Gary Lineker
Life, Laughs and Football Paperback Book
Includes a new foreword by Gary Lineker about football in lockdownShortlisted for The Telegraph Sports Book AwardsLineker is nearly as good a presenter as I was a footballer DIEGO MARADONAHilarious, almost as funny as me ALAN SHEARERThis is Lineker unleashed. As a nonfootball nut I didnt expect to enjoy it, but between laddish anecdotes are passages of sudden tenderness. . . Lineker opens up, dislodging memories and reflections, not just about football but his whole life. THE TIMESFootball is a simple game. 22 players chase a ball for 90 minutes, and at the end the Germans always win.This book is inspired by the stories Danny and I have shared with each other about what life in football is really like in the dressing room, in the commentary box, on the pitch and with the appropriate pixellation in the showers afterwards.Whats it really like to play with Messi? I wouldnt know, but I have starred alongside him in an advert for Walkers crisps. And, well, his performance was worldclass.And what is a life in football really like? You wont learn much from the dullasdishwater postmatch interviews its a world of secrets, superstitions, laughs and personalities, and let me tell you, half of it you wont believe.Ive looked back at my playing days, from England to Leicester, Everton to Barcelona, Tottenham to, er, Nagoya Grampus Eight, and shared the chaotic behindthescenes secrets of Match of the Day and Danny has chipped in with stories from a lifetime following the game as a...
Binding: Paperback;368 pages; Publisher: Cornerstone; Classification: BGS; Weight: 402 g; Dimensions: 197 x 128 x 29
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Includes a new foreword by Gary Lineker about football in lockdownShortlisted for The Telegraph Sports Book AwardsLineker is nearly as good a presenter as I was a footballer DIEGO MARADONAHilarious, almost as funny as me ALAN SHEARERThis is Lineker unleashed. As a nonfootball nut I didnt expect to enjoy it, but between laddish anecdotes are passages of sudden tenderness. . . Lineker opens up, dislodging memories and reflections, not just about football but his whole life. THE TIMESFootball is a simple game. 22 players chase a ball for 90 minutes, and at the end the Germans always win.This book is inspired by the stories Danny and I have shared with each other about what life in football is really like in the dressing room, in the commentary box, on the pitch and with the appropriate pixellation in the showers afterwards.Whats it really like to play with Messi? I wouldnt know, but I have starred alongside him in an advert for Walkers crisps. And, well, his performance was worldclass.And what is a life in football really like? You wont learn much from the dullasdishwater postmatch interviews its a world of secrets, superstitions, laughs and personalities, and let me tell you, half of it you wont believe.Ive looked back at my playing days, from England to Leicester, Everton to Barcelona, Tottenham to, er, Nagoya Grampus Eight, and shared the chaotic behindthescenes secrets of Match of the Day and Danny has chipped in with stories from a lifetime following the game as a...
Binding: Paperback;368 pages; Publisher: Cornerstone; Classification: BGS; Weight: 402 g; Dimensions: 197 x 128 x 29
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