Author:Harry Redknapp
‘When a man walks on to a pitch there’s always a chance something magic can happen, that’s what keeps us coming back…’
In A Man Walks On To a Pitch, Harry shares a lifetime’s experience of obsessing over football, during which he has seen it all first hand – the good, the bad and the unbelievable. Harry started in an age where players were ordinary blokes who might live on the same street as you and earn a similar wage. Now he manages in an era of player power, multi-million pound wages and teams assembled from around the globe.
As he shares stories of some of the legends and journeymen he played, coached, argued and drank with, Harry picks a team for each decade from the 1950s to the present. He gets to the heart of what was right and wrong with each era and explores the changes in the game from lifestyle to tactics. He weaves his choices together with unforgettable tales from the training pitches, boot rooms and card schools.
There are tales of the untutored genius of Duncan Edwards and Tom Finney, legendary tough Scots like Bobby Collins, Dave Mackay and Billy Bremner, the world-beaters of 1966, unpredictable one-off wizards from Sir Stanley Matthews to Matt Le Tissier, natural-born goalscorers from Greaves to Dalglish and the greatest foreign players to grace our game from Trautmann to Bergkamp. It is one of the best informal histories of the British game you’ll ever read.
The book all football fans will want to read
—— Daily MailInformative, entertaining and full of insights
—— The Sunday TimesA fitting celebration of one of Britain’s best-loved sportsmen in his finest hour
—— Bikes etc.A fascinating read.
—— Matthew Syed , The TimesFrom training to execution, Bradley shares his exciting story.
—— Cycling WeeklyBeautifully produced.
—— Mark Perryman , Huffington PostAn interesting read… Quality photography and production values make this a must for the Wiggo fan.
—— Cycle SportBradley shares his exciting story.
—— Cycle SportGironimo is the perfect successor to French Revolutions, and provides more of everything that made the latter so popular
—— Cycling WorldThe author’s adventures are often highly entertaining, though, as “road-trip” literature, it is unusual in that it mostly makes the reader glad not to be on the road!
—— Good Book GuideInsightful and witty
—— Cycle SportIt’s just exciting to read
—— Toby Neal , Shropshire StarAs dark and funny as anything I have read this year
—— Washington PostKerry Howley embarks on a quest for ecstasy delivered in an unexpected forum: MMA fights. This transfixing nonfiction narrative combines bloody play-by-play with philosophical inquiry, delivering serious punches. Welcome to the Octagon
—— PlayboySkidelsky explores the evolution of modern tennis, the role of beauty in sport and the psychology of fandom, weaving his own past into the story
—— GransnetExcellent
—— Andy Bull , ObserverOne of the areas in which Lister really does a fantastic job is balance of opinion. The author has his own views, some more common sense than others, but he gives column inches to all sides of a story and allows everyone a chance to state their case… here's an excellent balance between sport and life. It gives great insight into some fascinating individuals and doesn't shirk the big issues. It's comprehensive, an easy read and never overstays its welcome… This book is a must read for the cricket fan out there, full of interesting stories, tales from the tour and a really close look at one of the best sporting outfits of all-time.
—— Wexford PeopleCowen is without doubt one of our best current writers on landscape, on a par with Roger Deakin, Richard Mabey and Robert MacFarlane
—— Solitary Walker blogWonderful … An eerie haunting book … rendered with hair-raising, almost hallucinogenic, lyricism. Cowen moves on through the seasons of the year and the creatures of the edge land, feeling, more than observing, how the improving circumstances of animal life mirror his own climb out of darkness.
—— Brian Bethune , Maclean'sBlending natural history with a novelistic approach, Cowen revives his connection to the evocative, mysterious power of the natural world.
—— Sunday ExpressA luminous nature book
—— Arminta Wallace , Irish TimesVery beautiful indeed... [Cowen] has all the alliterative grace and fresh metaphors of a poet
—— Rebecca Foster , New Books[A] poetic memoir... This apparently scrappy and overlooked piece of wasteland - a tangle of wood, meadow, field and river - proves to be, under [Cowen's] forensic and magnifying gaze, brimming with riches.
—— Ruth Campbell , Northern EchoHe is engrossed by his landscape, enthralled by the minutiae and evokes the same fascination in the reader
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