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Rathbone's autobiography is a superb read - Five Stars --FourFourTwo magazine, July 1 2011
A fantastic insight into the real world of football- a cracking read. --Oliver Holt, The Daily Mirror, July 11 2011
You can almost smell the liniment as you turn the pages of Mick Rathbone's unique take on life. --Shaun Custis, The Sun, July 12 2011
`Bazil' Rathbone's book is like a great football match. It has drama, humour, tribulations and triumphs.
--Gordon Taylor, July 13 2011
A fantastic insight into the real world of football- a cracking read. --Oliver Holt, The Daily Mirror, July 11 2011
You can almost smell the liniment as you turn the pages of Mick Rathbone's unique take on life. --Shaun Custis, The Sun, July 12 2011
`Bazil' Rathbone's book is like a great football match. It has drama, humour, tribulations and triumphs.
--Gordon Taylor, July 13 2011
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When Mick Rathbone signed for Birmingham City as a 16 year-old apprentice he was living every schoolboy's dream. But when he discovered he was so nervous he was unable to speak, let alone pass the ball, in the presence of his boyhood hero and City star Trevor Francis he realised that a career in football might not be everything he had imagined. The Smell of Football is the brutally honest and utterly unputdownable story of how 'Baz' conquered his personal demons to build a life in the game - from the terrified teenager who purposely tried to get injured in training rather than get picked for the first team, to the experienced pro who became Head of Medicine at Premier League Everton FC in charge of the treatment of the likes of Wayne Rooney, Louis Saha and Tim Cahill. Brilliantly written and packed with hilarious tales featuring a football 'who's who' cast of characters - from Sir Alf Ramsey and 'Big Sam' Allardyce to David Moyes, Duncan Ferguson and Rooney himself - The Smell of Football is an engrossing and moving memoir that covers every aspect of the professional game and gives an unprecedented insight into what life is really like at football's coalface.
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I heard about this book from reading the five-star review in FourFourTwo, and so I got it straight away and I must say it doesn't disappoint. `Baz' gives a great insight into the world of football, having spent 35 years in the game as a player, physio and manager. What I also thought was really interesting and also quite surprising was the confidence issues he faced as a young player rising through the youth ranks to the first team of the club he supported as a boy, Birmingham City. The parts about his sensitivity to dressing-room banter from his teammates and his stage-fright at playing alongside his footballing hero Trevor Francis are particularly shocking. When reading the book you really feel like you get to know Baz, and his warmth and sense of humour really comes across. He's honest and intelligent and can certainly tell a good tale, and I'd definitely recommend this book to any fans of football, or sport in general.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Funny, heartwarming and most importantly honest insight into the other sides of the beautiful game. A million miles away from the WAG and wages we associate with football today. The book follows 'Baz' on his journey from cowering apprentice to star player, manager at the bottom and then physio at the top. You find yourself willing him to speak up and at some points in the book shut up (his first meeting with his wife!) A brilliant read for all football fans!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
An honest, insightful and often hysterical look at the glamorous (and not so glamorous) world of professional football.
This will bring a smile to your face. It would make a cracking gift for anyone with an interest in football. Great read! LOVED IT!
This will bring a smile to your face. It would make a cracking gift for anyone with an interest in football. Great read! LOVED IT!
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Honest reflections of clearly a very nice man
A must read for anyone who watched the game from the 70's onwards, whether you remember Mick or otherwise. Read more
Published 7 days ago by jigwagigiggs
The smell of football
Gives an outlook as a pro footballer,manager and physio,made me laugh but also gives a serious look at the game, buy it you will enjoy
Published 1 month ago by scoop
Fantastic Insight
I bought this book after reading Mick Rathbone's tweets (on Twitter). I bought the e-book version and just couldn't put it down. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Michael Whelan
The Smell of Football
The smell of football is easily one of the best books l have read this year, it is entertaining and hilarious in parts due to Mick 'Baz' Rathbone's self deprecating and humble... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Andy C
Rathbone makes it a vintage year
Mick Rathbone's outstanding memoir of life as a journeyman footballer, manager and physio completes, in my view, possibly the best year for sporting memoirs that we've seen. Read more
Published 1 month ago by J A C Corbett
A Coach's manual
An excellent read. As much about the psychology of football as the autobiography of "Baz" Rathbone.I would recommend it to any coach of junior football.
Published 5 months ago by davros62
THE SMELL OF FOOTBALL
IF YOU ARE A TRUE FOOTBALL FAN WHO SEES BEYOND THE PREMIERSHIP YOU WILL LOVE THIS. BAZ IS A NORMAL GUY WHO HAD THE EARLY BREAK INTO THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE WITH HIS TEAM, BIRMINGHAM... Read more
Published 5 months ago by MARSHY
A great read
As a Birmingham City supporter I was looking forward to reading Micks book as he would have joined Blues about the same time as I started going to St Andrews. Read more
Published 6 months ago by brum1875
Fantastic Read
This book is a must for any football fan who is struggling for a stocking filler this Christmas. Mick's view and observations of the game are brilliantly written and very funny.
Published 6 months ago by SJW
Baz is brilliant
This book is undoubtedly the most honest and funny football autobiography I have read bar none. So unlike the usual waggy superstar stuff that invariably gets published, every fan... Read more
Published 6 months ago by oysternative
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