And Its Smith Posted May 25, 2015 Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 The Miracle of Castel di Sangra is a good read. On kindle The History of English Football According to Jonty Morgan is a hoot and has some Bristol City stuff in it. Will look to get the Pirlo book due to recommendations on here and the Enke one. Miracle of Castel do Sangro is a superb book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burhou Posted May 26, 2015 Report Share Posted May 26, 2015 A Season With Verona by Tim Parks.Read the book and enjoyed it. Music wise, Viv Albertine "Clothes,Clothes Clothes,Music,Music,Music,Boys,Boys,Boys is great read as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBFC II Posted May 26, 2015 Report Share Posted May 26, 2015 Just read messis which was good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fat Controller Posted May 26, 2015 Report Share Posted May 26, 2015 The Unstoppable Keeper by Lutz Pfannenstiel He was the guy who "died" on the pitch playing for Bradford Park Avenue. The only player to have played professionally in all six FIFA confederations. And he stole a penguin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChippenhamRed Posted May 26, 2015 Report Share Posted May 26, 2015 I enjoyed Gary Neville's autobiography. His views on each of the England regimes he played under were particularly interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RED4LIFE Posted May 26, 2015 Report Share Posted May 26, 2015 The Greatest Footballer You Never Saw-The Robin Friday Story is a really good read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Peacock Posted June 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 The Nowhere Men by Michael Calvin Went with this one in the end, great recommendation, thanks. A few City references, including the signing of Akinde and how we (possibly) gave him too good a package and he lost his hunger. Includes some references to us scrapping and rebuilding our recruitment/scouting structure as well as some players just picking up the wages before SOD arrived and him having the task of a total rebuild. It gives a great background to scouting in the UK and how some clubs do it well and others don't. QPR were quoted as one that doesn't, possibly giving a reflection of their lack of Premier League success. There is also an interesting discussion on the increasing influence of statistics and the relationship between this and traditional scouting. Reading the book makes you realise that without being privy to the discussions between Cotterill, Burt and the senior coaching staff, the lists of players our "scouting" posters put up are just a fairly random list of players which will be somewhere on the radar of most teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Septic Peg Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 Does Ricky Tomlinson's autobiography count? I mean he was Mike Bassett: England Manager... On a serious note, Christian Roberts was a great read. Poor sod went to hell and back. Thought Trundle's was better off as a door stop. Frank Lampard's was a goodie but a bit out of date now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS15_RED Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 Bobby Moore The Man In Full, the best football book I've read recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portland Bill Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 Went with this one in the end, great recommendation, thanks. A few City references, including the signing of Akinde and how we (possibly) gave him too good a package and he lost his hunger. Includes some references to us scrapping and rebuilding our recruitment/scouting structure as well as some players just picking up the wages before SOD arrived and him having the task of a total rebuild. It gives a great background to scouting in the UK and how some clubs do it well and others don't. QPR were quoted as one that doesn't, possibly giving a reflection of their lack of Premier League success. There is also an interesting discussion on the increasing influence of statistics and the relationship between this and traditional scouting. Reading the book makes you realise that without being privy to the discussions between Cotterill, Burt and the senior coaching staff, the lists of players our "scouting" posters put up are just a fairly random list of players which will be somewhere on the radar of most teams. I found that book a really good read as well. Interesting that GJ's uncle was the scout who recommended Akindi, and as you say he wasn't at all impressed with the way GJ handled him. Turns out he gave Akindi everything on a plate, big wages, big place to live etc etc. Whereas GJ's uncle said he should have made Akindi show hunger and desire to earn these things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid in the Riot Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 Inverting the pyramid by Jonathan Wilson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 Inverting the pyramid by Jonathan Wilson. I got serious internal problems after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scare_Man Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 Reading Andrew Jennings latest - Omerta All about his long fight to bring FIFA down and the dodgy dealings that have been going on since Havalange's day. He provided documentation and evidence to the FBI which has led to the recent activity. Worth buying his books just to support what he has done but they are also written in an interesting way, sometimes almost novel-like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dolman Pragmatist Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 The Nowhere Men by Michael Calvin Seconded. Best football book I've read for a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miah Dennehy Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 The Shoot annuals from the 1970s were pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Vega Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 Seconded. Best football book I've read for a long time. Agreed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Always Believesham Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 Probably mentioned before but 32 Programmes is a great read, 92 pies too, lighter stories and from a fans perspective too. Is Inverting the Pyramid any good when it gets going? It took so long to get into it I gave up I saw Manchester City ruined my life on a shelf, it looked interesting but didn't pick it up and haven't seen it since, is it any good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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