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Hard Tackles and Dirty Baths: The Inside Story of Football's Golden Era (Hardcover)

by George Best (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Ebury Press (20 Oct 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0091906083
  • ISBN-13: 978-0091906085
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.6 x 3.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 308,459 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'One last look back at the tortured life of the most charismatic footballer of our generation', Guardian .'Best's love letter to the Beautiful Game and to his own youth', Irish News .'A great read', Sunday Sport .'A complete history of the sport before money and marketing took over', Mirror

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This book contains a collection of footballing anecdotes from George Best recounting his experiences during the 1960s and 1970s.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Buyer beware!, 24 Sep 2006
By Andrew Walker "andrewwalker66" (Scotland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hard Tackles and Dirty Baths: The Inside Story of Football's Golden Era (Paperback)
Why should you beware of this book? Why worry about George the great footballer, the shy yet lovable Irishman, idol of men and women everywhere? There's his picture on the front cover look ... and on the back cover ... and just in case you haven't got the message there's his picture on the spine of the book as well. The copyright credits George Best as the author and in the Foreword his manager says Best enjoyed writing it in the final months of his life.

There are actually two problems.

First, this is an almost entirely unoriginal account of Best's playing career up to 1975. For example, what do we learn about the European Cup Final of 1968, the night that brought back memories of Munich, when the first English club won the European Cup? George was ecstatic and had a bit too much to drink. Woo, sorry to have spoiled the plot for you there.

Second, this a ghost-written biography - despite receiving almost no credit the title page includes those three little words "with Harry Harris" that tell you what you need to know i.e. that this will be a competent account, that will tick over, and rely heavily on the newspaper archive - so you will be told about the size of the crowd, team changes and the times when the goals were scored. You will also get post-match quotes and players' histories, things Best couldn't possibly know. But as for Best's memories you strongly suspect they were used up in his earlier books "Blessed" and "Scoring at Half Time".

I have no problem at all with Harry Harris writing a book about 1960s football. I didn't find a lot new and the quote on the back cover from the Daily Mirror: "A complete history of the sport before money and marketing took over" is ludicrous. How can one man's account (even if it weren't ghost-written?) be a complete history. Oh, hang on, Harry Harris works for the Daily Mirror ... It's just hard to see who would be interested. If you want to know about Best, read "Blessed". If you want to know about football in this era read "The Glory Game" or Leo McKinstry on the Charlton Brothers or any of the excellent biographies of Bill Shankly.

So, you have been warned: an okay book with Best's face on the cover to sell it to you. Look elsewhere.
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