Author:Pete Davies
What kind of women play football? Factory workers, bank clerks, policewomen, students and shop assistants, they come together on a Sunday united by a passion for the game all too woefully absent from the money-drenched circus of professional sport. Fired by a Collective clan, an infectious joie de vivre, over the past dozen years the Doncaster Belles have been successful beyond the dreams of any other women's team. Pete Davies spends a season with the Belles - and finds a unique group of people with an abundance of talent, and a vividly earthy sense of humour. They play hard in the pit villages and nightclubs of South Yorkshire, they play hard on tatty pitches in run-down suburbs and industrial estates - but they play for love too, and to a standard that could convert the most blinkered chauvinist. At a time when more and more women are both watching and playing football, this club have been trailblazers; in this rich, diverting and passionate book, Davies make it plain why you too, once you've met them, will lose your heart to the Belles.
Brilliant
—— Oliver Holt , Daily MirrorDevastating. No ghosted autobiography can match the nuanced insight of the latest book on Bobby Moore, a hero flawed by alcohol
—— Ian Herbert , IndependentWell-researched and written, this book brings us the real Bobby Moore
—— Matthew Syed , The TimesA tragic tale, admirably researched and poignantly told
—— Nick Pitt , Sunday TimesIt’s an immaculately researched voyage of discovery into a footballing enigma. We’ll never know the man in full, but this comes close
—— Ben East , MetroWe know this story, but it's still a page-turner
—— Marcus Berkmann , Daily MailThe strength of the book lies in the way Dickinson has been able to go beyond football and find Moore’s real character… Dickinson’s achievement has been to honour the memory of Moore while also allowing us to understand that he was far from perfect
—— Mark Segal , When Saturday ComesAbsorbing
—— SpectatorThis should be essential, sobering reading for anyone who cares about West Ham, England or English football
—— Julian Shea , MetroBobby Moore will rightly be forever remembered as the champion of his era, the most serenely masterful footballer ever to have hailed from these shores; “The Man in Full”, not shying away from human fallacies, serves as a reminder that he was the same as every one of us
—— Jack Gaughan , Mail OnlineFull marks to Matt Dickinson
—— Steven Howard , SunDickinson makes Moore sound more human… One suspects this excellent biography comes close to describing the real Moore
—— UK Press SyndicationExcellent
—— Jon Wise, 5 stars , Weekend SportOutstanding
—— UK Press SyndicationDickinson manages to bring balance to this incredibly well-researched book
—— 4 stars , FourFourTwoDickinson is tender to the memory of the Essex lad who, for a breathtaking instant, was glorious
—— Ain Finlayson and Kate Saunders , Saga MagazineMatt's work is the most impressive West Ham book of the year, a genuine and sincere attempt to get to the root of the man. It is an excellent, thought-provoking book
—— Knees Up Mother BrownA compelling and complete account
—— SportIn The Man in Full, acclaimed football writer Matt Dickinson traces the journey of this Essex boy, peeling away the layers of legend and looking at Moore’s life from all sides – in triumph, in failure, in full
—— Bert Wright , NudgeOutstanding... this excellent biography comes very close to describing the real Bobby Moore
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