Awards
- Short-listed for British Sports Book Awards 2004 (UK)
- Short-listed for British Sports Book Awards: Autobiography 2004
- Shortlisted for British Sports Book Awards: Autobiography 2004.
Overview
James Peter 'Jimmy' Greaves is one of the greatest footballers to have graced the English game, a goalscorer of legendary prowess. His gripping and characteristically humorous autobiography journeys from Jimmy's childhood in the East End, via his early career at Chelsea and his short and troubled stay at A.C. Milan, to his emergence as one of the great stars of sixties football while at Spurs and an outstanding England forward. Jimmy's record as a striker is extraordinary - he was the leading goalscorer in the First Division - now Premiership - for six seasons and during his playing career was never out of the top five. There are darker aspects too: the bitter disappointment of failing to make the World Cup-winning team of 1966, and the battle against the alcoholism that followed his retirement from the game. This book is both Jimmy's story and the story of football in the golden era of the fifties and sixties before money changed the game. It is populated by the great players whom Jimmy played with and against and animated by wonderful anecdotes about the game. It is an account of how football was then and how it has changed.
Full Product Details
Author: Jimmy Greaves
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint: Sphere
Edition: Digital original
Dimensions:
Width: 10.80cm
, Height: 4.20cm
, Length: 17.60cm
Weight: 0.354kg
ISBN: 9780751534450
ISBN 10: 0751534455
Pages: 576
Publication Date: 27 May 2004
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
As a goalscorer and human being, Jimmy Greaves has few equals DAILY TELEGRAPH This top-notch autobiography ... moving, uplifting ... An inspiring story of a hero who earned his right to a second chance SUNDAY TIMES [Greaves] could fill a library with his stories INDEPENDENT both candid and poignant INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
As a goalscorer and human being, Jimmy Greaves has few equals - DAILY TELEGRAPH This top-notch autobiography ... moving, uplifting ... An inspiring story of a hero who earned his right to a second chance - SUNDAY TIMES [Greaves] could fill a library with his stories - INDEPENDENT both candid and poignant - INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
'As a goalscorer and human being, Jimmy Greaves has few equals' Daily Telegraph 'This top-notch autobiography ... moving, uplifting ... An inspiring story of a hero who earned his right to a second chance' Sunday Times 'Greaves ... could fill a library with his stories' Independent 'both candid and poignant' Independent on Sunday
Author Information
Jimmy Greaves was an outstanding forward for Chelsea, Spurs, West Ham and England before becoming a popular TV pundit (Saint and Greavsie). He is now much in demand as an after-dinner speaker.
