Book Review
Book Review: My Autobiography
My Autobiography by Alex Ferguson
Published by Hodder & Stoughton
2013, £25
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As I write this, in late December 2013, Alex Ferguson’s second autobiography has sold nearly 650,000 copies. It’s the bestselling book of the year. Just take that in for a few seconds. The-best-selling-book of the year. But when you read it, particularly if you read it in a couple of days as I did, it …
Book Review: York City: Fighting Back
York City: Fighting Back by Dave Flett
Published by Amberley Publishing
2013, £14.99
ISBN: 978-1445614083
Life as a York City fan has largely been a predictable state of affairs down the years. Turn up, watch them be moderate to crap for 90 minutes, go home – simple. The glories are fleeting and to be clung to for far longer than is probably healthy and for the most part of …
Book Review: I am Zlatan Ibrahimović
I am Zlatan Ibrahimović
by Zlatan Ibrahimović and David Lagercrantz
Published by Penguin
2013, £8.99
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Former Leeds United manager Howard Wilkinson was once asked how to deal with the maverick player who isn’t always perhaps the best influence on the dressing room.
‘Sell him to Manchester United for a million pounds’ was the laconic reply.
Even after the fact, such self-awareness in relation to the notorious jettisoning of …
Book Review: Hatters, Railwaymen and Knitters
Hatters, Railwaymen and Knitters by Daniel Gray
Published by Bloomsbury
2013, £12.99
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At times reading Daniel Gray’s Hatters, Railwaymen and Knitters is, despite the ugliness of the title, a joyous experience; an author who clearly enjoys using language talking with warmth and wit about football, people and social history. It’s the literary equivalent of an exhibition of Stuart Roy Clarke photos, and in celebrating community spirit and social …
Book Review: The Nowhere Men
The Nowhere Men by Michael Calvin
Published by Century
2013, £14.99
They are a mythical breed, not to say a forgotten one in these days where youtube videos are said to inspire signings, but, in an increasingly hybrid and varied form, soccer scouts continue to ply their trade – and yet it’s an aspect of the game that we as punters understand so little of.
Hence, Michael Calvin’s new …