The Secret Footballer

i read his first book while on holiday and am just about to start his second. have any of you got any idea who it is? i read online that it was dave kitson, but he makes reference to winning trophies in his book, so i'm not so sure.

It's Dave Kitson.

He won the championship with Reading.

Originally Posted by Lok

It's Dave Kitson.

He won the championship with Reading.

cheers

ginger £#%&!er

Yep, pretty much agreed it is him now. The "trophies" stuff was just to throw people off the scent

Originally Posted by red in cumbria

Yep, pretty much agreed it is him now. The "trophies" stuff was just to throw people off the scent

and the "footballer" stuff

i thought it had been confirmed that it's more than one person?

Originally Posted by Jack's Smirking Revenge

i thought it had been confirmed that it's more than one person?

could be, and it also wouldnt surprise me if it it's just a journalist(s) tbh, but a quick google does seem to to point to kitson.

when reading the first book, my initial thoughts were david james, barton and lampard.

Originally Posted by Jack's Smirking Revenge

i thought it had been confirmed that it's more than one person?

You're thinking of Father Christmas.

That's how he can be in two garden centres at the same time, at least that's what my mum told me 25 years ago.

Originally Posted by Harfynn Teuport

and the "footballer" stuff

Been on holiday btw ducks..?

Going on holiday - ymms

ishfs...

Originally Posted by Jack's Smirking Revenge

i thought it had been confirmed that it's more than one person?

Footballer + someone who can create a sentence without beginning 'at the end of the day' and who doesn't put a 'y' after 100% of player surnames

reading the columns before the book, i always suspected glendenning was involved somewhere down the line.

yeah, kitson is the general consensus. it does seem very obviously ghostwritten though so i suspect it's elaborated a bit.

as an aside, does anyone ever read the anonymous poll in fourfourtwo every year? some interesting stuff in there, remember the last one alluded to a couple of gay premiership players

not read fourfourtwo for years. can you link us up?

Originally Posted by Jack Duckworth

not read fourfourtwo for years. can you link us up?

couldn't find this year's, but this type of thing:

http://www.fourfourtwo.com/news/play...d-match-fixing

nothing earth-shattering on the face of it, but you do get a few revealing comments.

Originally Posted by taff

yeah, kitson is the general consensus. it does seem very obviously ghostwritten though so i suspect it's elaborated a bit.

as an aside, does anyone ever read the anonymous poll in fourfourtwo every year? some interesting stuff in there, remember the last one alluded to a couple of gay premiership players

Nonsense. Gays don't even like football.

Love TSF me.

3rd book incredible - explains exactly why united £#%&!ed up with Stam.

Looking at his stats - saw he was making fewer tackles so assumed he was on way down.

Didn't take into account the reason he was making fewer tackles was that his reading of the game was improving and he was making waaaay more interceptions.

So much good stuff in there and his website is good too.

Originally Posted by Jez Quigley

Love TSF me.

3rd book incredible - explains exactly why united £#%&!ed up with Stam.

Looking at his stats - saw he was making fewer tackles so assumed he was on way down.

Didn't take into account the reason he was making fewer tackles was that his reading of the game was improving and he was making waaaay more interceptions.

So much good stuff in there and his website is good too.

The stat thing may be true about Stam but surely not why he left?

Originally Posted by forzagarza

The stat thing may be true about Stam but surely not why he left?

No he left cos fergie sold him . And replaced him with Larry white . :shakehead:

Stupid stupid stupid