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Post by neilsalop on Oct 13, 2017 21:22:20 GMT 1
Really busy at the moment and trying to read The Bricks That Built The Houses, by the multi-talented Kate Tempest. I have really liked it so far, but am struggling to find a spare five minutes to pick it up. I will get to it.
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Post by thesensationaljt on Oct 13, 2017 23:07:12 GMT 1
I like autobiographies. I must confess, I hadn't thought of Neil Warnock. That's another to add on my list. Some Juan who gave the book Juan out of five, was because the book was old and tatty.
Well so am I. Sounds just up my street.
Going O/T, look up Warnock when he was Huddersfield manager visiting Gay Meadow on utube.
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Post by callum on Oct 14, 2017 8:53:59 GMT 1
I like autobiographies. I must confess, I hadn't thought of Neil Warnock. That's another to add on my list. Some Juan who gave the book Juan out of five, was because the book was old and tatty.
Well so am I. Sounds just up my street.
Going O/T, look up Warnock when he was Huddersfield manager visiting Gay Meadow on utube. I enjoyed Neil Warnock's book, Brian Cloughs walking on water was also decent.
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Post by thesensationaljt on Oct 14, 2017 9:54:40 GMT 1
I like autobiographies. I must confess, I hadn't thought of Neil Warnock. That's another to add on my list. Some Juan who gave the book Juan out of five, was because the book was old and tatty.
Well so am I. Sounds just up my street.
Going O/T, look up Warnock when he was Huddersfield manager visiting Gay Meadow on utube. I enjoyed Neil Warnock's book, Brian Cloughs walking on water was also decent.
Got Walking On Water for holiday booked for the new year. Already read Providing You Don't Kiss Me, that's also a very decent read about Clough. Although he was in the top division, I can relate to him in a way I couldn't to todays premiership managers.
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Post by Red Rose In Exile on Oct 16, 2017 16:21:09 GMT 1
Just starting "there's only 2 David Beckhams" by John O'Farrell.
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Post by thesensationaljt on Oct 17, 2017 8:39:53 GMT 1
This is probably a book many of us can relate to.
www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/we-are-sunday-league
Having spent years scrambling around the lower reaches of the Sunday leagues, I can. The positional sense which allowed me to play full back at rugby union to a decent standard, completely deserted me at football. I'll admit I resorted to being a clogger.
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Post by Eric Rex on Oct 17, 2017 22:10:09 GMT 1
But I'm about to start a third book, Stuart Maconie's "Long Road From Jarrow", in which he retraces the 1936 march from Jarrow to London. I always enjoy his books but I learned from him months ago, via social media, that I'd be mentioned in this one and, picking up the book today, I see he's true to his word. What a gent. If only I could write and get published a book of my own! Thanks for that, I shall check that out. Have read a couple of his books some years ago, Cider With Roadies was a personal favourite. Funnily enough, Cider with Roadies was the last book I finished, picked that up at a charity shop along with the complete Border Trilogy by Cormac McCarthy which I’m now re-reading in the hope that I find them as beautiful as I did when I first read them at about 20.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2017 22:11:00 GMT 1
Paul Hurst - Miracle Worker
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Post by The Shropshire Tenor on Oct 18, 2017 19:49:39 GMT 1
Good thread from the OP (for a change.... ). Have just finished "The Silk Roads" by Peter Frankopan, so I'm in the market for a book I'm 'about to read.' Must say Stutty's and Jamo's current reads seem interesting. 'The Silk Roads' is on my list of books to read. I've seen it described as 'de-westernising our idea of history' and 'pushing you to question received ideas'. Is it that good?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2017 18:45:43 GMT 1
Good thread from the OP (for a change.... ). Have just finished "The Silk Roads" by Peter Frankopan, so I'm in the market for a book I'm 'about to read.' Must say Stutty's and Jamo's current reads seem interesting. 'The Silk Roads' is on my list of books to read. I've seen it described as 'de-westernising our idea of history' and 'pushing you to question received ideas'. Is it that good? I thought so. Frankopan certainly makes a convincing argument showing how influential the middle/far East has been in shaping world history and how the 'west' wasn't/isn't. In fact he makes a convincing argument about how destructive the 'west' was in a social, political, religious and economic sense. You can borrow my copy if you like.
