Post by Macmoish on Nov 10, 2010 9:22:31 GMT
Anyone read it?
Steve Hodge, 'The Man with Maradona's Shirt',
From the "Search Inside" Function, some QPR Reference (Obviously wouldn't expect much)
www.amazon.co.uk/Man-Maradonas-Shirt-Steve-Hodge/dp/1409113159#reader_1409113159
www.amazon.co.uk/Man-Maradonas-Shirt-Steve-Hodge/dp/1409113159#noop
www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/steve+hodge/the+man+with+maradona27s+shirt/6792044/
Synopsis
This is not a straightforward autobiography, it's a snapshot of a vanished era of football, based on meticulously kept diaries. The eighties and the early nineties was the last era of (relative) innoncence in football. Steve Hodge played alongside Hoddle, Waddle and Ardiles in the lauded mid-eighties Spurs midfield; he was a dressing-room witness to the vagaries, charm, whims and downright venomous side of Brian Clough; he was at two World Cups, being instrumental in the hand-of-God episode, and hanging out with the likes of Gazza and Lineker four years later in Italy. He won the last League Championship medal with Leeds, then languished in the reserves with a 'somewhat shy', cultured Frenchman. As the balls would fly over the midfield -- Howard Wilkinson being a disciple of route one -- Eric Cantona would turn to him and repeatedly say, 'Hodgey, why are we here?' This will be a great, intimate behind-the-scenes glimpse at life at the top level - a kind of blend of the elements that made Pete Davis' All Played Out and Tony Cascarino's Full Time so successful.
Book details
Published
20/05/2010
Publisher
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
ISBN
9781409113157
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Publisher and industry reviews
Jacket review
'this is an entertaining and engrossing account of the beautiful game before the multi-million-pound salaries ripped out its soul, and when a roasting was something Brian Clough gave to players at half time. Hodge may not have won the cup but he'll win fans with this.' NEWS OF THE WORLD 'these stories are laced with fresh, often fascinating insights ... one of the more revealing biographies and a reminder to the current crop that they should wait a while before putting pen to paper' FOURFOURTWO
Steve Hodge, 'The Man with Maradona's Shirt',
From the "Search Inside" Function, some QPR Reference (Obviously wouldn't expect much)
www.amazon.co.uk/Man-Maradonas-Shirt-Steve-Hodge/dp/1409113159#reader_1409113159
www.amazon.co.uk/Man-Maradonas-Shirt-Steve-Hodge/dp/1409113159#noop
www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/steve+hodge/the+man+with+maradona27s+shirt/6792044/
Synopsis
This is not a straightforward autobiography, it's a snapshot of a vanished era of football, based on meticulously kept diaries. The eighties and the early nineties was the last era of (relative) innoncence in football. Steve Hodge played alongside Hoddle, Waddle and Ardiles in the lauded mid-eighties Spurs midfield; he was a dressing-room witness to the vagaries, charm, whims and downright venomous side of Brian Clough; he was at two World Cups, being instrumental in the hand-of-God episode, and hanging out with the likes of Gazza and Lineker four years later in Italy. He won the last League Championship medal with Leeds, then languished in the reserves with a 'somewhat shy', cultured Frenchman. As the balls would fly over the midfield -- Howard Wilkinson being a disciple of route one -- Eric Cantona would turn to him and repeatedly say, 'Hodgey, why are we here?' This will be a great, intimate behind-the-scenes glimpse at life at the top level - a kind of blend of the elements that made Pete Davis' All Played Out and Tony Cascarino's Full Time so successful.
Book details
Published
20/05/2010
Publisher
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
ISBN
9781409113157
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Publisher and industry reviews
Jacket review
'this is an entertaining and engrossing account of the beautiful game before the multi-million-pound salaries ripped out its soul, and when a roasting was something Brian Clough gave to players at half time. Hodge may not have won the cup but he'll win fans with this.' NEWS OF THE WORLD 'these stories are laced with fresh, often fascinating insights ... one of the more revealing biographies and a reminder to the current crop that they should wait a while before putting pen to paper' FOURFOURTWO