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Advantages: Easy reading!
Disadvantages: Very stright forward!

As a fan of autobiographies I will always read anyones at least once! Im not a Liverpool fan, nor a massive Gerrard fan but decided on this book as some holiday reading! It done the trick, its light and entertaining at parts. It was very straight forward in its content, simply retelling his childhood and how he became one of Englands most talented footballers. Im always slightly put off by people who can write their life story at such a young age, ...
...I have read. I think maybe 20years along the road with more life and family experience behind him then the book may have been slightly more compelling. A bit like Pele's self titled wonder peice! A perfect example of an extremely gifted football who used his talents and statue to achieve a life worthy of an autobiography! I wouldnt be put off reading it tho, there are a few surprises there! ... Read review

Advantages: Well written, you felt you knew them all a little better when finished
Disadvantages: None

...(Cathy Glass) with an extremely damaged young girl that came into her care was truly harrowing. I was in tears after the first few chapters as the story unfolded, the mental damage that had been done to this young child was portrayed perfectly through the excellent writing of this book. Life is really put into perspective when you read about the awful things that this young girl had been subjected to from a young age. Cathy and her family had some ... Read review

Advantages: Funny, insightful
Disadvantages: Not many

If you have followed his football career you will know what you are in for. Wrong, just as you think this book will be jokes, pranks and drink, you'll find he has surprised you again. Yeh he tells us his pranks on and off the field. His bare face cheek to some of the footballing greats. And it had me in fits of giggles, slight shock but still typical Gazza. But what I really liked is that he opened up so we could see the bloke behind the smiles. ...
...door and realise that like all celebs he's a typical bloke with the same typical problems we all have. Which is nice to relate to. He has had some issues and I'm not going to voice my opinion on the man as you should buy this book and do it your self. Top book, insightful, comical and delightful, with a hint of sadness. ... Read review

Advantages: A must read for Carlisle fans, a good insight into the struggles of a player outside of the premiership
Disadvantages: Will have very limited appeal, mostly to football fans, Not many people outside of Cumbria are likely to remember him

...Carlisle fan it is possibly one of the most important goals anyone has ever scored for the club. Jimmy Glass will always be remembered by Carlisle fans as the man who quite possibly saved our club. It was his 94th minute goal on Saturday 8th May 1999 that kept Carlisle in the football league and it's that goal that's prompted this autobiography. With the help of Roger Lytollis, Jimmy Glass decided it was time to put his thoughts and feelings down ...
...side to football than the one portrayed on the TV. This isn't footballers wives, life isn't easy for players in the lower leagues and Jimmy's story certainly highlights that. I found his book to be incredibly interesting and even includes a few crossed paths and opinions on some of footballs big names. As biographies go it is certainly on of the better ones I've read. It kept me interested throughout and at times I found it very hard to put down. ... Read review

Advantages: Some new insights
Disadvantages: Hardly History with a capital H

...still circulate. BRINGING THE HOUSE DOWN David Profumo starts with his parents' backgrounds. His mother is probably most memorable these days for her roles as the adult Estella in Lean's movie 'Great Expectations', and Lady Edith D'Ascoyne in 'Kind Hearts and Coronets'. Photogenic but haughty in appearance, Hobson starred in many British films of the 1940s and 50s, and eventually became celebrated for her role on stage in the musical 'The King and ...
...already married, to Tony Havelock-Allens. Eventually he obligingly allowed her to divorce him. Profumo Junior is at pains to emphasise his happy and comfortable childhood, which sounds positively idyllic up to a certain point. It is moving to read about a seven-year-old woken by noisy reporters outside his London home. There's a memorable scene of a chap trying to force his way in but restrained by their butler as an indignant Hobson shouts: 'Leave ... Read review