A Man Walks On To a Pitch: Stories from a Life in Football
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‘When a man walks on to a pitch there’s always a chance something magic can happen, that’s what keeps us coming back…’
In A Man Walks On To a Pitch, Harry shares a lifetime’s experience of obsessing over football, during which he has seen it all first hand – the good, the bad and the unbelievable. Harry started in an age where players were ordinary blokes who might live on the same street as you and earn a similar wage. Now he manages in an era of player power, multi-million pound wages and teams assembled from around the globe.
As he shares stories of some of the legends and journeymen he played, coached, argued and drank with, Harry picks a team for each decade from the 1950s to the present. He gets to the heart of what was right and wrong with each era and explores the changes in the game from lifestyle to tactics. He weaves his choices together with unforgettable tales from the training pitches, boot rooms and card schools.
There are tales of the untutored genius of Duncan Edwards and Tom Finney, legendary tough Scots like Bobby Collins, Dave Mackay and Billy Bremner, the world-beaters of 1966, unpredictable one-off wizards from Sir Stanley Matthews to Matt Le Tissier, natural-born goalscorers from Greaves to Dalglish and the greatest foreign players to grace our game from Trautmann to Bergkamp. It is one of the best informal histories of the British game you’ll ever read.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Ebury Press, Reissue edition (4 Jun. 2015) |
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| Language | English |
| Paperback | 368 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 009195553X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0091955533 |
| Dimensions | 12.7 x 2.29 x 20.32 cm |
by Jambro
Not what I was suspecting but good all the while. Harry takes you through a trip of the football world he lived in. There are very good insights into players I never knew. Be careful this is not a story about Mr Redknapp
by Kindle Customer
In this book Harry Redknapp picks his team’s of the decade from the 50s to the present day. An interesting read that could stir up much debate. An interesting read though.
by Ann Marie
A lovely present for my Dad who has Parkinson’s and dementia, it takes him back to (what he refers to) as the best days of football.
Perfect gift From a non footballing daughter to a football mad Dad !
by Smallone365
Good laugh.
by Steve Day
A great walk down memory lane with the old Maestro himself, hugely entertaining and perceptive. There will never be another like Harry. Highly recommended.
by KK
Gave this to my husband to read and he says he enjoyed it.
by Richard
I bought this in hardback and really enjoyed. I lent it to my son in law, big mistake because I cant get it back. Its going around his friends, so i bought it again for my kindle. A great easy read.
by Jammack
Very much a lightweight offering from someone who must have thought he was short of a few bob so would come up with this. Disappointing reading. Not much more than a list of players and his opinions about them. One of the weakest football books around from someone who must have a lot more to tell.