- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (5 Aug 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0141012145
- ISBN-13: 978-0141012148
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 29,085 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"A book so refreshing you are often tempted to break into applause" (Sunday Telegraph) "A refreshing slice of biographical honesty and integrity" (Times) "Every now and again a football biography comes along that sidesteps the usual garbage with a neat shimmy ! Wonderfully refreshing -- it allows you a peek of that rare beast, a footballer's personality (in fact two of them) not just the cliched shell that encases it." 4 stars. (Four Four Two)
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'Fascinating, deliciously funny, truly exceptional...so refreshing you are often tempted to break into applause.'
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Being a Northampton Town fan, Woody's 'beloved' club, I was always going to enjoy this book. Disappointingly at first, I soon realised that this was not a book about football, and certainly not a book about Northampton. This is a book about life and friendship, written with football as the backdrop rather than the primary focus.
That said, some of the football tales both players have are very entertaining, and the very different personalities of both players really come out in this book.
That said, some of the football tales both players have are very entertaining, and the very different personalities of both players really come out in this book.
Well written in a very original style and format, I found this book to be a fantastic read and totally absorbing. One of the very best (of many) football books I have read. Superb.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
A very different way to write a book....the tale of two careers
that began together and moved so far apart, yet still a great mate relationship survives, thru ups and downs, girlfriends and marriages, and the massive gap in financial rewards for their abilities.True friends, and true mates, a rare thing in todays society.
that began together and moved so far apart, yet still a great mate relationship survives, thru ups and downs, girlfriends and marriages, and the massive gap in financial rewards for their abilities.True friends, and true mates, a rare thing in todays society.
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
An entertaining and interesting tale of two very different sides of football, entwined by the close bond between the two.
An insightful, very honest and well written book.
An insightful, very honest and well written book.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Grass roots.
This is the real story of two sides of the football game. Southgate , the rich kid, and Woodman the lad from the jungle of the South London estates. Read more
Published on 29 April 2010 by E P King
Brilliant read!
A great insight into footballers' real lives, and how life can take two friends in two different directions. Read more
Published on 8 May 2007 by Tara
Brilliant - Great Nord AND Great Woody
As a palace fan from the same area as the two writers I could relate to a lot of what they were saying but I know that even if I wasn't a palace fan the book would still be... Read more
Published on 15 Dec 2005 by SamuelWise
Great Nord - shame about the Woody
I'm an Everton fan, but I've always had a latent admiration for Gareth Southgate. As a slow, hapless central defender myself, I've marvelled at the way he - like Tony Adams before... Read more
Published on 4 Mar 2005 by "richardselvey"
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