Left Foot Forward: A Year in the Life of a Journeyman Footballer
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Language: English
Published by Headline Book Publishing, 1996
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- Title
- Left Foot Forward: A Year in the Life of a Journeyman Footballer
- Author
- Nelson, Garry
- Publisher
- Headline Book Publishing
- Publication year
- 1996
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0747251827
- ISBN 13
- 9780747251828
Garry Nelson's account of a run-of-the-mill season with Charlton Athletic instantly established itself as a soccer classic. It reveals more about the up-and-down reality of being a football player than any number of star autobiographies. Its focus is on the overcrowded treatment room, comeback games for the stiffs in front of a few fans, and the occasional highs before the next low strikes you from behind. Told with wit, intelligence, and insight, it is a riveting story as we come to appreciate one man's efforts to earn a living playing the game he loves and to which he has contributed so much.
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'If your interest in professional athletes lies this side of idolatory, read it. Fear is Nelson's companion; fear lit with occasional shafts of relief. And that is what sport is about' -- Simon Barnes, The Times 'A very good read indeed' -- Brian Moore 'For all the glamour of your Giggsys, Nelson's season portrays a more accurate picture of what life is like for 99 per cent of pros' -- Amy Lawrence, FourFourTwo 'It should be compulsory reading for any ambitious parent intent upon their son playing professional football' -- Michael Parkinson, Daily Telegraph 'The most candid and compelling behind the scenes football book you'll come across' -- 90 Minutes 'He has produced a rarity: a book by a practising sportsman that seems to tell it like it really is, intelligently and engagingly' -- Independent on Sunday
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