Only Here For A Visit: A Life Lived to the Full – from Sporting Glories to Wild Stories
£7.60
‘The only book that will give you a hangover’ Chris Evans Breakfast Show
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The hilarious, no holds barred autobiography from sporting legend and broadcaster Alan Brazil.
As Alan recounts tales from his extraordinary life, he relives the sporting occasions, radio broadcasts and famously long drinking sessions that have defined his career. He takes readers inside the talkSPORT studio for a behind-the-scenes view of his most memorable interviews, and talks for the first time about the on-pitch rivalries and dressing room debriefs of his footballing career.
With his typically outspoken and irreverent delivery, Alan shares everything from his thoughts on how the sports he loves have changed to his top tips for picking winners (and many losers) at Cheltenham. And he revels in wine-soaked jaunts in the South of France and late-night supermarket sweeps with Ray Parlour – if you can keep up.
Packed full of never-before-told stories, refreshing appraisals, sporting controversy and a cast of larger-than-life characters, this is a brutally honesty and wickedly funny insight into an extraordinary life.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Transworld Digital (29 Oct. 2020) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| File size | 22477 KB |
| Text-to-Speech | Enabled |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
| X-Ray | Enabled |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Sticky notes | On Kindle Scribe |
| Print length | 260 pages |
by Victor Meldrew Mk2
I never really appreciated him as a player, but as a radio presented Alan and his colleagues made my daily trips of 62 miles each morning for 8 years a more pleasurable experience, particularly listening to his incite and huge knowledge of sport.
A very entertaining man who really does live life to the full and if that includes a glass of two of black stuff at events like Cheltenham then so be it. This book is as honest as he is in real life, gritty, with no punches pulled.
Despite the bluster, I think that he is a genuinely nice bloke and whilst I would hate to try and keep up with him on a night out, it certainly would be entertaining.
by perkins
Read it in a recent holiday and he looked forward to picking it up. Only reads on a holiday and this was a ‘good one’ he said!
by Kindle Customer
Product as described
by Kindle Customer
Although I’ve never listened to Alan Brazil on the radio,I do remember him as part of an excellent Ipswich side when I was young. I found this an easy and enjoyable book to read with some good stories, although if Alan missed out his tales of drinking and gambling on horses i’d imagine the book would have been finished in about 20 minutes.
As a mark of respect I decided to write this review after finishing a bottle of wine ????
by Kindle Customer
good read . honest and funny.
by Doodle
Have been listening to Alan Brazil radio show for a few years now. This book gives a real insight to his positive attitude to life. I found it fascinating how he had a relaxed yet was extremely determined to succeed in anything he did for a living, footballer and DJ. His passion for horse race shone through and it was interesting to find out how he pricked his initial interest in the sport.
by Elliott Stapley
Don’t expect much of an autobiography, or football. If you want to read about poorly-told horse racing drinking stories for 200 pages, then this is the book
by Michael O.
A free spirit who always thinks something will turn up has a good laid back approach to life and who lives for the present