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Perry Groves spent over a decade in the footballing spotlight. Sometimes he was at the top, often he was at the bottom and that's half the reasons the fans loved him so much - and still do. This is the most truthful and hilarious book about professional football you will ever read. Perry Groves was the first signing by the legendary Arsenal manager George Graham, and that unmistakeable figure with his Tin-Tin haircut and cheeky grin was a player in one of the Gunners' greatest sides. Now, he has decided to tell all about his rollercoaster years of booze binges, girl-chasing and gambling sprees. He's a non-stop fund of hilarious anecdotes, recounting top-flight games played with a hangover, 125 mph motorway chases with international stars, visits to a brothel with an England World Cup hero and revealing how one drunken escapade ended with a group of internationals being questioned over an attempted murder charge. This is a unique chance to find out what top-flight footballers really get up to off the field and how they behave when the dressing room door is closed.
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PERRY GROVES was born in Bow, East London, in 1965 and made his first team debut for Colchester at 16. He signed for Arsenal in 1986 and spent six years at Highbury. His career was ended by injury at Southampton when he was just 28. He lives in East Anglia and works as a sports development manager. He has two teenage sons. JOHN MCSHANE worked as a reporter in Fleet Street covering the Middle East conflict, the troubles in Northern Ireland and civil war in Africa, before becoming associate editor at the Daily Mirror and the Sunday Mirror. He is married with three children and has homes in London and Spain.
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Perry Groves...truly, a man amongst men. Hardly the greatest footballer in the world, at least Perry knew his limitations and didn't try to be anything other than what he was. The book is frank, self-deprecating and a thoroughly entertaining read, unlike most football autobiographies.
42 of 43 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Perry Groves is the best illustration of having a modicum of talent, a giant heart, thrilled to get a break and play for the Club you supported as a boy..And be the ultimate two tick pony. El Pel, Tintin, Ginger with the red baboon face, terrible ginger marine haircut, too tight shorts was famed for running up and down the touchline chasing lost causes and giant throw ins.
As Gooners he was just not cool but we took to him because he was like a competition winner who got to live the dream. He was you and I.
Perry couldn't pass, dribble, tackle but he could just run, a true Forrest Gump of First Division football.
He won two major trophies, set up the winner in the 1987 Littlewoods Cup Final and played at Anfield as a sub.
We will tell our grandchildren about him, jokes will be cracked in 30 years time among Arsenal fans. He is a living cult figure. Buy the book, here is a happy and content man, not using his book as a vehicle to whine and whinge at a Club who gave him his dreams. Good on you Perry........... Ashley who ?
As Gooners he was just not cool but we took to him because he was like a competition winner who got to live the dream. He was you and I.
Perry couldn't pass, dribble, tackle but he could just run, a true Forrest Gump of First Division football.
He won two major trophies, set up the winner in the 1987 Littlewoods Cup Final and played at Anfield as a sub.
We will tell our grandchildren about him, jokes will be cracked in 30 years time among Arsenal fans. He is a living cult figure. Buy the book, here is a happy and content man, not using his book as a vehicle to whine and whinge at a Club who gave him his dreams. Good on you Perry........... Ashley who ?
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
What an excellent book. Forget the "take yourself too seriously, I wouldn't get out of bed for less than 65 grand a week" prima donna stories and buy this book.
Tales of Mick Hartford and Steve Foster, that night at Anfield and the ginger sub's role in the most famous Arsenal goal of all time, pre-season "bonding" trips, "Peanut" Jimmy Carter not being able to hold his booze with disasterous effects for Perry's trouser legs, playing chicken on jet skis, the Tuesday club and Rodders before he took himself too seriously, the Merse and all.
Buy this book now. Cashley is being well and truley outsold, now on to Fat Frank.
Tales of Mick Hartford and Steve Foster, that night at Anfield and the ginger sub's role in the most famous Arsenal goal of all time, pre-season "bonding" trips, "Peanut" Jimmy Carter not being able to hold his booze with disasterous effects for Perry's trouser legs, playing chicken on jet skis, the Tuesday club and Rodders before he took himself too seriously, the Merse and all.
Buy this book now. Cashley is being well and truley outsold, now on to Fat Frank.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
A must read for sport biography fans
This is a great book, and for many reasons. I have read a lot of football & sport biographies and i would say this was the best, and by quite a way, although Gazza's first book was... Read more
Published 6 months ago by James C. Vallerine
Only one Perry Groves
A great insight into Perry Groves life and in particular that great night at Anfield in '89. Some funny moments and a real good honest read. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Frankie 7
Worth a Read
Perry Groves, a bit-part player with Arsenal in the late eighties and early nineties, retired a few years before I began supporting the Gunners. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Ronan Smith
Errr....no we don't
It is one of the stranger mysteries of Arsenal FC - why was Perry Groves a cult favourite at the club. Reading his autobiography is not going to provide you with the answer. Read more
Published on 17 Feb 2010 by A. V. Carter
Not a world to be admired
First let's get out straight away that this is not great literature, but then it never sets out to be that.
Upon finishing this book I had mixed feelings. Read more
Upon finishing this book I had mixed feelings. Read more
Published on 20 Aug 2009 by G. Hill
Poor. Very poor.
The best thing I can say about this book is that it didn't take up too much of my time to read it. Groves comes across as a boorish dislikeable fool, a washed up poor excuse for a... Read more
Published on 21 May 2009 by Mr. S. A. Davenport
Perry Groves we salute you
I actually remember Perry Groves as being a pretty decent player - he may not have been Denis Bergkamp, Andrei Arshavin or even Rocky Rocastle but he was a tireless midfield engine... Read more
Published on 15 Mar 2009 by Captain Pugwash
Disappointed Arsenal fan
Perry Groves enjoyed a five-year spell in the limelight at Arsenal (1986-1991), before injury forced him to wind down prematurely in the reserves and at Southampton. Read more
Published on 19 Dec 2008 by Mr. Andrew W. Paxman
Utterly compelling.
I recived this book about a week ago along with my new arsenal members pack. And finished reading it only a day or two after starting. Read more
Published on 19 Nov 2008 by L. Upton
Excellent read
This book just goes to show that you don't need to be a star or an
international to write a good story about life as a professional
footballer. Read more
international to write a good story about life as a professional
footballer. Read more
Published on 17 May 2007 by VM
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