- Hardcover: 288 pages
- Publisher: John Blake Publishing Ltd (4 April 2011)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1843582899
- ISBN-13: 978-1843582892
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.4 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 144,012 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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John 'Budgie' Burridge is a true journeyman pro and a hero to football fans up and down the country. In a unique career spanning 30 years, Budgie played 771 league games for 29 teams, including Crystal Palace nad QPR (under Terry Venables at both clubs), Southampton (alongside a young Alan Shearer), Manchester City, Aston Villa (where he would play against Barcelona in the European Super Cup), Wolves, and in Scotland with Hibernian where he was a hero in their League Cup win of 1991. That happy sojourn to Edinburgh would end in acrimony, however, as he ended up in a dressing-room fight with the manager. Highly respected as a goalkeeper, but denounced by many as an 'oddball' (he admitted that he often slept wearing only his goalkeeper's gloves), Budgie was famous for his madcap antics and his pre-match stretching routines. He would also make a point of going on a lap of honour to salute his club's fans at the end of every game, win, lose or draw - a gesture that endeared him to legions of supporters as a man of the people. The Burridge story was far from over when he finally retired in 1997, at the age of 47. He lapsed into depression and spent months at the Priory Clinic as he struggled badly to cope with the void in his life. He became player-manager at non-league Blyth Spartans - only to late be convicted for dealing in counterfeit leisurewear. The prosecution case was significantly strengthened by the fact that there was video evidence of half the team wearing Burridge's sportswear before an FA Cup match. Together with his wife of more than 30 years, Budgie moved to Oman in the Middle East to take up a coaching post with the national team. He sustained serious injuries when he wad knocked down by a car in 1999, but its back in rude health. He is still employed with the Oman FA, lives there, and acts as a TV pundit and newspaper columnist in Singapore. Burridge is still fascinating and funny to this day, and in this tell-all autobiography he reveals the truth behind his astonishing football career.
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John Burridge is a former professional goalkeeper who played for an astonishing 29 clubs in a career spanning 30 years. Born in 1951, he played for 15 different Football League teams, a record that still stands today. He is now a goalkeeping coach in Oman, where he lives with his wife Janet, and had coached England goalkeepers Tim Flowers, Nigel Martyn and Paul Robinson.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
A brilliant read, I bought it as a Hibs supporter, one of the (many!) teams Budgie played for. The man is one sandwich short of a picnic but the stories in it are great. He is one of the big characters of football, when I was growing up I remember him sitting on his crossbar during games at Palace and playing in goal wearing his superman outfit at Wolves. Eccentric doesn't come close, I have to say I suspect he wouldn't last 5 minutes in the modern game but its a shame, he understood that fans paid to be entertained. I like sports biographies but often you find they struggle for material, this one is overflowing with great stories. 5 star. Budgie
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Although I enjoyed this book.it could have been more in depth.Budgie Burridge was a legend in his lifetime having played for every team in Britain (or so it seemed).
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Budgie was one of the games great characters and sad to see he has suffered. Nobody has ever loved football as much as him. I rememeber the first time I saw him come out at selhurst park, go to the centre circle and walk to the goal on his hands!! His flamboyant character often took away from what a top keeper he was. I wish him all the best. This book is a great read for any football fan
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money obsessed
Resonable book,obviously as mad as a hatter or so he likes to give that impression. However, when it comes to money he's very shrewd. Read more
Published 3 months ago by David Simpson
Honest John
One of the most appealing football books I've ever read. Football fans who buys books about the highest profile stars and read about success after success will often have watched... Read more
Published 11 months ago by M. Mega
Thous cum a lang way frae Clifton lad
Just bought it and read it in a couple of sessions.Unlike a lot of Sports autobigraphies there's no padding- probably no need for any, the story John has to tell. Read more
Published 13 months ago by pigeontom
budgie
what a great story of your life it is true goalies are mad i was at the semie final at hampden when we played rangers what a night
Published 13 months ago by ian
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