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  1. NorthernMonkey

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    Just ordered it on your recommendation so it better be good!
     
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  2. Interested Bystander

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  3. SimonW

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    I'm sure you will. His life is so eventful that it’s movie worthy. Look forward to seeing what you think of it though

    Certainly going to add the first 3 on my list. One of the things I enjoyed about The unstoppable keeper was it showed a side of the game that often goes under the radar and those seem like they will also.

    Might pick up the tactic one simply because in-depth discussion of tactics are always useful for helping build tactics in Football Manager
     
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  4. SimonW

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    It would need more than a chapter to explain the genius behind playing a whole squad of players in roles that don't fit their attributes :)
     
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  5. Offcomedun

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    How to be a Footballer, by Peter Crouch.
    Probably a very obvious suggestion but a good one nonetheless.
    It's not exactly War and Peace, admittedly, but it does lift the lid on the bizarre mentalities of many top level professional footballers in the Premier League era; often hilariously so.
     
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  6. SOUTHSAXON

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    Good read the Nelson books;)
     
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  8. Interested Bystander

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    Any of Redknapp's biographies would do
     
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  9. Get Rid Of It

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    Hey, he is a smart guy is our 'Arry, got away with fiddling his tax returns.

    Couldn't even write the team sheet on his players' door.
    Erm, "Allegedly" fiddling.
     
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  10. NorthernMonkey

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    £10.99 I think. It's cheaper to get the digital download but always prefer an actual book.
     
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  11. The Original EB

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    My recommendations are:-
    The Greatest Comeback ( The story of Bela Guttmann) by David Bolchover
    Dynamo (Defending the honour of Kiev) by Andy Dougan
    Football Against The Enemy by Simon Kuiper
    The Game Of Our Lives( The meaning and making of English football) by David Goldblatt
    Thirty-One Nil (On the road with football's outsiders) by James Montague
    The Nowhere Men ( The unknown story of football's true talent spotters) by Michael Calvin
    My Father and Other Working Class Heroes by Gary Imlach
     
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  12. Get Rid Of It

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    Yep, i read those 2 books but it feels like a long time ago(sigh)
     
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    It was :cry:
     
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    Donaldson stopped him breathing three times too... is that covered in the book? upload_2020-1-10_13-6-50.png
     
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  15. SimonW

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    Yep. Chapter 8 is all about that incident
     
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  16. Bantam 760

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    Read a lot of footy autobiographies,the ones i would recommend are.Alan Ball,Frank Worthington Gazza and Best and Paul Merson,Alan Ball had a very interesting yet tragic life,you wouldnt let him put your lottery numbers on for you:(
     
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    Created a master list of all the suggestions in the first post. Includes who suggested it, a link to the post to allow people to read the recommendation and a link to Amazon
     
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    Any specific ones as most of those have multiple autobiographies and even more biographies?
     
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    Side profits from the amazon affiliating. Shrewd.

    Inverting the Pyramid is highly recommended by me. Best insomnia cure I've ever used. Any time I'm struggling to drop off I put that on the kindle and I'm dozing off in no time. Borrrrrrring.
     
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  20. Bronco

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    No Smoke, No Fire: The Autobiography of Dave Jones
    A staunch family man and loving father of four children, Dave's world was turned upside down when, while manager of Premier League Southampton, out of the blue he was charged with child abuse relating to his time working as a care worker.

    Provided You Don't Kiss Me: 20 Years with Brian Clough
    Brian Clough’s twenty years as Nottingham Forest manager were an unpredictable mixture of success, failure, fall-outs and alcoholism. Duncan Hamilton, initiated as a young journalist into the Brian Clough empire, was there to see it all. In this strikingly intimate biography,
     
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