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  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Orion; New Ed edition (7 April 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0752865390
  • ISBN-13: 978-0752865393
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 22,258 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'Bowles emerges from the book as he emerged from his career, a likeable rascal rather than a rogue.' --When Saturday Comes magazine

'Stan the Man is still a legend... A fascinating snapshot of the 1970s and a look at the lifestyle of a football maverick.' --Shoot! magazine --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.


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'Bowles emerges from the book as he emerged from his career, a likeable rascal rather than a rogue.' (WHEN SATURDAY COMES )

'Stan the Man is still a legend... A fascinating snapshot of the 1970s and a look at the lifestyle of a football maverick.' (SHOOT )

'Another enigmatic waster whose exploits might have diminished his game but bolstered his autobiography.' (KENSINGTON TIMES ) --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Stan Bowles - a review, 22 Nov 2005
By J. D. Naylor "jazzfan" (England) - See all my reviews
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A cracking auto-biography of one of the last great mavericks of the game.Stan drank and gambled his way through a fortune,was often at loggerheads with managers,directors and team mates but some how it never seemed to get in the way of him performing on a saturday afternoon.In this honest and frank account of his life Bowles tells it how it really was - the great days at QPR,the rows with Cloughie,the punch ups with Malcom Allison and how he has lost a fortune at the track.
So go on and buy a great book from one of the unsung heroes of the game.
I bet you enjoy it (no pun intended!)
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Hilarious, 8 Jun 2005
This is one of the finest sports autobiographies I've read. Forget the sanctimonious preaching of Tony Adams or the neuroptic tics of Tony Cascarino, this is a footie book as footie books should be - full to the brim of cracking and absolutely hilarious anecdotes. Bowles comes across as being likeable and honest, and obviously a real character - the kind that football seem to have lost these days.
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5.0 out of 5 stars YOU BETTER....YOU BET!, 14 Aug 2008
By JUDE (IRELAND) - See all my reviews
Stan Bowles was one of THE iconic faces of seventies English football, alongside the likes of Peter Osgood, Tony Currie and Charlie George. A maverick in the truest sense of the word. He was a skilful player, a dribbler and a goal-scorer. He broke the British record for European goals in a season back in 1976/77, during QPR`s UEFA Cup run. The only problem for Stan and those others is they were in the shadow of THE top dog at the time, one George Best. Best gets a mention in this book of course.
Stan`s partner-in-crime was Don Shanks and their merry escapades make for marvellous entertainment, there is hardly a dull page in the whole book with loads of laugh out loud moments. If you like your football books to contain loads of anecdotes and opinions this is the book for you. It has some of the funniest I have ever read, and it is also the only footballer`s biography I can think of that mentions the Shoot To Kill inquiry and Thin Lizzy. Also, unlike many such books, Stan doesn`t bore us with his `romantic` laisons, he makes it quite clear his main obsession was betting, followed closely by betting. Although earning good money by the standards of the day, he doesn`t worship filthy lucre but rather regards it as a means to an end. More visits to the dog track. A brilliant read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A man of my time
Thoroughly entertaining and an eyeopener to me who watched Stan at his peak when I was interested enough in football to go to the matches - ah yes those were the days!
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