May 10, 20169 yr the film adaptation starred colin firth. probably tells you all you need to know about hornby and fever pitch. I'm pretty sure I haven't seen the movie, so is colin firth's character an upclass posh twit romantic arsenal fan or a lovely jubbly cockeynee arsenal fan? He's the archetypal troubled nice bloke. I don't think he can act any other role.
May 10, 20169 yr At least Hugh Grant would of had a couple of brass on the go to make it more realistic....Firth was limp.
May 10, 20169 yr the film adaptation starred colin firth. probably tells you all you need to know about hornby and fever pitch. I'm pretty sure I haven't seen the movie, so is colin firth's character an upclass posh twit romantic arsenal fan or a lovely jubbly cockeynee arsenal fan? With a nasty speech impediment?
May 10, 20169 yr ^Take it Hugh Grant was busy at the time Hugh Grant is a Fulham fan and goes to games.
May 10, 20169 yr ^ Should have used Lofty then. Arse thru and thru Dale Winton should have done it. Typical southern football fan
May 10, 20169 yr The Day a Team Died- by Frank Taylor Duncan Edwards-The Greatest by James Leighton Sir Bobby Charlton-The Autobiography The King-Denis Law Autobiography Nobby Stiles-After The Ball Autobiography Sure they're good. Any non-ManU books you could recommend? After reading these all others fall by the wayside,sorry
May 10, 20169 yr The Day a Team Died- by Frank Taylor Duncan Edwards-The Greatest by James Leighton Sir Bobby Charlton-The Autobiography The King-Denis Law Autobiography Nobby Stiles-After The Ball Autobiography Sure they're good. Any non-ManU books you could recommend? After reading these all others fall by the wayside,sorry Be interested to know if you read, and/or had an opinion on books, Keane....and The Second Half?
May 11, 20169 yr he's a bellend these days but tony cascarino's autobiography is good. only "these days"
May 11, 20169 yr After reading these all others fall by the wayside,sorry Be interested to know if you read, and/or had an opinion on books, Keane....and The Second Half? No not read that one,I,m not a great reader to be honest the other books were read while I was passing time while working on nights many years ago.
May 11, 20169 yr The Day a Team Died- by Frank Taylor Duncan Edwards-The Greatest by James Leighton Sir Bobby Charlton-The Autobiography The King-Denis Law Autobiography Nobby Stiles-After The Ball Autobiography Sure they're good. Any non-ManU books you could recommend? After reading these all others fall by the wayside,sorry Be interested to know if you read, and/or had an opinion on books, Keane....and The Second Half? Any book involving roy keane has only one good use and that's to light fires with.
May 11, 20169 yr Be interested to know if you read, and/or had an opinion on books, Keane....and The Second Half? Any book involving roy keane has only one good use and that's to light fires with. That,s downright dangerous,try instead as a door jam Keano Keano Keano Wish he was still playing
May 11, 20169 yr After reading these all others fall by the wayside,sorry Sure they're good. Any non-ManU books you could recommend? Be interested to know if you read, and/or had an opinion on books, Keane....and The Second Half? Any book involving roy keane has only one good use and that's to light fires with. wasn't that the one where he basically gave a written confession to premeditatedly assaulting alf inge haaland? pillock.
May 11, 20169 yr Always Managing-My autobiography- Harry Redknapp Big Sam -my autobiography Sam Allardyce 44 years with the same bird (ugh) Brian Reade I have about 120 football books in my Kindle library, only read a couple of them.
May 11, 20169 yr Always Managing-My autobiography- Harry Redknapp Big Sam -my autobiography Sam Allardyce 44 years with the same bird (ugh) Brian Reade I have about 120 football books in my Kindle library, only read a couple of them. hah, yeah that one's not really one for you is it lid? reade's book about hicks and gillett is good - epic swindle. reminds you just how close liverpool were to administration.
