Football Books

Joe Mac · **Posted:** Wed May 31, 2017 11:04 am

Off on holiday soon and the only time I read is when I'm away so any recommendations?

I enjoy the autobiography's and just ordered the new secret footballer book/Dave Kitsons book.

dav9337 · **Joined:** Sun Feb 01, 2015 12:40 pm **Posts:** 113

Just bought TSF's new book myself.

Would recommend A Life Too Short by Ronald Reng.

pooliecrab · **Joined:** Tue Dec 16, 2014 9:31 pm **Posts:** 6028

How to lose funds and alienate supporters by Gary Coxall.

WestParkPoolie · **Posted:** Wed May 31, 2017 11:58 am

Jonathan Wilson - "Inverting the Pyramid" (A nerdy one, but interesting never the less)
Gary Imlach - "My Father And Other Working Class Football Heroes"

thetownendfaithful · **Posted:** Wed May 31, 2017 12:04 pm

Read all the TSF's enjoyed them, The Nowhere Men is a good read, all about scouting

Essex poolie · **Joined:** Wed Oct 12, 2016 7:42 pm **Posts:** 901

Excellent book The smell of Football by Mick Rathbone autobiography about a run of the mill player and how he became a manager before finding his true vocation as a physio.

Essex Poolie

Yubep · **Joined:** Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:35 pm **Posts:** 25266

Get on the podcast wagon joe

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OddsOnPhil · **Joined:** Mon Aug 15, 2011 10:27 am **Posts:** 674

Ron Manager, "Marvellous, isn't it ?"

Football legend and a truly inspirirational read, Pools get a mention or two and I think some of the photos were taken at the Vic.

born toulouse · **Posted:** Wed May 31, 2017 3:30 pm

Just read Up There by Michael Walker who edits The Blizzard. Really enjoyed most of it although the sections on very recent events weren't quite as good.

David Rodigan's My Life In Reggae is turning out to be better than I thought it might be but the footy level is low.

The Bishop · **Posted:** Wed May 31, 2017 3:37 pm

The Far Corner is the bestest Football book I've ever read, by Harry Walter Mitty Shithead.

born toulouse · **Posted:** Wed May 31, 2017 3:48 pm

Wouldn't argue with you about that Bish. He's got a new one out soon about Belgian cycling that looks like it will be just as good but about Belgians on bikes.

Morbo by Phil Ball is a very good read on the centuries of regional grudgefulness that underpins Spanish football.

poolieinnottingham · **Posted:** Wed May 31, 2017 7:20 pm

There's an Illustrated History of Football by the Guardian illustrator, can't remember his name but it is ace.

WestParkPoolie · **Posted:** Wed May 31, 2017 8:38 pm

poolieinnottingham wrote:

There's an Illustrated History of Football by the Guardian illustrator, can't remember his name but it is ace.

David Squires is his name. Got the book a while ago, and it is very funny.

horden · **Posted:** Wed May 31, 2017 10:06 pm

A 109 years of ducking and diving - The Hartlepool United story

shilts · **Joined:** Tue Sep 03, 2013 9:32 pm **Posts:** 1573

I really enjoyed Neil Warnock's autobiography

tREE_wiTH_hAMStER · **Joined:** Sat May 19, 2007 11:00 am **Posts:** 20758

Hungry Caterpiller

yloop · **Posted:** Wed May 31, 2017 10:15 pm

The Vegetarian Dachshund

horden · **Posted:** Wed May 31, 2017 10:18 pm

Anyone who followed Pools in the 80s and 90s would find the following book fookin hilarious, I know I did, cracking read, sad but true, and the same things would of happened at Pools around the same time. This book is based on a year in the life of Rochdale AFC warts and all

Kicking in the Wind: The Real Life Drama of a Small-town Football Club - Derick Allsop

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