- Hardcover: 240 pages
- Publisher: Know the Score Books; First Edition edition (31 Aug 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1848185006
- ISBN-13: 978-1848185005
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.8 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 180,043 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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When Gary Pallister was in his 1990s pomp, there was no finer central defender in the British game. Certainly that's the collective view of his manager and comrades at Manchester United, that worldwide sporting institution with whom he played a mammoth part in lifting four Premiership titles in the space of five years, the FA Cup on three occasions and the League Cup once, as well as tasting European glory. They loved him at Middlesbrough, too, where he started and finished a professional career in which he made more than 700 senior appearances and collected 22 England caps, a total which would have been far more extensive but for the back injuries which plagued him along the way. But the plaudits for Pally did not emanate only from Old Trafford, Ayresome Park and the Riverside.In 1992, he was voted Player of the Year by his fellow footballers the length and breadth of the country, and there could be no personal honour more meaningful than the one dispensed by his professional peers. As a performer, Pally was practically flawless. He was beautifully balanced, a natural ballplayer, aerially dominant, unfailingly courageous and exceptionally quick. No wonder Alex Ferguson was ready to part with a British record transfer fee when he signed him from 'Boro in 1989. As a character, too, Pally is a delight, although one or two managers, perhaps gulled at first by his famously easy-going nature, might have been a tad startled to discover the iron purpose and keen intelligence behind that infectious grin.He now works as an authority on Manchester United, Boro and England as a pundit on BBC television and radio, and also Sky Sports.Between these covers he tells his story, honestly, fearlessly and with a dash of gentle north-eastern humour, detailing the many triumphs, a few trials and tribulations and one or two hair-raising clashes, including one with a future knight of the realm.
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On Sir Alex Ferguson:
I stormed across the Old Trafford dressing room towards Alex Ferguson, and he was advancing on me with the light of battle in his eye. If we hadn't been forcibly restrained by the likes of skipper Bryan Robson, coach Brian Kidd and assistant boss Archie Knox I dread to think what might have happened. Such an explosive scenario might not sound like the ideal springboard for a trophy-laden future at one of the world's premier sporting institutions, or for an amicable working relationship between a footballer and his boss, but so it proved.
On flying:
My worst experience on an aeroplane was on a Manchester United flight to Norwich on an unbelievably windy day. The turbulence was chronic and all the lads were taking the mick mercilessly out of the likes of myself, Giggs and Incey, who were known to be nervous flyers. As we were about to touch down we were hit by a massive gust of wind and it tipped the plane towards its right-hand side. Suddenly everybody shut up; all the laughing and larking stopped. As the plane banged along and eventually righted itself, there was not a sound. Everybody was schtum. The piss-taking had stopped. We taxied to a halt, everybody looked at each other, and I said: `You're not f****** laughing now, are you?'
On Middlesbrough:
Let me get this straight; I'll always love Middlesbrough FC. I cheered them from the terraces at Ayresome Park from the age of six and the reason I left them for Manchester United in 1989 had nothing to do with greed or selfishness or disloyalty, as some people appeared to believe. It was simply that I was woefully unhappy with my life at the club. It got to the stage where I dreaded getting up in the morning and going in to training, because I could no longer bear to be around the manager, Bruce Rioch. I had to get out.
On Glenn Hoddle:
Often it was the small things which disappointed me about Glenn Hoddle, the new England manager. For instance, he could be insufferably petty about enforcing little rules and regulations which might have been framed for schoolboys, and that was no way to get the best out of a group of seasoned professional sportsmen.
On Sir Alex Ferguson:
I stormed across the Old Trafford dressing room towards Alex Ferguson, and he was advancing on me with the light of battle in his eye. If we hadn't been forcibly restrained by the likes of skipper Bryan Robson, coach Brian Kidd and assistant boss Archie Knox I dread to think what might have happened. Such an explosive scenario might not sound like the ideal springboard for a trophy-laden future at one of the world's premier sporting institutions, or for an amicable working relationship between a footballer and his boss, but so it proved.
On flying:
My worst experience on an aeroplane was on a Manchester United flight to Norwich on an unbelievably windy day. The turbulence was chronic and all the lads were taking the mick mercilessly out of the likes of myself, Giggs and Incey, who were known to be nervous flyers. As we were about to touch down we were hit by a massive gust of wind and it tipped the plane towards its right-hand side. Suddenly everybody shut up; all the laughing and larking stopped. As the plane banged along and eventually righted itself, there was not a sound. Everybody was schtum. The piss-taking had stopped. We taxied to a halt, everybody looked at each other, and I said: `You're not f****** laughing now, are you?'
On Middlesbrough:
Let me get this straight; I'll always love Middlesbrough FC. I cheered them from the terraces at Ayresome Park from the age of six and the reason I left them for Manchester United in 1989 had nothing to do with greed or selfishness or disloyalty, as some people appeared to believe. It was simply that I was woefully unhappy with my life at the club. It got to the stage where I dreaded getting up in the morning and going in to training, because I could no longer bear to be around the manager, Bruce Rioch. I had to get out.
On Glenn Hoddle:
Often it was the small things which disappointed me about Glenn Hoddle, the new England manager. For instance, he could be insufferably petty about enforcing little rules and regulations which might have been framed for schoolboys, and that was no way to get the best out of a group of seasoned professional sportsmen.
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this is a very good autobiography indeed , pallister was a superb defender and should have earned a lot more england caps ,it tells you how pallister got himself from the dole and yts schemes when even is own friends were telling him he could never make it ,managed to get a few games for a non league team progressed to a few months trial at boro on £50 a week , dole was £25 and within 4 years got to man utd . the stories are funny and are straight to the point , pallister is a very likeable down to earth person and the things he say's about ferguson's card school actions and arguments with players could have spilled blood , but thats all part of life working with the best manager . sports fans in general will like this book , utd fans will love it , its one of the best i have read so far.
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a wonderful read for any united fan.a slow start but the pace picks up soon enough and develops into a brilliant account of Pallys life at United.Honest and funny at times with detailed info on some of uniteds best and worst moments as well as the best and worst of Pallys career.Once picked up i couldnt put it down and read it in one sitting.A pleasure to read about a great united player and charracter.
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