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Ashley Cole , Steve Dennis
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  • Hardcover: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Headline Publishing Group; 1st edition (21 Sep 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0755315405
  • ISBN-13: 978-0755315406
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.7 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 1.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (69 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 182,965 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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The most sensational sports book of the year

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His phenomenal skill on the pitch and the controversy which has plagued him off it have made Ashley Cole one of the most talked-about players in recent years. Here, from inside the England dressing room, he tells the full story of their bid for World Cup glory in 2006.But this is alsomuch more than a World Cup diary. Cole talks openly about the 2005 'tapping up' scandal, when he was fined GBP100,000 by the FA following a meeting with Chelsea's Mourinho and Kenyon in a hotel room, and the media storm that followed. He reveals the ups and downs ofhis 2005 season at Arsenal, the last at Highbury before the move to a new stadium, and his struggles with injuries and form. And he also, of course, discusses his relationship with Girls Aloud's Cheryl Tweedy and the run-up to their wedding just after the World Cup.

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36 of 36 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
A book to sit on your bookshelf alongside Nelson Mandela's Long walk to freedom and Dostoevsky's The House of the Dead.

Ashley Cole takes us on a journey of financial penury and institutional slavery. That this takes place in our, so called, civilised society makes this read all the more shocking and moving.

In one chapter 'Cashley', as he is affectionately known, describes his horror as he is offered a meagre 55,000 pounds a week. It is hard not to empathise as he realises that his car collection may have to stop at just the Range Rover, Ferrari and Lambourghini. I was gripped by his dilemma over whether he could afford the gold plated dashboard.

Fortunately, during these dark hours, he finds comfort in the arms of a travelling Geordie singer who provides comfort, support and a natty range of tattoos. With her support 'Cashley' finds the courage within himself to confront those who sought to condemn him to a life of sackcloth and ashes and begin his own 'Long walk to Freedom'.

As it stands 'Cash' remains in enforced bondage. But in an inspiring act of human kindness the Russian people, in a show of solidarity not seen the October revolution, have clubbed together to buy 'Cashley's' freedom.

Fingers crossed.
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60 of 61 people found the following review helpful
Whining Footballer 6 Nov 2006
Format:Hardcover
I bought this book expecting something of a balanced arguement as to why he left arsenal but all I got was a continous barrage of how he was felled by his boyhood club.
This book dosen't enhance his already tattered reputation and for once I dont envy a footballer, he should be left to wallow in his own self pity because this is a pathetic tale of a young man deluded with life in the world.
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51 of 52 people found the following review helpful
Not another one! 15 Aug 2006
By Eddie
Format:Hardcover
Since England's dismal World Cup showing, literary fans have been assaulted by "auto"biographies from 4 players barely old enough to shave. Rooney, Gerrard, Lampard and now Ashley Cole's faces are probably staring at you through the window of your local Borders or Waterstones, but do not fall into the trap, do not succumd to the hypnosis of their steely gazes, do not add to the already grotesquely inflated bank balances of this bunch of 20-27yr olds with no concept of the words "responsibility", "integrity", "humility" and "loyalty". What on earth can these kids have of interesting to say? Grew up playing football for my local club, have since made the 1st team, earn lots of cash, go out with/married to a girl way too nice-looking for a guy who looks like his face was made for radio, serialised my book through the tabloids and...well, that's it really.

If you want to read about a proper footballer's life you could do a lot worse than read Tony Cascarino, Franck McLintock, Gordon Strachan, Tony Adams and Paul Merson. They've been through life and they can give you examples of the highs and REAL lows that come with the job.

It's frankly embarassing that the British public would even consider wasting money to read a story which has barely begun, let alone have an ending.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Pound shop impulse buy
An impulse buy from the pound shop....and I nearly took it back for a refund.

Whinge - moan - whinge - poor me - why, aye pet - whinge - moan - cue grasping agent - want... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Galning
I nearly crashed my car when I read this
I'm still in shock. Is this for real? Probably the worst book ever 'written'. This book should come with a free TV or something similar that would make it worth buying.
Published on 7 Nov 2009 by Marco
Avoid this banal fare
I decided to get this off the back of reading Rio Ferdinand's 'My Story.' The contrast is marked. Cole/his ghost-writer drip-feed banalities upon the reader; the content neither... Read more
Published on 16 Dec 2008 by A. Hasnath
awful...but strangely addictive
Honestly this is truly the worst book I have ever read. 300 pages of a man's gigantic ego splattered onto paper. Read more
Published on 28 Mar 2008 by Michael Annis
Enjoyable
Have to say i enjoyed reading this, it might be biased, but wasn't that always going to be the case? Read more
Published on 22 Feb 2008 by Glenn Bass
Being objective is difficult (for Ashley that is..)
Oh Ashley, I too am an avid Gooner and you will probably go down as one of our greatest defenders of all time. Read more
Published on 10 Feb 2008 by F. Hussein
Childish Tripe
I had the misfortune of receiving this book as a birthday present. And out of duty and 'gratitude' I read it. Read more
Published on 1 Oct 2007 by Mr. C. J. Brown
"Disgusted" about the wage's he was offered.... you sad little man
What a load of mindless dribble! The man simply moans about how Arsenal let him down - his boyhood club, and that's the reason he left. Read more
Published on 5 Sep 2007 by Tom Cat
Oh the pathos!
I think many of your other reviewers have been reading a different book to me. In this wonderful piece of postmodern fiction we follow a heartbreakingly tragic character, a true... Read more
Published on 15 May 2007 by pablo dombrowski
What's all the fuss about? Great soccer book!
Having just finished 'My Defence', I'm puzzled. Just what is all the fuss about??! If you believed the media and the Arsenal fans, you'd think Ashley had slagged off everything... Read more
Published on 10 Dec 2006 by Axel Ace
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