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Post by stu77 on Jul 3, 2021 22:05:28 GMT
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jul 4, 2021 9:03:27 GMT
Not your typical footballer was he?  |
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Post by doug61 on Jul 4, 2021 13:54:53 GMT
I've downloaded it but haven't read it as yet. He was a big indie fan as I recall, loved his music. |
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jul 4, 2021 14:58:21 GMT
Huge indie fan and very passionate about music. His teammates couldn't make him out.
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Post by stu77 on Jul 31, 2021 2:22:03 GMT
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jul 31, 2021 9:14:11 GMT
The Soccer War by Ryszard Kapuściński indeed look good... Part diary and part reportage, The Soccer War is a remarkable chronicle of war in the late twentieth century. Between 1958 and 1980, working primarily for the Polish Press Agency, Kapuscinski covered twenty-seven revolutions and coups in Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East. Here, with characteristic cogency and emotional immediacy, he recounts the stories behind his official press dispatches—searing firsthand accounts of the frightening, grotesque, and comically absurd aspects of life during war. The Soccer War is a singular work of journalism. |
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Post by doug61 on Aug 17, 2021 8:08:57 GMT
Reading it at the moment. Quarter way in and the book is as much about music as football so far. He adored Peel (they became good friends) and was completely uninterested in fame and money (beyond having enough to buy records). Real indie kid. |
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Aug 17, 2021 11:43:07 GMT
Reading it at the moment. Quarter way in and the book is as much about music as football so far. He adored Peel (they became good friends) and was completely uninterested in fame and money (beyond having enough to buy records). Real indie kid. Sounds like one I'm gonna have to read I've heard him on a few podcasts over the last few years and he comes over as very likeable, knowledgeable and humble  |
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Post by stu77 on Mar 31, 2022 1:37:09 GMT
Just finishing this. Very interesting if you remember the Wales team of Toshack , Leighton James and co and their legendary Admiral kit.  |
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Post by doug61 on Mar 31, 2022 13:02:54 GMT
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Post by stu77 on Mar 31, 2022 13:07:09 GMT
I think it's ex Palace defender Ian Evans. |
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Post by doug61 on Mar 31, 2022 14:32:49 GMT
I think it's ex Palace defender Ian Evans. Whoops, my mistake. |
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Post by personunknown on Mar 31, 2022 18:03:55 GMT
Does Brian Flynn get much of a mention? Only 5 foot 3inches but when Forest met his team Burnley mid seventies, he ran the game. I swear he had more touches than all the other outfield players.
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Post by stu77 on Mar 31, 2022 21:04:38 GMT
Does Brian Flynn get much of a mention? Only 5 foot 3inches but when Forest met his team Burnley mid seventies, he ran the game. I swear he had more touches than all the other outfield players. Yeah he does. In fact I was watching a bit of this before I'd forgot what a handy player he was . |
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Post by wardance on Apr 3, 2022 20:21:47 GMT
Pirates, Punks and Politics: FC St.Pauli by Nick Davidson.
Freedom Through Football: The Story of the Easton Cowboys and Cowgirls In the summer of 1992 just as a revolution was started to unfold in the English professional game, a group of young men from inner city Bristol form a Sunday league football team. Few of the original Easton Cowboys could have envisaged the extraordinary journey that team would make over the next two decades, a journey that would see them play soccer in a low-level Mexican war zone, cricket games in South Central LA and take them to the dusty fields of Palestine. This is the improbable story of the Easton Cowboys and Cowgirls, a punk-inspired, community-minded club that truly is like no other in British sport. It traces their development from that single men's football team to a multi-sport self-funding semi-legendary local institution with links around the globe. Freedom Through Football is an eye-opening, inspiring tale with an unlikely cast of characters - ski-masked Zapatistas, rampageous can can dancers and an up-and-coming street artist named Banksy.
eastoncowfolk.org.uk/And my current read..... When Footballers Were Skint: A Journey in Search of the Soul of Football by Jon Henderson.
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