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Gordon Strachan: The Biography (Hardcover)

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  • Hardcover: 246 pages
  • Publisher: Virgin Books (26 Aug 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1852272058
  • ISBN-13: 978-1852272050
  • Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 15.8 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 405,015 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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In recent years, Gordon Strachan has become best known among football fans for his realistic and often witty assessments of his teams' performances and football matters in general. It is easy to forget that Strachan forged a career as a player where his abilities made him the only player ever to win the Football Writers' Player of the Year Award both north and south of the border. From his time as a young player at Dundee via Aberdeen, where he was nurtured by the then fledgling manager Alex Ferguson and became an integral part of the team which won the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1983, to the dizzy heights of life at Manchester United and Leeds and an international career involving two World Cups, Gordon Strachan showed not just his flair as a wily central midfielder but also strong leadership abilities. They provided him with the cornerstone of his management career that began at Coventry as he moved from player to player/manager before finally hanging up his boots and led to his most recent stint at Southampton.


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‘Timely update of a biography on ‘Wee Gord’ as he takes up the Celtic hot-seat’ FourFourTwo

Gordon Strachan’s career as player and manager has spanned 35 years. From his early years at Dundee and Aberdeen, Strachan’s wily skills and leadership qualities have stood him in good stead as he graduated to playing for Manchester United and Leeds, and in his time as manager of Coventry, Southampton and now, Celtic.

At Aberdeen, under the fledgling manager Alex Ferguson, Strachan was an integral part of the team that won the 1983 European Cup Winners’ Cup. He had 50 caps as a Scottish international and competed in two World Cups for Scotland. He remains the only player ever to win the Football Writers’ Player of the Year Award both in England and Scotland. His dedication to fitness and idiosyncratic diets involving seaweed prompted Ron Atkinson to make the remark ‘There’s no one fitter at his age, except maybe Raquel Welch.’

In this fully updated edition of the highly praised biography, Leo Moynihan looks at the tenacity of Strachan as a player, the true nature of his relationship with Sir Alex Ferguson, his management at Celtic, and above all, the honesty of a man that has often left fans scratching their heads, but always full of admiration. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Fan-tastic read, 3 Sep 2004
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Don't need a 1000 words to review this.....best book I've read this year, charting the life of one of footballs all-time greats. Couldn't put it down once I started.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Bobbyson Highgate, 19 Oct 2004
By Mr R D BLAKE (sidcup, kent United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
Leo Moynihan has never shied away from the darkest reaches of the psyche; instead, he's built a career out of probing into the ways in which football managers - for the most part, men - can slip almost casually into violence and cruelty. this book has it all brutality, intimacy and cruelty, with a candour that has disturbed readers and critics worldwide.

in a word briliant book well written ............

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5.0 out of 5 stars Deliciously written, 19 Jul 2007
Having picked up this book simply because the author had the surname as me, I was thrilled to discover my namesake was more than worthy to wear the family crest. The devilishly compelling prose was a joy to peruse; one can only assume Moynihan made a Robert Johnson-like pact to acquire such literary talent.

In short, a marvellous book. There is now nothing I don't know about Gordan Strachan.
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