Books about footie

[FC sexy xxx]

I started peter Reid’s book yesterday and downloaded Alex Ferguson’s autobiography on audio book which I’ll listen to going to Bournemouth on Saturday.

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

Got me everton annual £3.50 from that pop up calender shops you get
Sorted

 

[Walken]

Just received an amazon voucher for crimbo. I plan to purchase:

the simon kuper one is good, some great insights

 

[ste d' indica]

David Goldblatt - The Ball Is Round.
David Conn - The Beautiful Game.
Jonathan Wilson - Behind the Curtain: Travels In Eastern European Football
Raphael Honigstein - Englischer Fussball: A German View Of Our Beautiful Game

 

[ste d' indica]

Here's what's on my shelf. I've read most of them, and the others I've read bits and pieces:

Genuinely intrigued and slightly intimidated as to why you've got 2 volumes on Russian Criminal Tattoos on your bookshelf there!

 

[cronullasharks]

Bought this one with a bookshop voucher i got for xmas.

Also just noticed advertising on the fence in the old firm game for Brendan Rodgers autobiography lol

 

[verreauxi]

Genuinely intrigued and slightly intimidated as to why you've got 2 volumes on Russian Criminal Tattoos on your bookshelf there!

I remember reading about the cultural significance of Russian criminal Tattoos back in the early 90s in some magazine; the author of the article was working on a book about them but I could never track it down. It always stuck with me and when I was visiting London a few years ago I walked past a store that had those books in the windows (I think the books were re-released by Fuel Press, which prints some interesting stuff). I snatched them up and they are fascinating. The symbolism and iconography is quite cool. I love tattoos that are meaningful (not the generic pick-one-off-the-wall-while-drunk ones).

And this tattoo (below) is probably my favorite ever. I keep threatening my partner that I'm going to get it on my chest, and she--in turn, and not surprisingly--threatens to leave me if I do. It say, "Let them hate, so long as they fear"

 

[Cork Evertonian]

The Irish Soccer Split by Cormac Moore.It's a book about how, there came to be two separate Irish national sides.The funny thing is that in the years 1920-1950, there was two separate Irish national sides, that picked players on an entire island of Ireland basis.There was the original Ireland run by the IFA in Belfast, and then you had the newly established Irish free state national side, run by the FAI in Dublin.Both organisations respective sides, were known as Ireland.Both the Ireland squads run by the associations in Dublin and Belfast, had the pick of players born anywhere in the entire island for their squads.

Hence you had various dual international players, between the two squads.But eventually Fifa wanted to put a stop to this.There were also put under pressure from the FAI in Dublin, to stop the IFA in Belfast picking players from south of the border for their national side.

So eventually both sides were branded as Republic Of Ireland and Northern Ireland respectively.The last time the Belfast IFA, lined out with a side containing players from the south, was for a 1950 world cup qualifying match against Wales.The four southern born players in the side were Tom Ahern Reg Ryan Davy Walsh and the captain Con Martin.

 

[gonetomorrow]

I read Big Sam's book. It's a bit different in that it deals in the less glamorous places of football e.g. Bolton. Full of sardonic humour.

I didn't realise he'd had heart trouble. One of the last chapters is by his wife saying what a great guy he is.

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

if you was at school in the 70's this was out of the school library as quick as soon as it was returned

got made into a tv series as well

author was on brookside & corry

 

[paultheblue]

I read Big Sam's book. It's a bit different in that it deals in the less glamorous places of football e.g. Bolton. Full of sardonic humour.

I didn't realise he'd had heart trouble. One of the last chapters is by his wife saying what a great guy he is.

I read that as well mate ,I read it with an open mind but to be honest I didn't find myself liking the fat blurt any more at the end.

 

[49ers]

Simon Kuper's 'football against the enemy' some interesting stuff in there

Agree. Really good read. One if the few books I've read twice.

If you want a biography to make you laugh then Ray Parlour's is brilliant. Club allegiance doesn't really matter with it either,it's just an entertaining book to read.

 

[Pejic300]

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=g...8&hl=en-gb&client=safari#imgrc=fPAf8HHa6hX5zM:

This is required bog reading for anyone who might moan that football isn’t what it used to be.

 

[FOXINPEACE]

 

[Brisan123]

I read Big Sam's book. It's a bit different in that it deals in the less glamorous places of football e.g. Bolton. Full of sardonic humour.

I didn't realise he'd had heart trouble. One of the last chapters is by his wife saying what a great guy he is.

Well to be fair she’s hardly going to call him a see you next Tuesday