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 kent675  Bromley, Kent 13 Mar 19 10.42am |
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Surprised no-one has mentioned Palace Addiction. That Paul McGrath book is amazing.
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| Red Al Reading 13 Mar 19 11.46am |
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Brilliant Orange, by David Winner, Bloomsbury Excellent book about the Dutch and Total Football
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| Apollofuzz On the edge of reason 13 Mar 19 12.37pm |
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If you are interested in the 80s Football casuals, fashion and Terrace culture then I recommend. Casuals - Phil Thornton Edited by Apollofuzz (13 Mar 2019 12.37pm)
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| cantrbury eagle Canterbury 13 Mar 19 4.38pm |
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Careful what you wish for by Simon Jordan for all his faults Simon was and is a genuine Palace fan and this book shows how quickly you can get unstuck owning a football club
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| Mr. Mainstand west norwood 28 Mar 19 1.06pm |
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I just came across my copy of brilliant orange. If anyone wants it, pm me and I'll meet you before a match and give it to you. Matt.
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| Kloten Bromley 28 Mar 19 1.20pm |
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The Nowhere Men by Michael Calvin is really good. It's about the world of scouting within the English footballing system. It won The Times British Sports Book Award 2014.
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Frickin Saweet  South Cronx 28 Mar 19 3.57pm |
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Peter Crouch's How to be a Footballer is really amusing, some genuine laugh out loud moments. Read it on holiday a couple of weeks ago. He strikes you as 'one of the good ones' and harks for the 'good old days' of football, which are sadly evaporating. Tells his story from being an academy graduate and trying to fit in and then realising he was completely faking it and decided to be himself.
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Teddy Eagle  18 Jun 19 3.43pm |
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Originally posted by Frickin Saweet
Peter Crouch's How to be a Footballer is really amusing, some genuine laugh out loud moments. Read it on holiday a couple of weeks ago. He strikes you as 'one of the good ones' and harks for the 'good old days' of football, which are sadly evaporating. Tells his story from being an academy graduate and trying to fit in and then realising he was completely faking it and decided to be himself. Just read this and enjoyed it. It would be good on a long flight and does show other aspects of a footballer’s life.
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| YT Oxford 18 Jun 19 5.28pm |
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Has anyone mentioned: Thirty-one Nil - On the Road with Football's Outsiders, by James Montague? A football book I didn't particularly enjoy was The Damned United. The style just annoyed me. I enjoyed the film version, even with its many innacuracies.
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| lefty27 ipswich 18 Jun 19 5.40pm |
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Originally posted by kent675
Surprised no-one has mentioned Palace Addiction. That Paul McGrath book is amazing. I am currently reading ‘Palace addiction’, really good read and brings back memories. Probably a good time to read it and appreciate how far we have come.
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| braunstoneagle the middle of bumf*** nowhere... 18 Jun 19 6.09pm |
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woody & nord...a story about the football friendship between woodman & southgate is decent. all the secret footballer series is v good i enjoyed paul mersons book i also enjoyed the anecdotes in gazza book. when i was a boy i used to enjoy getting the rothmans football annuals for christmas, nowadays its called willopedia.
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