Soccer: Re: [lfc] Re: Autobiographies

Re: [lfc] Re: Autobiographies

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Just wait for the Hodgson memoir: "My 6 months of glory at Anfield" - 7
chapters spread over 8 pages.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ilker Guresun
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 4:28 PM
To: lfc@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [lfc] Re: Autobiographies

I've read the autobiographies of Shanks, Paisley, Kenny (My Liverpool
Home is also on its way), Hansen, Barnes, Gerrard and Carra. I enjoyed
every single page of each book but since the teenagers of today don't
know much about the 70s, 80s, 90s they might find the more recent
stuff more interesting. I think Carra's book is a bit better than
Gerrard's. Both touch upon similar topics: boyhood, becoming a
footballer, LFC and the changes that have occurred over the years,
Istanbul etc. But TBH I found Carra's more honest and better written.
Just my two pence worth. I would also strongly recommend "Secret Diary
of a Liverpool Scout", a book on Geoff Twentyman. Fascinating stuff
about how he and the bootroom operated back then and how he was a
master at unearthing gems like Keegan, Neal, Clemence, Rush etc.

ilker

2011/8/10 Colin Rowlands <crowlands@rim.com>
> > I'm with you on that on Ed. If I was a manger, there's three things I'd
> > have written in to player contracts - no biographies, no poncey
> > coloured boots and no twittering about the club!
> > Alas, as Colin said, it's all about greed, and we don't help buying the
> > bloody books. I'd recommend The Essential Shankly by John Keith. I was
> > given Crouch's book as a chrimbo prezzie a few years ago, it's still on
> > the shelf...Crouchie! What has he achieved, any winners medals?
> >
>
> Other than Kenny's autobiog, I would tend to recommend going for books
> written by proper authors as there are some amazing books written about
> our club and the likes of Shankly, Paisley and even newer eras.
>
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