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Left Foot Forward - A Year in the Life of a Journeyman Footballer |
It's not all Posh 'n' Becks in professional football as this book shows only too well. It charts a year in the life of a Division 1 striker hit by injury, indecision and anxiety as he fights to keep his place in the squad. A fascinating and intelligent analysis of the modern game from a player who spent fourteen years looking out into the 'promised land' of the Premiership but never quite making it himself.
(Clive Yelf - bwl 24 June 2004) |
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Left Foot in the Grave - A view from the bottom of the football league |
The account of an 'almost but not quite' top level player lured in the twilight of his career to bottom-placed Torquay United. Initially enthused by his player/coach role the events of the following season show the disparity between a club's expectations and ambitions and the desperate reality as players are injured, suspended, transferred, play badly, or just fail to impress. When to finish last is to face oblivion just surviving can be counted a triumph . . .
(Clive Yelf - bwl 25 August 2004) |
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