O/T Fit You Reading 3

[Pacman1903]

Killed this in a couple of sittings. A Portsmouth fans journey through the away games in League Two. Easy read, nae going to win any literary awards though. Quite fancy going to Cheltenham. He fairly bigs it up.

Jayden Stockley gets a couple of mentions in it

Id do like books by regular Johns writing aboot fitba

[awafaehame]

Very late to this thread, but taken on board a lot of the recommendations in particular the Motley Crue book.

Got a Kindle for the first time at Xmas, so been downloading a lot. I also prefer Non fiction, but like the Stuart MacBride books due to being based in Aberdeen.

Also like reading on the Troubles in Northern Ireland. One I finished the other week was Reporting the Troubles. Good book of stories regarding the troubles from individual reporters. Worth a look if you are into that kind of thing.

Also just read Dont tell mum I work on the rigs by Paul Carter and Oilfuelled Trash by Iain Lees. Currently into On Fire With Fergie by Stuart Donald and Glencoe by John Prebble.

Love the thread though, keep the recommendations coming.

[deaconred]

Wife was given Diary of a Bookseller for Christmas. Really enjoyed it and it made me realise that I'm fed up with a lot of the crap "thriller" stuff I usually plough through whilst complaining ab out them on every page.

The Keeper of Lost Things was another one I enjoyed recently.

Will be looking at this thread a bit more often now so as the last poster wrote - keep the recommendations coming.

[Aldo1983]

Just finished a book on the Vikings by that arsey bloke from Dunblane. Meh. I can't help read it in his voice.

[mondo_notion]

Just put Ant Middletons book away. He's the guy from SAS: are you tough enough on C4. Although it's funny as he actually wasn't in the SAS he served in the SBS like myself.

God I could tell you some stories about selection. Well I couldn't actually as I had to sign legal documents banning me from doing just that.

Anyway the books ok, not a lot of what you would expect from someone who was a sniper for a living, it turns in to more of a motivational self help guide.

Wasn't really what I was expecting.

'the soldier who came back' is up next.

[Aldo1983]

Just put Ant Middletons book away. He's the guy from SAS: are you tough enough on C4. Although it's funny as he actually wasn't in the SAS he served in the SBS like myself.

God I could tell you some stories about selection. Well I couldn't actually as I had to sign legal documents banning me from doing just that.

Anyway the books ok, not a lot of what you would expect from someone who was a sniper for a living, it turns in to more of a motivational self help guide.

Wasn't really what I was expecting.

'the soldier who came back' is up next.

SBS lolz

I remember having to help you boys out a few times. Were you the one with the empty tear drop tattoos?

[Mason89]

Ant Middleton was being a prick on the tele recently, climbing Everest. I was waiting at the top in my flip flops & gave him a hiding at 29,029 feet. That’s why they call it the death zone.

Picked up those skills in the Regiment but I don’t like talking about it.

[Aldo1983]

Ant Middleton was being a prick on the tele recently, climbing Everest. I was waiting at the top in my flip flops & gave him a hiding at 29,029 feet. That’s why they call it the death zone.

Picked up those skills in the Regiment but I don’t like talking about it.

Didn't realise it was you that suplexed him off the top rope as we call it. I went up there to recover him...in my slippers. Took a carry out and a gat gun with me though. Good laugh.

Just reading the Scottish Enlightenment now by Arthur Herman. Lack of pictures but otherwise good.

[57vintage]

[mondo_notion]

SBS lolz

I remember having to help you boys out a few times. Were you the one with the empty tear drop tattoos?

You help us out a few times? With your shot? You couldn't even hit me with a gat gun up everest. I knew that was you pinging pellets about up there.

[Pacman1903]

Read this out of interest

Basically the author has thought up some ideas he thinks would save our game. He then discusses with his panel of Jocky Scott, Alex Smith, Steven Tweed, Brian Rice, John Blackley among others

It was written in 2012 and nae really great but an easy read and its someones elses opinion. So interesting to hear

Wouldnt it be great if we could fill the stadiums? How could we achieve this, by summer fitba and ground sharing

Wouldn't it be good if we had summer fitba. It would entice more fans, you could sell more summer merchandise,

Wouldn't it be good if we had a NFL draft type set up. Eh fit?

Wouldn't it be good to have colt teams- Lucky that was a later chapter as he championed it. If that was early I would have put the book down

Bin the challenge cup


Not all ideas were bad

A big shake up in training methods at grassroots etc is glaringly obvious

Bigger leagues I agree with too

Pyramid system was needed




Out of everything that is mentioned the only stuff to happen is

Regionalization of the Challenge Cup (he actually suggested the league cup so half right)

Pyramid of Lowland(East of Scotland at the time) and Highland

Introducing juniors but he suggested Ayrshire so almost right.

Grass roots I suppose with Project Brave but its turned out to be a pointless exercise really




All profits from the book went to Prostate Cancer UK so that in my book is a marvelous gesture. so fair play for that

[Pacman1903]

An ok read

But im mentioning it for his sooking up to r*****s 1872-2012 and how they are not actually that bigoted. Funny more than anything. Actually reckon the author has a soft spot for the deid c@nts

Definitely fancy a steel city derby though

[Pacman1903]

This was a great read. Written by a Uruguayan and translated to English. Almost poetic at times. The history of football told in an unorthodox way. Really really good read

[57vintage]

Part two of Tim Pears's early 20th century trilogy, following The Horseman.

Part 3 oot in short order and already on the to read pile.

Leo's had a bad hiding fae his da after being grassed up by his uncle for his mild social transgression at the end of The Horseman, and is left to fend for himsel. He's been picked up and welcomed into the Gypsy community. Nae trips to Tannadice mentioned, since the manky Jute ****ers hivna been founded yet.

Tim Pears is a ****ing genius.

[mondo_notion]

Another couple of decent books down. Just put 'caught in the crossfire, Scotland's deadliest drug war' back in the cupboard. It's by Russell Findlay about the war between the Lyons and Daniels' families in Glasgow. Exposes just how close some Labour cronies were to these 'gangsters' over the last 20 odd years. Enjoyed the book.

The book I read before that was 'The soldier who came back'. I saw it advertised in the P+J before I came away. 2 soldiers who escaped a POW camp in WWII. The descriptions of some of the places they visited on their route to freedom were brilliant, takes you right there. Couldn't put this book down and recommend it for anyone looking for their next buy.

On to thon chernobyl one that WatsonNimrod recommended a few pages back.