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excellent and long overdue, 3 Feb 2002

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As Leeds United have struggled for years to find a striker anything at all prolific, this book, which details the career of their finest ever 'poacher' is long overdue. Quality black and white photographs space out a concise yet informative text which shows the stereotypical rise from dreaming schoolboy to cup final winner as vividly as any film. Sniffer himself seems a little more humble with age but the true elegance of the man himself, resplendent in the white strip and with that cold assassin's eye, adorns every page. Best are his accounts of the training and formation of Revie's great side, narrated with a clarity as if they took place yesterday. One cannot help but think what a legend in world football Clarke would have become had Poland not held England to a 1-1 draw that night. In fact, there is so much frustration in the book which balances out the joys of victory and makes it as interesting as any novel. Allan Clarke is still something of an enigma. How any super skinny choir faced young man could have destroyed so many of the ruthless defences of the era is one question left unanswered. I would have liked a bit more depth into why he played as he did and why he succeeded. You put the book down and still feel he's full of secrets. Leeds fans will ask - does he still mate out with Jonah - as he calls Mick Jones. How did he cope at Billy's funeral - and Don's? A book three times as long could have been written with only a tenth of the illustrations, and it would still have sold, and kept me going. I ate this book in two gulps as it was fascinating. But then so was the man himself. The book should have been written years ago, with volume two out now. Clarke's analysis of his own former team mates is a high point, and his description of that stunning Wembley diving header for which he is best remembered. This one now sits proudly on my bookshelf. You stare at it for a few minutes and see Sniffer peeping at you, and even though you've read the thing, you can't help picking it up again and reliving this goal or that match. And these are the goals we relived on a dirty pitch in Rossendale, Lancs, in the 1970's. Allan Clarke, as this book makes perfectly clear, was one of the greatest strikers of all time. Forget your club. Buy it! Any youngster could be inspired by his story and learn such a lot. A video version would be the perfect accompaniment for a Leeds fan!!

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