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Post by hankmaloysenior on Oct 20, 2017 22:51:34 GMT 1
Half way through 'The Silk Roads' - fascinating stuff and highly recommended. Interesting to see world history from a different perspective.
I'm also reading 'The Dark Tourist' by Dom Joly for what must be the 5th time. Very different but equally brilliant. He skis in Iran, visits Chernobyl and the Killing Fields/Tuol Sleng in Cambodia amongst others. The second volume is due out soon I believe.
Between those 2 books and Lev Wood's superb latest documentary, it's reignited my desire to get over to Iran as soon as possible!
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Post by paulshrew on Oct 21, 2017 12:54:26 GMT 1
Just finished 'Sins of the Father' 2nd book in the Harry Clifton Chronicles written by Jeffrey Archer..
just ordered the 3rd book 'Best Kept Secret'
1st 2 books well worth a read, lots of twists and turns, and well put together
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Post by thesensationaljt on Nov 15, 2017 19:04:36 GMT 1
Just read Jimmy Case's autobiography, "Hard Case". Another sportsman who excuses a heavy drinking culture.
The funniest part was when he talks about Bill Shankley. They used to play practice games with the fust team playing the staff and younger players. They were hotly contested, and during the Juan match, Shankley, who was reffing, gave a penalty which the other team protested about. Shankley saw Chris Lawler walking past the pitch said, "Chris, was that a penalty?". Lawler replied, "No Boss". Shankley was furious. He said, "Chris, you've been here 10 years and never said a ****ing word, then when you do finally speak, it's a ****ing lie!".
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Post by peterjones1 on Nov 16, 2017 9:10:21 GMT 1
Don't get nearly as much time to read as I would like and when I do it tends to be football based books. Currently re-reading 'Inverting the Pyramid' by Jonathan Wilson. Michael Calvin is my personal favourite - 'The Nowhere Men' is an absolutely fascinating window in the world of scouting, 'Living on the Volcano' explores the pressures and lunacy of management (although the interviews with lower league bosses tend to be far more interesting than the top flight stuff) and I'm looking forward to picking up his latest work 'No Hunger in Paradise' which focuses on the struggles of young players trying to break through in the academy system and the scrap heap that faces them if they don't make it.
Others I have enjoyed in the not so distant past are 'Fear and Loathing in La Liga' by Sid Lowe (a history of Real Madrid and Barcelona) and Henry Winters book on the continued failings of the England national side...whilst I have no real interest in the teams involved both books are a real labour of love and very interesting. Nick Davidsons 'Pirates, Punks and Politics' (focusing on St Pauli) and 'Juventus' by Adam Digby are also worthy of mention.
Im also particularly fond of ground hopping books. The pick of these would be 'Playing At Home' by John Aizlewood in which he endeavours to hit the 92 in a single season back in the mid 90s - a very funny read, as is 'The Far Corner' by Harry Pearson which focuses specifically on touring the footballing outposts of the North East. For a slightly less humorous but nonetheless engaging effort I also enjoyed 'Conference Season' by Steve Leach.
