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by Brian Glanville (Author) "'BUGGER BOGNOR,' said King George V, on his deathbed, perhaps apocryphally; but it was in Bognor that it all began: with Bognor Regis Town, with..." (more)
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  • Hardcover: 280 pages
  • Publisher: Virgin Books; First Edition, First Impression edition (18 Feb 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1852277939
  • ISBN-13: 978-1852277932
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 538,595 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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When Brian Glanville left Charterhouse aged 17 in 1949, he reluctantly became an articled clerk after it was made apparent to him that football journalism was no career for a gentleman. All that was to change later that summer when he walked into the offices of the Italian Corriere dello Sport in Rome. The newspaper made him their English correspondent, even though he couldn't speak a word of Italian.

Football Memories charts Granville's life, as a journalist, writer and player, since that day. Having covered every World Cup since Sweden in 1958 and met, interviewed and written about just about every football great (and more than a few football reprobates) since then, he is certainly in a position of authority.

His career in Italy is covered, as are the many years spent writing for the Sunday Times. But alongside the compelling personal tale is another, of how football has changed since the days when amateurs still played for England. (Many of those amateurs were Granville's childhood heroes; some later joined him in the press box.)

Notorious for his forthright views and lack of apprehension in expressing them, Glanville has made as many, if not more, enemies than friends; his accrimonious relationship with former England boss Graham Taylor is well known and is documented in the book. But he also refuses to pull his punches about others:

...as we know, a football brain is sui generis. It does not preclude intellect outside the field of play, any more than an intellectual need necessarily be an unintelligent footballer. But the football brain is essentially a thing of instinct, the reductio ad absurdum being a player such as Paul Gascoigne, who is wonderfully inventive, aware and original on the filed, but displays few of these qualities off the pitch.
Successful as a writer away from the press box, Glanville explains his career as an author in full and talks a lot about the Chelsea Casuals, the team he has run for years and still plays for at the age of 67. An all-round story of one man's obsession with the beautiful game.


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Glanville draws on his wealth of football knowledge to create an autobiography full of insight and anecdotes, highlighting his unique views on the games, leagues, players and the great changes world football has seen over the last five decades.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The doyen of football tells it as it is, 1 Nov 2004
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As the title would suggest, not really a conventional memoir - you won't learn too much about the man himself - but more a history of football since the 1940s (i.e. half the duration of the beautiful game's existence) told from the perspective of someone who was actually there, and knew and saw most of the people he describes. It's well-written, funny, irreverent, insightful and at times revelatory - good to have a full account of the fascinating Italian corruption scandal that Glanville himself exposed. If you care about football, read it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Glanville hits the mark, 29 April 1999
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For me the main attraction of this book, beside the author's unrivaled knowledge of the game over a 50-year span, is the sense of period that comes through it, especially the fifties and sixties before money began to dominate and players were as famed for their personality as for their ball skills. Light is also shed on the literary world of which Glanville has been so much a part. In short, a unique book accessible to people from all walks of life and background.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Glanville the self-perceived genius settles old scores, 21 April 1999
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I gave this book one crown because zero was not an available option. I opened the cover on this tome expecting to be amused and educated in turn by tales and anecdotes from Glanville's years of reporting on football. I was neither. To be fair, I did learn some things. Did you know that Glanville formed and ran a team called the Chelsea Casuals ? You will. Did you know that sometime-famous people, and his sons, have been known to play for the Chelsea Casuals ? You will. The most distasteful aspect of the book though is that Glanville uses it to settle old scores and, very bravely, saves his meanest attacks for the dead. If you're looking for insight about the changes in football through the last fifty years from someone who was there, look elsewhere.
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