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Author: Ben Thornley ,
Dan Poole
Publisher: Pitch Publishing Ltd
Imprint: Pitch Publishing Ltd
Edition: None ed.
Weight: 0.550kg
ISBN: 9781785314476
ISBN 10: 1785314475
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 15 October 2018
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Not available
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Reviews
""Feels really genuine and the style captures the interaction among friends and family really well. Thornley shows a different side of the game, the side of potential unfulfilled, of hopes dashed and the challenges of nonetheless building a life. A very honest and candid account of the life of the superstar that never was. An enjoyable read."" --AllSportsBooks.Reviews ""The book follows a chronological path through Thornley's life, interspersed with chapters on the Class of 92, the Class of 93 and his first-team debut. These chapters provide more detail and contain interviews with many players and staff of the time, including Gary Neville, David Beckham and Ryan Giggs."" --Programme Monthly ""A lively and different read. An engaging, funny character. The book ends positively, but it is not only his leg (one photo shows the 9.5-inch mark left by the surgery) that bears an obvious scar."" --When Saturday Comes ""It's probably heresy to admit a fondness for autobiographies on these pages, but I happily breezed through those by Peter Crouch, Kieron Dyer and Kevin Keegan. The best I read was Ben Thornley's Tackled, the bittersweet tale of the Manchester United starlet whose career was wrecked by a hideous tackle in 1994."" --Observer Favourite Sports Books of 2018
Feels really genuine and the style captures the interaction among friends and family really well. Thornley shows a different side of the game, the side of potential unfulfilled, of hopes dashed and the challenges of nonetheless building a life. A very honest and candid account of the life of the superstar that never was. An enjoyable read. --AllSportsBooks.Reviews The book follows a chronological path through Thornley's life, interspersed with chapters on the Class of 92, the Class of 93 and his first-team debut. These chapters provide more detail and contain interviews with many players and staff of the time, including Gary Neville, David Beckham and Ryan Giggs. --Programme Monthly A lively and different read. An engaging, funny character. The book ends positively, but it is not only his leg (one photo shows the 9.5-inch mark left by the surgery) that bears an obvious scar. --When Saturday Comes It's probably heresy to admit a fondness for autobiographies on these pages, but I happily breezed through those by Peter Crouch, Kieron Dyer and Kevin Keegan. The best I read was Ben Thornley's Tackled, the bittersweet tale of the Manchester United starlet whose career was wrecked by a hideous tackle in 1994. --Observer Favourite Sports Books of 2018
Feels really genuine and the style captures the interaction among friends and family really well. Thornley shows a different side of the game, the side of potential unfulfilled, of hopes dashed and the challenges of nonetheless building a life. A very honest and candid account of the life of the superstar that never was. An enjoyable read. --AllSportsBooks.Reviews The book follows a chronological path through Thornley's life, interspersed with chapters on the Class of 92, the Class of 93 and his first-team debut. These chapters provide more detail and contain interviews with many players and staff of the time, including Gary Neville, David Beckham and Ryan Giggs. --Programme Monthly It's probably heresy to admit a fondness for autobiographies on these pages, but I happily breezed through those by Peter Crouch, Kieron Dyer and Kevin Keegan. The best I read was Ben Thornley's Tackled, the bittersweet tale of the Manchester United starlet whose career was wrecked by a hideous tackle in 1994. --Observer Favourite Sports Books of 2018 A lively and different read. An engaging, funny character. The book ends positively, but it is not only his leg (one photo shows the 9.5-inch mark left by the surgery) that bears an obvious scar. --When Saturday Comes
Author Information
Ben Thornley wrote Tackled with the collaboration of journalist Dan Poole. Dan is now the chief sub-editor of Monocle magazine. He started his career at The Independent and then worked in Sydney for three years, writing for FHM, Empire and Rolling Stone. He has also contributed to Manchester United fanzine, United We Stand. This is his first book.
