Summer reading

[Josedinho]

Summer has come. I'm looking for some tips of what to read by the pool.

Interested in football books but i'm not after Danny Dyer "we were pwopa nawty" sort of stuff but on the other hand i don't want a book of league tables for the top 3 english divisions from 1850-2000. Just ordered "A season with Verona" that somebody told me to get.

Also after a book about proffessional gambling, decent autobiography would be good as a fancy reading about some highs and lows rather than just what systems are used but having a few tips in there wouldn't hurt.

Any suggestions?

[GlasgowBandit]

I highly reccomend George Connelly: Celtics Lost Legend.

Great book for Celtic fans but so much going on with this guy that any true football fan should read this book.

Synopsis
George Connelly was hailed as the greatest Scottish talent of his generation. He made 254 appearances for Celtic and played in the Scotland team that qualified for the 1974 World Cup Finals but, at the age of just twenty-six he walked away from football and a glittering career. Connelly has never revealed the truth about what happened. Until now.In "Celtic s Lost Legend" he tells the incredible inside story of his life and career for the first time. From his early appearances for Celtic in 1968, he soon showed that he possessed a very rare talent. He moved round the pitch with the authority of Franz Beckenbauer, could pass long or short with unerring accuracy, could entertain crowds with his keepie-uppie skills and seemed to have the world at his feet. Celtic were rebuilding after the Lisbon Lions and Connelly was the cornerstone of the new plan.But, as Celtic and Scotland looked forward to a successful new era, the demons in George Connelly's head were starting to persecute him. And behind the laid-back exterior, the man himself was starting to fall apart. In "Celtic s Lost Legend", George Connelly tells the full story of why he walked away from his dreams and from the team he loved and finally answers the question that has intrigued football fans for thirty years. Whatever became of George Connelly?

[booder]

Tales from the boot camps-Steve Claridge
Left foot forward-Gary Nelson
Left foot in the grave-Gary Nelson


excellent reads

[bobby1]

Hi Jose

'A season with Verona' by Tim Parks is a superb read and in a similar vein you should deffo read 'The miracle of Castel di Sangro' by Joe Mcginniss

Both are eye opening reads about the Italian culture and esp the Italian culture to sport and 'Il systema' as the Italians call it. I don't want to give away the content matter but it deffo makes you understand why Italian football and other sports seem 'suspicious' to anyone outside the country.

[TheChipPrince]

Swimming with the Devilfish and Stu Ungar's biography are decent poker related reads...

[Woody502]

Just finished 'Provided you dont kiss me' written by the sports journo of the Nottingham Evening Post about twenty years of Brian Clough at Forest from his perspective.

[steeveg]

kicked into touch  by fred eyre is one of the funniest books i have ever read, full of football anecdotes from the 70s and 80 sort of book you can pick up and put down anytime.

[Graham C]

Quite liked Colin Montgomery's and Tony Adams' autobiographies. I'm sure I've read others too but can't remember them.  Not sport, but John Peel's is worth a read too.

[dino1980]

Hi Jose

'A season with Verona' by Tim Parks is a superb read and in a similar vein you should deffo read 'The miracle of Castel di Sangro' by Joe Mcginniss

Both are eye opening reads about the Italian culture and esp the Italian culture to sport and 'Il systema' as the Italians call it. I don't want to give away the content matter but it deffo makes you understand why Italian football and other sports seem 'suspicious' to anyone outside the country.

QFT awesome book.

If you haven't read Tony Cascarino's or Tony Adam's biogs get them
Non football: Seabiscuit is a great read as is Moneyball - which if you like poker has some crossover IMO - but is about baseball

[TheChipPrince]

Alex Higgins' or Lance Armstrong's are excellent non-football ones...

[WarBwastard]

Summer has come. I'm looking for some tips of what to read by the pool.

Interested in football books but i'm not after Danny Dyer "we were pwopa nawty" sort of stuff but on the other hand i don't want a book of league tables for the top 3 english divisions from 1850-2000. Just ordered "A season with Verona" that somebody told me to get.

Also after a book about proffessional gambling, decent autobiography would be good as a fancy reading about some highs and lows rather than just what systems are used but having a few tips in there wouldn't hurt.

Any suggestions?

Amarillo Slim's book "In a world of fat people" is very entertaining.

[DaveShoelace]

Summer has come. I'm looking for some tips of what to read by the pool.

Interested in football books but i'm not after Danny Dyer "we were pwopa nawty" sort of stuff but on the other hand i don't want a book of league tables for the top 3 english divisions from 1850-2000. Just ordered "A season with Verona" that somebody told me to get.

Also after a book about proffessional gambling, decent autobiography would be good as a fancy reading about some highs and lows rather than just what systems are used but having a few tips in there wouldn't hurt.

Any suggestions?

Amarillo Slim's book "In a world of fat people" is very entertaining.

Beat me to it, one of the most entertaining reads ever. Very funny and also full of gambling widsom.

The story about the ping pong champion is possibly my favourite.