Incorrect Fitzy.
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Pity he never moved to Australia so.
Stop. Just stop
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Totally out of touch
@Nembo_Kid I assume Sam dedicates a large portion of the book to his formative years as manager of the Super Blues.
I read a few pages last night, his time at Limerick was mentioned in the foreword by Ferguson. But so far Sam has only covered his dyslexia and his then current situation when he was writing the book.
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He used to be always on clare fm on a Saturday when he started out with Limerick. Even then you knew he was going right to the top. An incredible mind
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Himself and Fr Joe Young used to be going door to door in Limerick trying to raise money to pay the players wages.
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They should do a 30/30 on Fr. Joe.
Actually they should make a series
Rory Kavanagh’s book is an excellent read, one or two typos and at least one factual error aside.
He gives a great insight as to how things changed when McGuinness took over and how the players bought in to everything that he was saying. There’s plenty about McGuinness’s tactics as well and nice anecdotes as well.
It reminded be of Liam Dunne’s book but without the bullshit at the end with picking ‘All Time’ teams and crap like that, which is surprising as it was ghost written by that utter cunt Liam Hayes.
Thanks for that one. Don’t know how I missed it.
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Does Kavanagh go much into the change of lifestyle they basically had to undergo ?
Yeah. He details the change in culture of the team under McGuinness to what went on before, particularly attitude wise.
I’ve started on McGuinness’s book now and he’s even comparing it to what went on with Glenties when he was a minor. They were on another level.
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Let me know about that one as well please, will get them the next two weeks.
I’m currently reading the most recent ‘Secret Footballer’ book, it’s a pile of shit like the first one, is there any definitive answer about who he is?
Cummins book was a load of shit as well, he comes out of it as a bit of a prick, the bit about the wifes miscarriage was ridiculous, my own wife has had two early miscarriages(we have other kids) and it’s not something I think anybody else would be interested in, why is it in his autobiography??
The Game is indeed a cracker of a book, can’t beat American sports writing, I read Sports Illustrated as much as I can, superb article recently about a Homosexual Redskins tight end from the sixties/seventies who died of AIDS in 86, great sportswriting.
I presume some of ye are familiar with the great Gary Smith, if not google him and check out his collection/s available on Amazon, the best sports writer in the world bar none (currently on a break to write a novel)
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Smith is outstanding. Just picked up the Best American Sports Writing 2015 at the weekend. Mixed enough so far, the introduction by this years editor Wright Thompson was one of the poorest I’ve read which put me on guard, the two stories I read last night haven’t changed my suspicions. Last years edition, with Christopher McDougall editing, is an exceptional collection.
Haven’t got that yet though I have quite a few from the last few years. have you read the David Halberstam edited 'Best sports writing of the 20th century, people who think the best sports writers are alive now don’t know they’ve lived (still think Gary Smith is best of all though)
The book about the Cork ladies football team is a surprisingly decent read.
No but I’m going to order it now, thanks for the suggestion. I’ve read a good few articles or ‘longreads’ on boxing in various anthologies and they generally are the most enjoyable I think, most written back when the sport had the public’s attention. the backstory’s and connections with celebrities and organised crime and gambling of previous decades provides plenty of material.
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I’ll admit I lolled at that
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Think I mentioned it earlier on this thread but Donald McRae’s book on Emile Griffith, a gay multiple weight boxing world champion in the 1960s, is a cracking book. It’s called A Man’s World and you’ll probably enjoy it if you like boxing books - not just Griffith’s story but the descriptions of the fights are brilliant and very evocative and it also gets into the political and cultural landscape at the time very well.
I’ve just downloaded “I Believe In Miracles” - the story of Clough’s 2-time European Cup Nottingham Forest side. I think Danny Taylor of The Guardian / Observer is a good football writer and I’m interested in the subject matter too.
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