Tend to shy away from autobiographies but to occasionally find the odd gem amongst the trash heap. Whilst incredibly disliked by many Craig Bellamys book is well worth a go as is Simon Jordan's effort - some of the accounts of the money squandered whilst running a football club are eye watering.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2017 11:00:07 GMT 1
If, like me, you’re interested in Native America and the plight of the Indian tribes etc then Dee Browns ‘Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee’ is a must, it’s been around for decades now but still an incredible insight into the disgusting treatment of the Native Indians etc
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2017 11:31:28 GMT 1
Don't get nearly as much time to read as I would like and when I do it tends to be football based books. Currently re-reading 'Inverting the Pyramid' by Jonathan Wilson. Michael Calvin is my personal favourite - 'The Nowhere Men' is an absolutely fascinating window in the world of scouting, 'Living on the Volcano' explores the pressures and lunacy of management (although the interviews with lower league bosses tend to be far more interesting than the top flight stuff) and I'm looking forward to picking up his latest work 'No Hunger in Paradise' which focuses on the struggles of young players trying to break through in the academy system and the scr@p heap that faces them if they don't make it. Others I have enjoyed in the not so distant past are 'Fear and Loathing in La Liga' by Sid Lowe (a history of Real Madrid and Barcelona) and Henry Winters book on the continued failings of the England national side...whilst I have no real interest in the teams involved both books are a real labour of love and very interesting. Nick Davidsons 'Pirates, Punks and Politics' (focusing on St Pauli) and 'Juventus' by Adam Digby are also worthy of mention. Im also particularly fond of ground hopping books. The pick of these would be 'Playing At Home' by John Aizlewood in which he endeavours to hit the 92 in a single season back in the mid 90s - a very funny read, as is 'The Far Corner' by Harry Pearson which focuses specifically on touring the footballing outposts of the North East. For a slightly less humorous but nonetheless engaging effort I also enjoyed 'Conference Season' by Steve Leach. Tend to shy away from autobiographies but to occasionally find the odd gem amongst the trash heap. Whilst incredibly disliked by many Craig Bellamys book is well worth a go as is Simon Jordan's effort - some of the accounts of the money squandered whilst running a football club are eye watering. The Far Corner is a classic . Another masterpiece is Arthur Hopcraft's The Football Man , written 2 years after England's '66 triumph , it is a snapshot of a pivotal era in sporting history . It is often quoted as one of the top sports books of all time. Another great read is The Glory Game by Hunter Davies . It caused great controversy at the time ( 1972 ) . It takes you into a club, Spurs, into the dressing room and lays bare all the tensions , personality clashes and dramas of a big club. I think Spurs weren't too pleased when it first came out for obvious reasons . A wonderful read IMO .
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Post by Nath on Nov 16, 2017 12:44:45 GMT 1
Half way through 'The Silk Roads' - fascinating stuff and highly recommended. Interesting to see world history from a different perspective. I'm also reading 'The Dark Tourist' by Dom Joly for what must be the 5th time. Very different but equally brilliant. He skis in Iran, visits Chernobyl and the Killing Fields/Tuol Sleng in Cambodia amongst others. The second volume is due out soon I believe. Between those 2 books and Lev Wood's superb latest documentary, it's reignited my desire to get over to Iran as soon as possible! Silk Road is a fantastic book- definitely recommend! As is The Dark Tourist. Just finished George Orwell- Down and Out in Paris and London. Have started Gordon Brown's My Life, Our Times.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2017 14:24:49 GMT 1
"More than just a game" by Prof. Chuck Korr and Marvin Close - all about how the political prisoners on Robben Island managed to create and run a football league during the period of Apartheid in Southern Africa - good read.
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Post by Exkeeper on Nov 16, 2017 15:10:10 GMT 1
Just started "The Prince of Centre Halves " the story of Tommy Jones. I believe that Everton had two players called Tommy Jones, T.E. and T.J. My dad's cousin played in the same Everton team as the one from the Dixie Dean, Joe Mercer era, until his career was cruelly ended by a cruciate knee ligament injury.
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Post by The Shropshire Tenor on Nov 16, 2017 20:03:26 GMT 1
I'm also part way through 'The Silk Roads' (courtesy of NickO) and when I finish I'll be reading something shorter.
In that respect I'd recommend J L Carr, a fine writer who appears to be out of fashion now.
He writes beautifully and wittily and is a very English writer with his stories set in a rural milieu that is rarely the subject of good writing. Another advantage is that his books are usually under 150 pages long.
For football fans his 'How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won the FA Cup' is a good start. Considering that it was written in 1975, some of his tactical insights are surprisingly prescient.
