THE GOONERSID BOOK THREAD

OneBardGooner · Post by **OneBardGooner** » Thu Jun 09, 2011 10:56 pm

also wenger is guesting on the new Cheech & Chong album.

arsenalmorris · Post by **arsenalmorris** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 6:56 pm

Mr Nice is best book ever

Post by **DB10GOONER** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 7:36 am

Just finished Merson's book.

An Arsenal legend but what a total twat he was off the pitch. Whiney fucking blame-everyone-else fucktard.

Some of it of course was in the tabloids when admitted his addictions but he really gets into the gory details in this book. And what a proper cunt he was.

He pissed Â£7 million at the bookies, constantly lied to family, friends and colleagues, fucked up two marriages and had god knows what impact on his kids and all because he is a selfish arsehole. Please don't run that "oh but he was a poor addict" rubbish by me. Fuck that, we can all just quit on our responsiblities, but some of us man up and do the right thing by family and friends.

Some of the behind the scenes stuff at Arsenal and about GG is quite interesting but overall I just felt a fairly healthy dislike for Merse as a human being.

And his "revenge" rant at Glenn Johnson is cringeworthy in the extreme.

If (like me) you thought of "The Merse" as a proper Arsenal legend I would advise not reading this tbh... it will change how you view him forever. It saddens me that I now really dislike a guy that was a hero to me in my late teens / early twenties.

JMascis666 · Post by **JMascis666** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 10:26 pm

Just reading Eric Bristow's auto-biography.

Stoke Newington boy which makes some of the normally more tedious background chapters more interesting.

arseofacrow · Post by **arseofacrow** » Fri Aug 12, 2011 6:40 am

JMascis666 wrote:Just reading Eric Bristow's auto-biography.

Stoke Newington boy which makes some of the normally more tedious background chapters more interesting.

Someone looted Eric Bristow's autobiography?

Post by **DB10GOONER** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 6:42 am

Reading The Stand (unedited version) by Stephen King again. First read it back in the 80's and have to admit I'm really enjoying it again. I don't read that much fiction anymore (prefer sporting, historical and military non-fiction) but you can't beat King at his best.

zero 6 · Post by **zero 6** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 5:30 pm

Just finished reading Papillon(Henri Charriere).

Very highly recommended !!

Chunky The Gooner · Post by **Chunky The Gooner** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 10:52 pm

DB10GOONER wrote:.

If (like me) you thought of "The Merse" as a proper Arsenal legend I would advise not reading this tbh... it will change how you view him forever. It saddens me that I now really dislike a guy that was a hero to me in my late teens / early twenties.

Didnt know Merse played in the 60's

Post by **DB10GOONER** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 8:11 am

Chunky The Gooner wrote:
DB10GOONER wrote:.

If (like me) you thought of "The Merse" as a proper Arsenal legend I would advise not reading this tbh... it will change how you view him forever. It saddens me that I now really dislike a guy that was a hero to me in my late teens / early twenties.

Didnt know Merse played in the 60's

Davemiltslop.

Yankee_Gooner_Dandee · Wed Oct 05, 2011 1:07 pm

A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin
Consists of 5 books: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and A Dance With Dragons.

Its an adult medieval mythology. Very well written, very intriguing, and most definitely entertaining.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_song_of_ice_and_fire

goonersid · Post by **goonersid** » Tue Oct 18, 2011 3:17 pm

Been trying to source a book which supports the theory that Ruben Carter was indeed guilty of the 1966 Lafayette Grill murders.

I first became aware of the story through Dylans "Hurricane" which I understand he no longer plays, as he himself now doubts Carters innocence.
I've come across a few websites on the subject, but can only find pro-Carter publications.
Does anyone know of any?

Post by **flash gunner** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 11:24 am

I bought i-Partridge yesterday the autobiography of Alan Partridge... Meant to be brilliant

goonersid · Post by **goonersid** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 1:49 pm

flash gunner wrote:I bought i-Partridge yesterday the autobiography of Alan Partridge... Meant to be brilliant

Knowing you, you will enjoy it, knowing me I'm not so sure

arseofacrow · Post by **arseofacrow** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 2:17 pm

goonersid wrote:
flash gunner wrote:I bought i-Partridge yesterday the autobiography of Alan Partridge... Meant to be brilliant
Knowing you, you will enjoy it, knowing me I'm not so sure

oops.

Post by **DB10GOONER** » Mon Oct 24, 2011 1:11 pm

flash gunner wrote:I bought i-Partridge yesterday the autobiography of Alan Partridge... Meant to be brilliant

Flicked through it in a book shop today. Looks top notch.