ExiledAjax Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 2 hours ago, Jerseybean said: Thank you everyone for your excellent contributions and suggestions. Let us know what you go for, and what you think of it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cider hoss rules Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 Another vote for Left Foot Forward, Gary Nelson. As much the story of his journey on the way down as well as up, and a fair City connection as it details him being stretchered off at AG after a …. ahem….. ‘coming together’ I also enjoyed Full Time: The Tony Cascarino story. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slacker Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 I really enjoyed The Way It Was by Stanley Matthews. Talk about a different world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slacker Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 3 hours ago, Taz said: Anybody read the Christian Roberts book, and is it worth a read? Have been tempted for a while but price fluctuates quite a bit. I read it.Found it quite interesting to be honest. He doesn't really pull any punches about himself. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Cyril Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 7 hours ago, 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. Including THAT snippet: Trapped in the pub, I turned to Smudger. "Only chuck the glasses, keep the bottles for the close in work.." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 A Season With Verona by Tim Parks has already been mentioned and check out Stamping Grounds by Charlie Connelly where he follows Liechtenstein home and away through a complete World Cup qualifying campaign. La Roja - A Journey Through Spanish Football by Jimmy Burns is also very good - the history of Spanish football and how it was intertwined with politics, the civil war etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sticks 1969 Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 7 hours ago, 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. Very good book and like you said not your typical bullshit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sticks 1969 Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 Anything from the brimson brothers utter crap 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loco Rojo Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 53 minutes ago, Slacker said: I read it.Found it quite interesting to be honest. He doesn't really pull any punches about himself. I've tried to order it twice on ebay. Quite interested in reading it. First time it was cancelled, 2nd time it got dispatched (sounded promising) but the wrong book arrived. What I got was a different book called 'Knee Deep in Claret: Celebration of Wine and Scotland'. Just not ment to be. I am tempted to try again though if it's any good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxjak Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 Bristol Rovers..........."The Glory Years" But, Unfortunately it's just a blank sheet of A4 . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 7 hours ago, maxjak said: Bristol Rovers..........."The Glory Years" But, Unfortunately it's just a blank sheet of A4 . No, I found it....... It's in the fiction section. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh Louie louie Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 Red card roy. Says gerry francis, was the worst manager, he ever played under. Clueless, long ball tactics, something like that he says. Thats gerry alright. Also gives holloway a slap, after a game at twerton. You warming to roy yet? Also alan dicks tried to sign him n the 70s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Saturday Boy Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 Another recommendation for Futebol - the Brazilian way of life by Alex Bellios Futebol: The Brazilian Way of Life - Updated Edition https://amzn.eu/d/0sykh0B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dolman Pragmatist Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 14 hours ago, Taz said: Anybody read the Christian Roberts book, and is it worth a read? Have been tempted for a while but price fluctuates quite a bit. Pretty harrowing at times. Anyone who thinks Danny Wilson was a good manager should read it… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dolman Pragmatist Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 17 hours ago, Davefevs said: I liked his ‘the bottom corner’, following non-league teams around. Got a feeling he might live in Bishop Sutton. Yes, I thought Nigel Tassell’s ‘The Bottom Corner’ was a good read, especially about grassroots football. Since reading it I keep meaning to go and watch a match at Bishop Sutton FC, but haven’t yet managed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 3 minutes ago, The Dolman Pragmatist said: Pretty harrowing at times. Anyone who thinks Danny Wilson was a good manager should read it… Thanks, may give it a read if I can find it cheap enough. Wilson didn't really do a lot in hindsight, especially for the drinking culture around the club at the time. Think the only reason Peacock was left out of the team that time after sleeping in a ditch was because he was physically unable to play!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh Louie louie Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 Without a doubt, one of the most out of touch quotes ive ever heard. Times are tough at swindon, i may have to sell my porsche., lee peacock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretSam Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 Usual shouts for "A Season with Verona", "Left Foot Forward" (we don't come out of it well!), "Brilliant Orange", I would add "tor!" by Ulrich Hesse-Lichtenberger, a history of German football, "Why England Lose" by Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski...and "Steak...Diana Ross" by David McVey, a wonderful story about playing football back in the '70s (and really cheap on Kindle (Bookie McBook)) Would love to read the Roberts book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Hitler Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 The Damned United is excellent as noted above. My Favourite Year is a decent read; it's a compilation of several fans relating their favourite seasons for their clubs (80s / 90s) and very well written inclduing by Nick Hornby and Roddy Doyle. 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. It's not just big clubs, Cowdenbeath was in there. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4263.My_Favorite_Year# There's "Among the Thugs" by Bill Buford if you want something a bit different. A reporter dives into football hooliganism to try to understand it. Unlike the hooliganism books written by the participants there's no attempt to glorify any of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Castro Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 I'd like to push anything by David Goldblatt, if you like analysis and insight into football and society. 'The Ball is round' is a wonderful doorstopper history of world football, as is his later 'The age of football'. For understanding how the Premier League became the cess pit of greed and corruption, 'The game of our lives' is great and there is also a good 'un about Brazilian football 'Futebol Nation'. He's a local too, although a bit of a gashead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tandy Posted July 19, 2022 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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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