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Post by GlosShrew on Nov 16, 2017 20:55:39 GMT 1
Don't get nearly as much time to read as I would like and when I do it tends to be football based books. Currently re-reading 'Inverting the Pyramid' by Jonathan Wilson. Michael Calvin is my personal favourite - 'The Nowhere Men' is an absolutely fascinating window in the world of scouting, 'Living on the Volcano' explores the pressures and lunacy of management (although the interviews with lower league bosses tend to be far more interesting than the top flight stuff) and I'm looking forward to picking up his latest work 'No Hunger in Paradise' which focuses on the struggles of young players trying to break through in the academy system and the scr@p heap that faces them if they don't make it. Others I have enjoyed in the not so distant past are 'Fear and Loathing in La Liga' by Sid Lowe (a history of Real Madrid and Barcelona) and Henry Winters book on the continued failings of the England national side...whilst I have no real interest in the teams involved both books are a real labour of love and very interesting. Nick Davidsons 'Pirates, Punks and Politics' (focusing on St Pauli) and 'Juventus' by Adam Digby are also worthy of mention. Im also particularly fond of ground hopping books. The pick of these would be 'Playing At Home' by John Aizlewood in which he endeavours to hit the 92 in a single season back in the mid 90s - a very funny read, as is 'The Far Corner' by Harry Pearson which focuses specifically on touring the footballing outposts of the North East. For a slightly less humorous but nonetheless engaging effort I also enjoyed 'Conference Season' by Steve Leach. Tend to shy away from autobiographies but to occasionally find the odd gem amongst the trash heap. Whilst incredibly disliked by many Craig Bellamys book is well worth a go as is Simon Jordan's effort - some of the accounts of the money squandered whilst running a football club are eye watering. Thankyou some interesting sounding books there - I will add to my reading list!! 'The Far Corner' by Harry Pearson is a great read and had me in stitches. Some other football related books which I enjoyed:- All Played Out - Pete Davies (An account of England in Italy during the 1990 World Cup) A Season with Verona - Tim Parks (A tale of an Englishman going on the road to follow the fortunes of Hellas Verona)
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Post by bertymax on Nov 17, 2017 0:09:47 GMT 1
Just finished Storm of steel- Ernst Junger's incredible memoir of life in the German trenches of WW1 - wanted to follow this up with an English alternative so ordered Siegfried Sassoon's "Memoirs of an infantry officer" but only got as far as chapter two before revisiting Antonia Fraser's "The gunpowder plot" after watching the recent BBC dramatisation. So far so good!
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Post by The Shropshire Tenor on Nov 17, 2017 12:35:42 GMT 1
Just finished Storm of steel- Ernst Junger's incredible memoir of life in the German trenches of WW1 - wanted to follow this up with an English alternative so ordered Siegfried Sassoon's "Memoirs of an infantry officer" but only got as far as chapter two before revisiting Antonia Fraser's "The gunpowder plot" after watching the recent BBC dramatisation. So far so good! I'd not heard of the Ernst Junger book, so that's added to my list. If you like books by poets who served in the trenches there's also Robert Graves 'Goodbye To All That' and 'Undertones of War' by Edmund Blunden. In fiction there's the Pat Barker trilogy, especially 'Regeneration' which features real people including Sassoon.