May 12, 20169 yr After reading these all others fall by the wayside,sorry Sure they're good. Any non-ManU books you could recommend? Be interested to know if you read, and/or had an opinion on books, Keane....and The Second Half? Any book involving roy keane has only one good use and that's to light fires with. wasn't that the one where he basically gave a written confession to premeditatedly assaulting alf inge haaland? pillock. Steven Gerrard never won a single Premiership Winners medal in his illustrious career at Liverpool,if that "pillock" Roy Keane had been wearing the red of Liverpool instead of Man U it would have been a different story. If you ever get the opportunity to meet Alf Inge Haaland ask him why did he take it upon himself to to go over to Roy Keane when he was lying on the ground injured after a tackle at Elland Rd some years previous and go eyeball to eyeball with him and what exactly did he say the caused Roy to seek such retribution. Maybe Alfie,s reply will be along the lines of "because I was a pillock and shouldn,t have done it" Som Nom Nha
July 19, 20169 yr Author Picked up an excellent read from Asiabooks, B395, 'Living in the Volcano: The secrets of surviving as a Football Manager' (the title comes from a Arsene quote; he did the book Foreword). It's a newish book, author Michael Calvin seems to be have been given access to +20 managers in the British game, each chapter is an interview with one or more manager. The interviews are a bit samey but I couldn't put the book down and didn't want it to end. There are some great chapters (Sean Dyche and Shaun Derry chapters for me) and some strange and entertaining ones (Holloway obviously. ..character). Came away from the book with a new respect for people who work as managers - think the book states average tenure is 12 months in the Championship. The book starts with Martin Ling and ends with Martin Ling. I shall be learning in the coming days the current92 managers and following what happens to them over the coming season...best of luck to them all.
July 19, 20169 yr http://www.abebooks.com/Journeys-Worlds-Greatest-Football-Derbies-Goodhead/18740457905/bd
May 6, 20187 yr Author On my hols next week so need a book to entertain me at the quiet beach house we've rented. Thought I'd give the Joey Barton book 'No Nonsense' a go - an interesting character and I'm sure it'll be an interesting read.
May 6, 20187 yr On 5/11/2016 at 5:21 PM, BlueScouse said: I have about 120 football books in my Kindle library, only read a couple of them. Why would you buy 120 books and not read them?
May 6, 20187 yr 3 hours ago, Bredbury Blue said: On my hols next week so need a book to entertain me at the quiet beach house we've rented. Thought I'd give the Joey Barton book 'No Nonsense' a go - an interesting character and I'm sure it'll be an interesting read.
May 6, 20187 yr Author Yep they also had that in AsiaBooks but I wasn't interested as while I know Honigstein writes in the Guardian and should be decent, but I recently read the Pep book by non-native speaker Guillem Balague and it was RUBBISH. Anybody read the Klippety book? Any good?
May 6, 20187 yr 4 minutes ago, Bredbury Blue said: Yep they also had that in AsiaBooks but I wasn't interested as while I know Honigstein writes in the Guardian and should be decent, but I recently read the Pep book by non-native speaker Guillem Balague and it was RUBBISH. Anybody read the Klippety book? Any good? I've not yet, but there have been some decent reviews, but obviously could be a little bias
June 12, 20187 yr Author On 5/6/2018 at 3:22 PM, Bredbury Blue said: On my hols next week so need a book to entertain me at the quiet beach house we've rented. Thought I'd give the Joey Barton book 'No Nonsense' a go - an interesting character and I'm sure it'll be an interesting read. It was a great read. Didn't enjoy so much the early years when he's laying it on thick about liverpool but once he gets in to his pro years it was hard to put down (full of interesting nuggets like City wanted Allardyce before Thaksin brought in Sven). He clears up a lot of the myths about joey Barton (you believe or don't believe ). Michael Calvin, author of Nowhere Men and Living on the Volcano (see my post above) co-authored/wrote Barton's book and is an excellent writer. Bought in AsiaBooks.
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