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Language: English
Published by Independently published, 2021
- Softcover
- New
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- Title
- A Driven Life
- Author
- Stone, Ray; Smits, Ant Gavin
- Publisher
- Independently published
- Publication year
- 2021
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 13
- 9798710230992
An Outrageous, Unbelievable (but True!) Story of a Business Magician
Anton Johnson lifts the lid on secrets behind football’s boardroom doors (as a football club’s owner).
He kept a lion for a pet, kept two crocodiles in a nightclub, was nearly drowned by a squib, and once tied to a tree by a bull!
Anton Johnson has rubbed shoulders with the famous and infamous, including Margaret Thatcher and Reggie Kray, plus many sports and entertainment personalities.
From humble beginnings as a butcher’s son, he carved a career in entertainments, farming, pub and club management.
He realized a dream to own a football club, but corruption and boardroom back-stabbing turned that dream into a nightmare. Anton was in the way when he refused to bend the rules for those putting personal profit before football.
He lost everything, but left a football legacy that no one is likely to match.
True to form, The Showman bounced back and made a fortune again. No-one can put him down.
His charity and sponsorship work spans a lifetime, including as a volunteer at the 2012 Olympics.
This is truly a great, inspiring story of a man who would not give up.
Pick your copy up today.
Ray Stone is an entertaining storyteller with an excellent sense of carefully measured detail. The reader never gets a sense he is unnecessarily padding the narrative.
Recommended. Suraya Dewing CEO Stylefit Ltd
Excellent!
I have read all of Ray Stones excellent books and hope he will be writing more in the future. An ideal book to read on a train journey or as an interesting holiday read.
Valerie Jean
What a ride!
I recommend "A Driven Life" very much. You can find business lessons, life lessons, adventures, hilarious events, heart breaking failures, big names, crooks and everything in between.
Recommended MS
Wonderful
A wonderful catalogue of one man's entrepreneurial business development over six decades.
Recommended Dr Mark Brenner
Well written, a real page-turner.
The story had me from the word go, a man from humble beginnings who made a name for himself in many different ways.
Highly Recommended Sue Thorn
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