Favourite sports book

[Jammy89]

Since we've had a couple of threads about footballers books thought it might be nice to see what sports books people like.

Mine are all football related but some favourites are all the ones by Michael Calvin - The Nowhere Men and Living on the Volcano.

Also like Jeff Stellings books, found them very funny.

[ex_pat_magpie]

Since we've had a couple of threads about footballers books thought it might be nice to see what sports books people like.

Mine are all football related but some favourites are all the ones by Michael Calvin - The Nowhere Men and Living on the Volcano.

Also like Jeff Stellings books, found them very funny.

I really enjoyed reading Sir Bobby's autobiography.

[Zippity]

Read Steve Claridge's autobiography a while back...really engaging fella.

[Sclox]

Bit of the wall but among others, I loved a book called "First Down and a Billion". Written by the former owner of the San Diego Chargers. Dont have to like or know about American Football mind as it talks about the business side of the sport, the eccentric characters of the game and how in the early days the NFL which is now a billions of dollar business flew on the seat of its pants in the early days. Loved the Al Davis stories who was the maverick owner of the Oakland Raiders who the author hated - wish we had an owner like him though who lived and breathed his team and ploughed massive amounts of his own money in.

[Zippity]

And not strictly a sport but Joe Simpson's 'Touching the Void' about his infamous mountaineering accident where his partner had to cut the rope to save himself...it's the most incredible real-life story of survival against all the odds, the triumph of will over impossible adversity...I genuinely couldn't put it down until I'd finished it.

If you want to be gripped by a sporting book, this is the one.

[Sclox]

And not strictly a sport but Joe Simpson's 'Touching the Void' about his infamous mountaineering accident where his partner had to cut the rope to save himself...it's the most incredible real-life story of survival against all the odds, the triumph of will over impossible adversity...I genuinely couldn't put it down until I'd finished it.

If you want to be gripped by a sporting book, this is the one.

Sounds like my type of read. Will look out for it and give it a go. Similarily not a sports book but I also liked the book "going to extremes". Was a documentary too I think. Benedict someone or other was his name who is a bit of an adventurer who went to the hottest, coldest, driest and wettest places on the planet. The Ranulph fines book "Mad Bad an Dangerous to Know" is also sitting on my bookshelf unread.

Also, do yourself a favour and a read book called "Col Paddy the man who dared". The lesser known story of one of the founder members of the SAS Blair Mayne. Should make a film of him I think. British Lion rugby player, lawyer, founded of the SAS, decked his commanding officer - would of had a VC otherwise, boxing champion and multi decorated soldier. Took a machine gun nest, blew up an airfield and took hundreds of German prisoners single handed in the war. After the war the story goes he would regularly go in to his local bar in Ireland and challenge anyone to a fight and beat them all one after the other. A nutter, drunkered and a gambler who died in his sports car at 4am after a card game at the age of 45. For me a legend and a hero. Again, not really a sports book though.

[pboromag]

peter crouches by far very funny
i liked gascoines for its honesty

Sir bobbys was a good read and so was fergusons

[pboromag]

Sounds like my type of read. Will look out for it and give it a go. Similarily not a sports book but I also liked the book "going to extremes". Was a documentary too I think. Benedict someone or other was his name who is a bit of an adventurer who went to the hottest, coldest, driest and wettest places on the planet. The Ranulph fines book "Mad Bad an Dangerous to Know" is also sitting on my bookshelf unread.

Also, do yourself a favour and a read book called "Col Paddy the man who dared". The lesser known story of one of the founder members of the SAS Blair Mayne. Should make a film of him I think. British Lion rugby player, lawyer, founded of the SAS, decked his commanding officer - would of had a VC otherwise, boxing champion and multi decorated soldier. Took a machine gun nest, blew up an airfield and took hundreds of German prisoners single handed in the war. After the war the story goes he would regularly go in to his local bar in Ireland and challenge anyone to a fight and beat them all one after the other. A nutter, drunkered and a gambler who died in his sports car at 4am after a card game at the age of 45. For me a legend and a hero. Again, not really a sports book though.

he stayed out in the desert behind lines doing daamage to airfields oil lines etc

phil campions book is good

[toonfalifekevbrown]

Alex Ferguson is a must read especially about Dion Dublin in the shower.
Keegan book will be a great book

[Sclox]

he stayed out in the desert behind lines doing daamage to airfields oil lines etc

phil campions book is good

So prolific at destruction behind the lines that Adolf Hitler himself put a bounty on his head. Think in the end he became the most decorated soldier in British Army history.