Soar Fox Posted 7 July 2013 Posted 7 July 2013 I'm not being funny, but what would be so special about Muambas autobiography? There's thousands of people who have had what happened to him but they don't write books about it.
purpleronnie Posted 7 July 2013 Posted 7 July 2013 I'm not being funny, but what would be so special about Muambas autobiography? There's thousands of people who have had what happened to him but they don't write books about it. I'm sure the whole book isnt about that incident.
The Year Of The Fox Posted 7 July 2013 Posted 7 July 2013 I'm not being funny, but what would be so special about Muambas autobiography? There's thousands of people who have had what happened to him but they don't write books about it. I imagine there's more to his life than that, didn't he come over here from an African country at a young age etc and was quite poor before being scouted? But I agree, there's a massive deal made out of what happened yet it happens several times a day to people who have nowhere near the quality of healthcare Muamba had at the side of the football pitch
Fox92 Posted 7 July 2013 Posted 7 July 2013 I'm not being funny, but what would be so special about Muambas autobiography? There's thousands of people who have had what happened to him but they don't write books about it. I wanted to post exactly this, but didn't! Happens everyday, but I think it's because he was young and an athlete.
Rincewind Posted 7 July 2013 Posted 7 July 2013 Hasn't he given up football? He may have been a decent amount for his story and he still has to pay the bills until he decides what to do the rest of his life.
Soar Fox Posted 7 July 2013 Posted 7 July 2013 Hasn't he given up football? He may have been a decent amount for his story and he still has to pay the bills until he decides what to do the rest of his life. I doubt a footballer who had to retire due to a heart condition would struggle to pay bills in this day and age. I imagine his insurance pay out would have sorted him out for life.
Rincewind Posted 7 July 2013 Posted 7 July 2013 You are probably right but there are many non-writers siezing the opportunity. Not good for authors that struggle because of them.
Webbo Posted 7 July 2013 Posted 7 July 2013 You are probably right but there are many non-writers siezing the opportunity. Not good for authors that struggle because of them. I feel your pain Ken.
MooseBreath Posted 7 July 2013 Posted 7 July 2013 You are probably right but there are many non-writers siezing the opportunity. Not good for authors that struggle because of them. Yeah, I was just about to buy this collection of poems by a local author once, but then I saw a copy of "riding the beanpole - my life as a wag to Ian Ormandroyd" by Ormo's missus and I bought that instead.
21st Century Fox Posted 7 July 2013 Posted 7 July 2013 Nobody mentioned Claridge yet?! Brilliant read. Yeah I remember reading that years ago. Training in a dog shit covered car park was a particular highlight.
bovril Posted 7 July 2013 Posted 7 July 2013 Yeah I remember reading that years ago. Training in a dog shit covered car park was a particular highlight. I liked the bit detailing his out of control fruit kleptomania.
FoxesAreBlue Posted 7 July 2013 Posted 7 July 2013 A bit off topic but hey-ho... We had a defib up in a work last week - and the guy who came to show us how it works says the umber of people who die in fires per year numbers in the hundreds yet the number of people who die from cardiac arrest (or heart attack which then leads to cardiac arrest) is around 100,000 per year. The equivalent of an airliner going down and killing everybody. Every day. It's law for businesses to have fit extinguisers but not defibs!
leicesterisme Posted 7 July 2013 Posted 7 July 2013 I read Gerrard's a few years ago, really enjoyed it.
Soar Fox Posted 7 July 2013 Posted 7 July 2013 A bit off topic but hey-ho... We had a defib up in a work last week - and the guy who came to show us how it works says the umber of people who die in fires per year numbers in the hundreds yet the number of people who die from cardiac arrest (or heart attack which then leads to cardiac arrest) is around 100,000 per year. The equivalent of an airliner going down and killing everybody. Every day. It's law for businesses to have fit extinguisers but not defibs! What's your point?
David Guiza Posted 7 July 2013 Posted 7 July 2013 It's been said, but Gazza's is top draw. Also; not a biography, but Fever Pitch is one of the best books I've ever read.
FoxesAreBlue Posted 7 July 2013 Posted 7 July 2013 What's your point? That what happened to Muamba (see conversation above) is quite commonplace.
fleckneymike Posted 7 July 2013 Posted 7 July 2013 Tony Cascarino's is one of the greatest ever written http://www.amazon.co.uk/Full-Time-Secret-Life-Cascarino/dp/074328531X
Rincewind Posted 7 July 2013 Posted 7 July 2013 I feel your pain Ken. Not me. Been saying iy for years. All you need is big boobs, be a MP in prison someone that waffles on about cars or a cook that can knock up a decent meal or ex-footballer.
Guest ttfn Posted 8 July 2013 Posted 8 July 2013 Paul Lake - I'm not really here. Brilliant book. Also Enke.
Voll Blau Posted 8 July 2013 Posted 8 July 2013 Graeme Le Saux's was decent. He's an intelligent bloke.
goose2010 Posted 8 July 2013 Posted 8 July 2013 Paul McGrath's is bloody fantastic! http://www.amazon.co.uk/Back-Brink-Autobiography-Paul-McGrath/dp/009949955X
Heart-Shaped Fox Posted 8 July 2013 Posted 8 July 2013 Savage's book was decent And so are both of Claridges, enjoyed them
????? Posted 9 July 2013 Posted 9 July 2013 Savage's book was decent And so are both of Claridges, enjoyed them This!
Vlad the Fox Posted 9 July 2013 Posted 9 July 2013 Claridge, tales from the boot room. Didn't realise he had another out, what's it called?
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