What is your favourite Leicester City players autobiography?

[boots60]

Just finished Matt Piper's autobiography, the latest of many by former Leicester City players. An excellent read & thoughtful insight into what happens when a career goes pear shaped (in Piper's case career ending injuries)

 

What is your favourite City players book?

 

For me, Steve Claridge's 'Tales from the bootcamps' takes some beating, This man has experienced many ups & downs in his career & tells his story with intelligence & self depreciating humour. Top book.

 

[Spudulike]

10 minutes ago, boots60 said:

Just finished Matt Piper's autobiography, the latest of many by former Leicester City players. An excellent read & thoughtful insight into what happens when a career goes pear shaped (in Piper's case career ending injuries)

 

What is your favourite City players book?

 

For me, Steve Claridge's 'Tales from the bootcamps' takes some beating, This man has experienced many ups & downs in his career & tells his story with intelligence & self depreciating humour. Top book.

 

What's happened to Sooper Stevie? Not heard him doing any commentary for ages. 

[stretch1965]

12 minutes ago, boots60 said:

Just finished Matt Piper's autobiography, the latest of many by former Leicester City players. An excellent read & thoughtful insight into what happens when a career goes pear shaped (in Piper's case career ending injuries)

 

What is your favourite City players book?

 

For me, Steve Claridge's 'Tales from the bootcamps' takes some beating, This man has experienced many ups & downs in his career & tells his story with intelligence & self depreciating humour. Top book.

 

I have read quite a few and agree with #boots60 Claridges book was a great read, would highly recommend it.

[ceredigion]

I can think of a few I've enjoyed down the years, but I especially recommend the following

 

Over the Hill and Far Away by Ricky Hill

Wise after the Event by Dennis Wise

Cows' Backsides and Banjos by Adi Akinbyi

Does My Hair Look Good in This? by Robbie Savage

Burying the Hatchet by David Speedie

I Must Have Taken a Wrong Turn Officer by David Pleat

[SemperEadem]

Enjoyed Lennon's 

[SuperMike]

Got to be Frank Worthington (one hump or two?). Not sure if it was autobiography or biography. The white tights Kieth Weller book is also interesting but, again, biography. Good reads anyway!

[South Shire Fox]

Probably Robbie Savages 😂 Think this club is a lot closer to his heart then his ‘wind up merchant persona’ suggests.

 

Micky Adams book also had some good stories. The club chef booting Muzzie Izzet to kingdom come in a staff vs players game the day before an important match was a personal favourate. 😂

Edited 4 February 2021 by South Shire Fox

[Jobyfox]

I’ve not read any, but my favourite Leicester City player is Jamie Vardy - so his 

[alanyoung]

Muzzy's but had a soft spot for Youngy's though it could have done with some serious editing...

[SecretPro]

Dennis Wise's was really good. Great fella, great memories.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[dayday]

I did enjoy Steve Walsh’s autobiography.

[HybridFox]

Heskey's because he signed it 

[HybridFox]

I would LOVE to read a Nigel Pearson one though 

[HankMarvin]

1 hour ago, ceredigion said:

I can think of a few I've enjoyed down the years, but I especially recommend the following

 

Over the Hill and Far Away by Ricky Hill

Wise after the Event by Dennis Wise

Cows' Backsides and Banjos by Adi Akinbyi

Does My Hair Look Good in This? by Robbie Savage

Burying the Hatchet by David Speedie

I Must Have Taken a Wrong Turn Officer by David Pleat

Wayne Brown Führer of the pack.

 

 

Edited 4 February 2021 by HankMarvin

[SecretPro]

I've got 'The Steve Walsh Story' (which is a picture book as much as a biography) that is signed 'Merry Christmas .............., best Wishes, Walshy'. from when I was younger. They say never meet your hero's. I've played against him and some of his Sunday league teams over the years and he is pretty vile

Edited 4 February 2021 by SecretPro

[Corky]

Not a player obviously but I enjoyed Micky Adams' autobigraphy on Micky Adams.

[Wymsey]

Haven't read any, but would be interested in reading one's from Pearson or Ranieri if they decide to do at some point.

 

Edit: Just came across this Podcast with Pearson., for anyone interested in listening.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p095xgyd

Edited 4 February 2021 by Wymsey

[foxile5]

2 hours ago, SuperMike said:

Got to be Frank Worthington (one hump or two?). Not sure if it was autobiography or biography. The white tights Kieth Weller book is also interesting but, again, biography. Good reads anyway!

One hump or two is just a sex diary. 

[fuchsntf]

Sep Smith..Don.Revie, Mat Gillies..

[Mark 'expert' Lawrenson]

 Not a City player but Stuart Pearce’s autobiography is probably the most boring book ever written. I think I was given it in a secret Santa, 

 

Just ordered the Steve Claridge book due to the glowing recommendations above, I already know I’ll enjoy it, after all he gave me and thousands of City fans two of the best moments ever in City history up to that point.

[ParkerPen]

2 hours ago, SecretPro said:

I've got 'The Steve Walsh Story' (which is a picture book as much as a biography) that is signed 'Merry Christmas .............., best Wishes, Walshy'. from when I was younger. They say never meet your hero's. I've played against him and some of his Sunday league teams over the years and he is pretty vile

thats why we loved him

[norwichfox]

I've never read any but I'll keep my open for Conrad Logan's "Bench Mark" when it's published.

[reynard]

5 hours ago, SuperMike said:

Got to be Frank Worthington (one hump or two?). Not sure if it was autobiography or biography. The white tights Kieth Weller book is also interesting but, again, biography. Good reads anyway!

I was doing an event with Frank for this book. There was quite a queue for him to sign and one middle aged guy was hanging back and was last in the queue. Frank was wearing a green jacket and doing his best impersonation of a faded 70s rock star. So this guy sidles upto Frank after waiting for over an hour and says

"Frank mate mind if I ask you a personal question like?"

 

to which Frank replied yeah sure or something like that.

the question

"is it true you shagged Peter Shilton's wife?"

Edited 4 February 2021 by reynard

[Guest Lcfc82]

Not exactly autobiographies but the undr the cosh podcasts have had quite a few ex Leicester players on there. Some good stories, I’ve listened to, Taggart, Ben Marshall, Piper, Hume and Alan Rogers. All are worth listening to.

[foxfanazer]

5 hours ago, ceredigion said:

I can think of a few I've enjoyed down the years, but I especially recommend the following

 

Over the Hill and Far Away by Ricky Hill

Wise after the Event by Dennis Wise

Cows' Backsides and Banjos by Adi Akinbyi

Does My Hair Look Good in This? by Robbie Savage

Burying the Hatchet by David Speedie

I Must Have Taken a Wrong Turn Officer by David Pleat

Banks Statement by Gordon Banks