Author:Phil Shaw
The greatest football quotations collection ever, now in its ninth edition.
This compilation includes quotes from everyone – Shakespeare to Suarez, Camus to Cantona, Busby to Beckham – who has made an apt, pithy or comical comment about football. And not just footballers and managers either – fans, pundits, groundsmen, directors and wives all get to have their say too. Every subject is covered, from tactical debates to changing lifestyles, to produce a sometimes hilarious and always thought-provoking commentary on the game.
‘My players are always the best players in the world, even if they aren’t’ - José Mourinho
‘He was a quiet man, Eric Cantona, but he was a man of few words’ - David Beckham
‘Sometimes when you aim for the stars you hit the moon’ - Ian Holloway
Truly a must... it can make you laugh or cry
—— Sunday TelegraphIt should be on the shelf of everyone who loves football
—— The TimesShaw has drawn together a fine catalogue of comical observations for a book to which enthusiasts will return regularly for comical stimulation
—— Scotland on Sundayrichly enjoyable
—— Richard Williams , GuardianBoulting is a delightful narrator, amusingly preoccupied by his own middle-class roots
—— Financial TimesAn amusing and personal exploration of the austere, nutty soul of British cycling
—— NudgeReading this book, you are treated to a number of laugh-out-load anecdotes, you get to meet the most eccentric characters and you will read some surprisingly moving tales…sure to enlighten and entertain
—— Joff Verby , London CyclistBoulting is a deliciously funny companion
—— Claire Allfree , MetroHeartwarming and often downright hilarious
—— Susan Swarbrick , Sunday HeraldBobby 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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