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You'll Win Nothing with Kids: Fathers, Sons and Football (Paperback)

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Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Abacus (15 May 2008)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0349119880
ISBN-13: 978-0349119885
Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 2.6 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

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'The Fever Pitch of the junior league' SUNDAY TIMES 'It's a fizzingly funny, sad, thoughtful book, and should win White a hatful of awards. He done well, the lad, as they say' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'Touching, involving and really quite enthralling... White proves that you can win everything with kids' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'White's loving book evokes all the obsessional doubts and hopes involved in running an Under -14 side... A pleasure to read' INDEPENDENT 'This is a must-read for anyone with their own clutch of would-be Beckhams, either as a parent or coach. It's at turns wry, touching and very funny but always utterly authentic' TIME OUT 'A tart mix of humour and sharp observation' THE FIRST POST 'Extremely entertaining ... has the whiff of bestseller about it' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY 'Endearing comedy and raw emotion' INDEPENDENT

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5.0 out of 5 stars You'll Win Nothing with Kids: Fathers, Sons and Football, 9 Nov 2007

By	R. ELDRIDGE - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: You'll Win Nothing with Kids: Fathers, Sons and Football (Hardcover)

A wonderful book. So funny you will laugh out loud, accurate to the point of seeing yourself in many of the pages, so moving in places that you will consider what you say next time your lad takes puts on his boots. Brilliant.

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5.0 out of 5 stars You may well recognise yourself here, 1 Nov 2007

By	russell clarke "stipesdoppleganger" (halifax, west yorks) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)

This review is from: You'll Win Nothing with Kids: Fathers, Sons and Football (Hardcover)

I admit I've done it. I ,ve stood on a touchline and shouted as my progeny has run up and down a lumpy field . "Track back", "Concentrate" "Man On", "For gods sake stop calling the ref a W***er and let me do it". All the time I was doing this I was fully cognisant that I was being every bit as idiotic as the other parents screaming their sagacious advice though I don't think I ever descended to the level of the misanthropic sack of s**t who kept advising his lad to "nobble him son".
Jim White would undoubtedly think I was a fool and of course he would be right. This book is an account of a season spent in charge of Northmeadow Youth under 14,s .White has coached the team for six years and his son is in the team .This immediately puts him offside with me as my afore mentioned progeny fell foul of a manager who played his son ( A gangling clueless lad who clearly didn't want to be there)while better players , including my son languished on the touchline much of the time . It's quickly clear though that White , who is also a football reporter for the "Telegraph", is a far more self aware self decrepitating individual than the boss of that team .He calls himself "The part on the sidelines".
So while he obsesses over the performance of the team and their on-going battle against relegation he can still take time to spot the idiosyncrasies of others around him and the minutiae involved in playing football at this level while pertinently realising his own failings .This makes You'll Win Nothing With Kids( Taken from Alan Hansen's infamous remark about a youthful Manchester United side......they won the league that year) a very amusing book and at times an oddly touching one. There is plenty of conflict , especially when the club want to buy a new kettle, plenty of strife -dog turds on the pitch seem to be a constant bane of the low level football fraternity- yet the most salient edge to this book is the bond between father and son as they endeavour to improve the team.
Talking of improving the team White uses his connections within the game to raid the professional arena for advice , chatting to amongst others Brain McClair ,Jose Mourinho( Working with kids is "The purest kind of football work") ,Ron Atkinson, and Bobby Robson .Their advice is surprisingly helpful too as the team go on an extended cup run .He also questions the motives of anyone taking up a coaching role in kids football .Is it an ego thing or a genuine altruistic desire to improve the lives of others?
Anyone who has watched boys football or even more pertinently had their offspring play at that level will recognise the scenarios and characters that imbibe this book with so much colour . Hopefully it may also help one or two recognise how unacceptable and self defeating their touchline ranting is......but I wouldn't bet on it.

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5.0 out of 5 stars funny... with some important messages for over-bearing parents, 13 Oct 2007

By	Dad of a keeper (london) - See all my reviews

This review is from: You'll Win Nothing with Kids: Fathers, Sons and Football (Hardcover)

Stuck in an airport I raced through this book - a good read. It's funny as the author describes many scenes i've seen at junior football and also quite moving. But more importantly there are sections of this book that should be required reading for all parents (especially the mouthy ones) of kids who play football, particularly for those who despair and rant at goalkeepers.

And I played football against Jim White. And I can confirm, as he admits in his book, he wasn't very good!

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4.0 out of 5 stars You'll win nothing with kids
As a coach of an under 14 team I can identify with loads of the stories from this book. I also found the book useful in that being a top journalist the author had access to loads... Read more

Published 9 months ago by Inky

3.0 out of 5 stars Gets better as you read on.
I found Jim White's book rather clich�d and predictable. I began to wonder if it would have made a better read if he'd used even more `poetic license. Read more

Published 13 months ago by Tom Willis

4.0 out of 5 stars Don't bother watching 'The Cup' read this instead
On the very same day that I finished this book the BBC started screening a sitcom called 'The Cup'. Although they were both about a childrens football team the differences between... Read more

Published 14 months ago by Bantam Dave

5.0 out of 5 stars A fantastic read
I was briefly tempted to give this book only 4 stars because, in order to really, really appreciate where it is coming from, I think you also need to be a football dad and that... Read more

Published 15 months ago by A. Reeves

5.0 out of 5 stars It's not just about the football
I loved this book, the on-going story of a man managing a junior football team is intertwined around his feelings about his son growing up and the effect this has on their... Read more

Published 20 months ago by Dales

5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it
I coach under 12s, including my son of course, and found it very reassuring and funny to read so many things I went through. Read more

Published 21 months ago by Eric Le Bouffon

5.0 out of 5 stars Must read for any kids football manager!
Yes, you! The one that stood still while the other dad's (mum's?) took a step backwards! Or was that a leap! Read more

Published 21 months ago by D. Wood

5.0 out of 5 stars its a laugh
Jim ends his book with this quote from his son which sums up the book.
I am biased because I am a fellow manager in the same city football club. Read more

Published on 11 Oct 2007 by David Rundle

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliantly funny and moving
This book is a must-read for anyone who's ever played football as a kid, or who has a kid who plays football. Read more

Published on 17 Sep 2007 by Jonathan N. Platt

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