brilliant Orange ( David Winner )
My Father and Other Working Class Football Heroes ( Gary Imlach)
The Damned United ( David Peace)
Football Against The Enemy ( Simon Kuper )
and the Cascarino one which I forget now

Originally Posted by signed dc

"hand of god" Jimmy Burns' Maradona one is a good read.

Read his book on Barcelona and enjoyed it...Ill give that a go...cheers man. (Ive read the other two mentioned but cheers anyway lads.)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Steak-Diana-.../dp/1903158370


very good.

Edit: This bit is good

"On the pitch, Manchester United visit Meadow Lane and their fans almost destroy it as Jimmy Sirrel, the Notts County manager whose marvellous idiosyncrasies illuminate the book, repels the Mancunian hordes with a bunion scalpel"

Originally Posted by L'Etranger

Brilliant Orange ( David Winner )
My Father and Other Working Class Football Heroes ( Gary Imlach)
The Damned United ( David Peace)
Football Against The Enemy ( Simon Kuper )
and the Cascarino one which I forget now

Is The Damned United as good as people say? Ive a mate sending me a copy as soon as hes read it. Read all the others...brilliant Orange is top, but the same fella wrote one called 'Those Feet' and it was shite.

I enjoyed The Damned United very much and can highly recommend it.
Peace also wrote a great book about the miners strike if you fancy a change of scene.
The Imlach book should not be overlooked - it makes you think a bit about some of the present day mercenaries in the prem. and there's some great stuff about the babes.
Enjoy

I thought Damned United was very good

Originally Posted by signed dc

"hand of god" Jimmy Burns' Maradona one is a good read.

Originally Posted by L'Etranger

Brilliant Orange ( David Winner )

Both excellent. I'd also recommend:

Ajax, The Dutch, The War
Dynamo: Defending The Honour of Kiev
A Strange Kind Of Glory
Morbo

If you've read Jimmy Burns Barca, give White Storm by Phil Ball a try.

Originally Posted by suedeshoes

Is The Damned United as good as people say? Ive a mate sending me a copy as soon as hes read it. Read all the others...brilliant Orange is top, but the same fella wrote one called 'Those Feet' and it was shite.

Thought you has read it, bearing in mind you said I could read after you.
Mind you, I've bought it now and it is very good.
Got the Imlach one as well, that is next on my list

Originally Posted by nei

Thought you has read it, bearing in mind you said I could read after you.
Mind you, I've bought it now and it is very good.
Got the Imlach one as well, that is next on my list

Still waiting for Mr Duff to send it...though I think its been intercepted by a colleague of ours on route.

Originally Posted by suedeshoes

Still waiting for Mr Duff to send it...though I think its been intercepted by a colleague of ours on route.

Ahh now something else I have read makes sense

Its good by the way

Read "The Greatest Footballer You Never Saw" by Paul McGuigan (ex-Oasis) & Paolo Hewitt

It's by no means a a work of literary genius, but the life of Robin Friday, a former player with Reading & Cardiff, is well worth checking out

Check out Skag Trendy's avatar - that's Robin flicking the v's at the keeper after scoring a goal

Originally Posted by Brenner

Read "The Greatest Footballer You Never Saw" by Paul McGuigan (ex-Oasis) & Paolo Hewitt

It's by no means a a work of literary genius, but the life of Robin Friday, a former player with Reading & Cardiff, is well worth checking out

Check out Skag Trendy's avatar - that's Robin flicking the v's at the keeper after scoring a goal

I was looking for that it Waterstones but couldn't find it.

Would it be in most book shops or would you need to order it?

Scum Airways was an eye opener, & piss funny in parts as well, the jib for the European away & nicking the players wives seats is class.

here ya go Up from suede shoes to my baby blues.

Get ya city series around this

http://www.milobooks.co.uk/index.php...re&iProduct=47

Antoine SIbierski

Leo McKinstry's book on the Charlton brothers.

Red Army Years.

Paul McGrath's book.