tandy Posted July 19, 2022 Report Share Posted July 19, 2022 (edited) The Nowhere Men: The Unknown Story of Football's True Talent Spotters Great book about talent scouts, and some really interesting stories, including some Bristol City ones The Nowhere Men: The Unknown Story of Football's True Talent Spotters: Amazon.co.uk: Calvin, Michael: 9780099580263: Books Edited July 19, 2022 by tandy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richwwtk Posted July 19, 2022 Report Share Posted July 19, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, Eddie Hitler said: One piece is on City and titled "Thighs of an Elephant" referring to super Bob. I no longer have the book or would credit the writer of that piece. Matt Nation - A big City fan and used to be quite a prolific writer for When Saturday Comes. No idea what he is doing now though. edit - maybe not such a big City fan any more https://www.wsc.co.uk/the-archive/30-Clubs/4739-city-break Edited July 19, 2022 by richwwtk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Oil Services Posted July 19, 2022 Report Share Posted July 19, 2022 1 hour ago, richwwtk said: Matt Nation - A big City fan and used to be quite a prolific writer for When Saturday Comes. No idea what he is doing now though. edit - maybe not such a big City fan any more https://www.wsc.co.uk/the-archive/30-Clubs/4739-city-break I got as far as when he wrote he "couldn’t be arsed" and .... kept reading. This lad is truly one of us. He couldn't be arsed watching us anymore. Good lad! Only thing that puzzled me was him seeing replica shirts everywhere as I have always thought that compared to other clubs' more enthusiastic fans when it comes to sporting our colours, we, generally, er, can't be arsed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh Louie louie Posted July 19, 2022 Report Share Posted July 19, 2022 Matt, was really harsh on steve torpey, i recall. Said his jumping, style, was like he was attached, to fly paper. Could do with some of that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh Louie louie Posted July 19, 2022 Report Share Posted July 19, 2022 There was another city fan who wrote for wsc. Posted some good pictures from, city bolton at wembley. May have been him who said that, about steve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy1968 Posted July 19, 2022 Report Share Posted July 19, 2022 6 hours ago, richwwtk said: Matt Nation - A big City fan and used to be quite a prolific writer for When Saturday Comes. No idea what he is doing now though. edit - maybe not such a big City fan any more https://www.wsc.co.uk/the-archive/30-Clubs/4739-city-break I used to work with a big Gashead, Steve Nation, in the 1990's. I've got a nagging feeling this Matt Nation is his brother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TedsHeadIs Red Posted July 19, 2022 Report Share Posted July 19, 2022 11 hours ago, tandy said: The Nowhere Men: The Unknown Story of Football's True Talent Spotters Great book about talent scouts, and some really interesting stories, including some Bristol City ones The Nowhere Men: The Unknown Story of Football's True Talent Spotters: Amazon.co.uk: Calvin, Michael: 9780099580263: Books I’m sure I once saw a book with the same title - The Nowhere Men: The Well Known Story of the Bristol Rovers Defence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh Louie louie Posted July 20, 2022 Report Share Posted July 20, 2022 Strangest thing ive read lately, is that steve perryman is a soothsayer. Anybody else read about this? He told one ex player, he would end up running a pub called the waggon and horses. This came true! This has convinced me its true. Hes told quite a few players, their fortune, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh Louie louie Posted July 20, 2022 Report Share Posted July 20, 2022 In Hoddles book, joe jordan, broke the spurs goalies jaw. Glenn, decided to go n goal, next corner gordon mcqueen said hey joe, il do this one. You did the last one, my turn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isawjonshaw Posted July 20, 2022 Report Share Posted July 20, 2022 On 18/07/2022 at 13:10, In the Net said: Steaming In - Colin Ward - one of the early books about following football in the 1970's and 1980's. It isn't one of those typical hooligan type books - "we ran everybody off our manor", blah, blah, blah. An authentic account from somebody who was there at the time, not a main protaganist. It's been years since I read it, but I felt that it painted a true picture of what it was like to be on the terraces. Classic. Scally was my favourite of that genre. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerseybean Posted July 29, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2022 Three others. Suzy Wrack's best-selling A Woman's Game, The hilarious tale of a Sunday League man in the middle Reffing Hell, Underground, Overgroundthe story of the fan ownership movement and the challenge it poses to what football has become. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted July 29, 2022 Report Share Posted July 29, 2022 7 minutes ago, Jerseybean said: Three others. Suzy Wrack's best-selling A Woman's Game, The hilarious tale of a Sunday League man in the middle Reffing Hell, Underground, Overgroundthe story of the fan ownership movement and the challenge it poses to what football has become. Have you read Underground, Overground? Decent? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerseybean Posted July 29, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2022 57 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said: Have you read Underground, Overground? Decent? Not read it yet EA but it’s been recommended. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted July 29, 2022 Report Share Posted July 29, 2022 34 minutes ago, Jerseybean said: Not read it yet EA but it’s been recommended. Let me know if you read it. Same area of interest I'm waiting for Who's Game is it Anyway to come out in paperback. Looks like a similar topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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