Best sports books/biographies

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Roberto Duran 'hands of stone' is a cracking read for boxing fans.

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Ed Smith - What Sport Tells Us About Life

Read and learn people...

8)

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marcengels wrote:Ed Smith - What Sport Tells Us About Life

Read and learn people...

8)

Great book and a top, top man.

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SWLGooner wrote:
marcengels wrote:Ed Smith - What Sport Tells Us About Life

Read and learn people...

8)

Great book and a top, top man.
Absolutely mate... listened to him on the radio, makes complete sense.

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I been reading "Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics" and I've been enjoying it. The first few chapters (I'm about a third through) are mainly a history lesson about the development of the game in various areas, and the spread of basic tactical structures (2-5-3, the WM, etc). But it features a lot of biographical information about key people in the process (ie Hugo Meisl, Mourinho, many more)

Nice chapter about Herbert Chapman and his Arsenal team in there too.

Book goes right up to about 2008 Champions League, so it's pretty new.

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Number 5 wrote:the best has to be the auto by WWE wrestling legend Mick Foley. Simply excellent. 8)
This one: Have a nice day - A tale of blood an sweatsocks :?:

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Pires autobiography was awful dont bother with that one

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Pardon fucking me, but there is already a book thread. :roll: :wink:

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flash gunner wrote:Pires autobiography was awful dont bother with that one
Second that, it was like a kids book.

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kingjayson1 wrote:
flash gunner wrote:Pires autobiography was awful dont bother with that one
Second that, it was like a kids book.
I thought it was good.
Not a long read, but very interesting description of the recovery from injury.

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Francois Piennar Rainbow Warrior
Reuben The Hurricane Carter (not the Alex Higgins book)

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HIGHBURY, the story of Arsenal in N5 by Jon Spurling.


Some nice little pieces in by olt timers



Like old git

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corkbarry wrote:HIGHBURY, the story of Arsenal in N5 by Jon Spurling.


Some nice little pieces in by old timers



Like old git

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QuartzGooner wrote:
kingjayson1 wrote:
flash gunner wrote:Pires autobiography was awful dont bother with that one
Second that, it was like a kids book.
I thought it was good.
Not a long read, but very interesting description of the recovery from injury.
Really Quartz? i thought it was really shallow nothing of note in it, i kind of agree with kingjaysons description

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Ashley Cole - My Defence :oops: :oops: - get it quickly before it's pulped!

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