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Post by peterjones1 on Nov 17, 2017 19:17:21 GMT 1
Don't get nearly as much time to read as I would like and when I do it tends to be football based books. Currently re-reading 'Inverting the Pyramid' by Jonathan Wilson. Michael Calvin is my personal favourite - 'The Nowhere Men' is an absolutely fascinating window in the world of scouting, 'Living on the Volcano' explores the pressures and lunacy of management (although the interviews with lower league bosses tend to be far more interesting than the top flight stuff) and I'm looking forward to picking up his latest work 'No Hunger in Paradise' which focuses on the struggles of young players trying to break through in the academy system and the scr@p heap that faces them if they don't make it. Others I have enjoyed in the not so distant past are 'Fear and Loathing in La Liga' by Sid Lowe (a history of Real Madrid and Barcelona) and Henry Winters book on the continued failings of the England national side...whilst I have no real interest in the teams involved both books are a real labour of love and very interesting. Nick Davidsons 'Pirates, Punks and Politics' (focusing on St Pauli) and 'Juventus' by Adam Digby are also worthy of mention. Im also particularly fond of ground hopping books. The pick of these would be 'Playing At Home' by John Aizlewood in which he endeavours to hit the 92 in a single season back in the mid 90s - a very funny read, as is 'The Far Corner' by Harry Pearson which focuses specifically on touring the footballing outposts of the North East. For a slightly less humorous but nonetheless engaging effort I also enjoyed 'Conference Season' by Steve Leach. Tend to shy away from autobiographies but to occasionally find the odd gem amongst the trash heap. Whilst incredibly disliked by many Craig Bellamys book is well worth a go as is Simon Jordan's effort - some of the accounts of the money squandered whilst running a football club are eye watering. Thankyou some interesting sounding books there - I will add to my reading list!! 'The Far Corner' by Harry Pearson is a great read and had me in stitches. Some other football related books which I enjoyed:- All Played Out - Pete Davies (An account of England in Italy during the 1990 World Cup) A Season with Verona - Tim Parks (A tale of an Englishman going on the road to follow the fortunes of Hellas Verona) Always been interested in the story of Hellas Verona so will endeavour to track that down - appreciate the recommendation!
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Post by venceremos on Nov 17, 2017 19:52:48 GMT 1
Thankyou some interesting sounding books there - I will add to my reading list!! 'The Far Corner' by Harry Pearson is a great read and had me in stitches. Some other football related books which I enjoyed:- All Played Out - Pete Davies (An account of England in Italy during the 1990 World Cup) A Season with Verona - Tim Parks (A tale of an Englishman going on the road to follow the fortunes of Hellas Verona) Always been interested in the story of Hellas Verona so will endeavour to track that down - appreciate the recommendation! Well worth it. Someone on here put me onto it (thanks, whoever it was). It contains a wonderful bit about the utter pointlessness of football and yet its simultaneously profound importance. I'm going to dig that out and save it because I don't think I've ever read or heard a better summary. Then, when anyone suggests it's a bit daft me caring so much whether Shrewsbury beat some other generally overlooked provincial team, I can agree with them and yet know that I'm absolutely right to do so!
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Post by jamo on Nov 17, 2017 20:04:03 GMT 1
Thankyou some interesting sounding books there - I will add to my reading list!! 'The Far Corner' by Harry Pearson is a great read and had me in stitches. Some other football related books which I enjoyed:- All Played Out - Pete Davies (An account of England in Italy during the 1990 World Cup) A Season with Verona - Tim Parks (A tale of an Englishman going on the road to follow the fortunes of Hellas Verona) Always been interested in the story of Hellas Verona so will endeavour to track that down - appreciate the recommendation! It’s a wonderful read. And seems to make sense of what really amounts to a lot of nonsense. Foootball eh ! Bloody hell .
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Post by bellevueboy on Nov 20, 2017 19:25:07 GMT 1
Shrewsbury author and avid Town supporter Neil Sambrook has just published a superb new thriller entitled MONTY'S DOUBLE. Released as an Amazon Kindle Book it has already received three FIVE STAR reviews. samtimonious.com/samtimonious-com…by-neil-sambrook/
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Post by jamo on Nov 20, 2017 19:36:00 GMT 1
Shrewsbury author and avid Town supporter Neil Sambrook has just published a superb new thriller entitled MONTY'S DOUBLE. Released as an Amazon Kindle Book it has already received three FIVE STAR reviews. samtimonious.com/samtimonious-com…by-neil-sambrook/Thanks Neil.
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Post by floreatsalopia1 on Nov 20, 2017 20:45:10 GMT 1
Shrewsbury author and avid Town supporter Neil Sambrook has just published a superb new thriller entitled MONTY'S DOUBLE. Released as an Amazon Kindle Book it has already received three FIVE STAR reviews. samtimonious.com/samtimonious-com…by-neil-sambrook/Thanks Neil. link not working
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Post by thesensationaljt on Nov 21, 2017 1:19:11 GMT 1
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