Decent Footy Books

[Bjornebye]

Cant beat a good footy read. Loved 'Here we go gathering cups in May'. Some brilliant stories in that. Nicky Allt 'Boys from the Mersey' is one of the funniest books I've ever read. Carras auto-biography was brilliant and all. 

 

Away from Liverpool books, I really like 'Calcio - The history of italian football' and the first 'Secret Footballer' was a good read as well even though its blatantly Dave Kitson and he is a cunt. 

[Lee909]

I generally dont like them

Maradona's though is quality

[lifetime fan]

Garrincha is incredible.

 

Paul McGrath's is pretty fucking ace too. Hard reading at times though.

[cloggypop]

Brilliant Orange by David Winner is a great read if you have any interest in Dutch footy.

[RazorBack]

I liked Ancelottis Quiet Leadership. But I am quite a fan of Carlo..

 

Sice books mentioned are not as famous Ill look them up here in Swedish libraries but still, if any good PDFs let me know.

[Jairzinho]

Brilliant Orange is ace.

 

Italian Job

Futebol - The Brazilian Way Of Life

Behind The Curtain

Morbo

Inverting the Pyramid

Paul Lake - I'm Not Really Here

A Season With Verona

The Miracle Of Castel Di Sangro

 

Also enjoyed these.

[Russ Atmosphere]

[Jairzinho]

[Stickman]

The Damned United by David Peace....great film , great book

[Trumo]

'Tor! The Story of German Football' by Ulrich Hesse-Lichtenberger

 

'Calcio' by John Foot

 

'The Miracle of Castel di Sangro' by Joe McGinniss

 

'Barca - A People's Passion' by Jimmy Burns

[Bjornebye]

The Damned United by David Peace....great film , great book

 

 

Really decent that film. Thought the fella who played Clough was great. His name escapes me. 

 

Ive got a different Clough book called 'Provided you don't kiss me'. Decent insite into a wanker of a man but a boss footy manager. 

[Trumo]

Michael Sheen played Cloughie in that film. He's also played David Frost, Tony Blair and Kenneth Williams in other films.

[lifetime fan]

Not read it yet but Raphael Honigstein's book is meant to be very good.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Crossing the Line - Luis Suarez

 

43 Years with the Same Bird - Brian Reade

[lifetime fan]

Crossing the Line - Luis Suarez

 

43 Years with the Same Bird - Brian Reade

Loved the bit about him interviewing Shankly as a school kid.

 

"PS. Massive".

[Bjornebye]

Col how are you getting on with the ones I lent you? 

[lifetime fan]

Col how are you getting on with the ones I lent you?

Fucking hell, sorry mate forgot I still had them.

 

Finished them all. Great they were.

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

Danish Dynamite.

 

About the history of the Danish national team, with particular focus being on the Piontek team of the 1980s, who got to the Euro 84 semi final but then went on to (relatively) flop when amongst the favourites for Mexico 86.

 

Very good. I hammered through this in about 3 days.

[Bjornebye]

Fucking hell, sorry mate forgot I still had them.

 

Finished them all. Great they were.

 

 

No rush to get them back till I'm permanently in my new place. Glad you enjoyed them. Boys from the Mersey is funny as fuck eh? 

[Tony Moanero]

Simon Hughes' books ('Red Machine', 'Men in White Suits' and 'Ring of Fire') are quite interesting.

 

'Football Against The Enemy' by Simon Kuper

 

'Billy the Fish Football Yearbook'

 

The 'Got, Not Got: The Lost World of' books are excellent.

[Jairzinho]

Simon Hughes' books ('Red Machine', 'Men in White Suits' and 'Ring of Fire') are quite interesting.

 

'Football Against The Enemy' by Sumon Kuper

 

'Billy the Fish Football Yearbook'

 

The 'Got, Not Got: The Lost World of' books are excellent.

 

Why England Lose is also decent.

[Lee909]

I have a few you can have if you want them

Also a few boxing books

 

Football

The Nowhere men

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nowhere-Men-Michael-Calvin/dp/0099580268

 

Living on the valcano

https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Books/Living-Volcano-Secrets-Surviving-as-Football-Manager/0099598655/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1479159508&sr=1-1&keywords=living+on+the+volcano

 

 

Guillem Ballbag

Pep

 

 

David Winner

Brilliant Orange

The neurotic genius of dutch football

 

 

Boxing

The manley art George Kimball(Best boxing writer imo)

Barry McGuigan

The Professor the story of Azumah Nelson

[Bjornebye]

I have a few you can have if you want them

Also a few boxing books

 

Football

The Nowhere men

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nowhere-Men-Michael-Calvin/dp/0099580268

 

Living on the valcano

https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Books/Living-Volcano-Secrets-Surviving-as-Football-Manager/0099598655/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1479159508&sr=1-1&keywords=living+on+the+volcano

 

 

Guillem Ballbag

Pep

 

 

David Winner

Brilliant Orange

The neurotic genius of dutch football

 

 

Boxing

The manley art George Kimball(Best boxing writer imo)

Barry McGuigan

The Professor the story of Azumah Nelson

 

 

Don't go giving books away mate.... 

[Lee909]

Im taking them the second hand shop

I need the space for all my history books.

Your welcome to them if you want,i can pack them upand send them

[Trumo]

If you're looking for good reading, I would recommend The Blizzard. Some of you will have heard of this. It's a quarterly publication that's been around for 4 or 5 years now I think. Jonathan Wilson is the editor and the content is widely varied, including biopic articles, articles on tactical innovation, articles on great matches, some fictional stories, some thesis-like philosophical articles and interviews.

 

You can order it online from The Blizzard's website as a print edition, or get a subscription for the online version, or even get individual online editions on a pay-what-you-like basis. Even putting £1 for each edition is much much better value than all the normal monthly publications, although you CAN get each edition for just a penny on this basis. Doing that is taking the piss though because it's the revenue from sales that keeps them going because they don't stuff it with shitloads of advertising.