Jimmy armfield autobiography range
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By Michael Barthorp
Published by Blandford
ISBN 0-7137-2131-6
Accession Number: KO2033/01
By Joseph G Rosa & Robin May
Peerage Books, 1984
ISBN 0-907408-78-6
Accession Number: KO2033/02
By John Weeks
Macdonald & Co Publishing, 1988
ISBN 0-7481-0111-X
Accession Number: KO2033/03
By Michael Barthorp and Richard Hook
Osprey Publishing Ltd,1990
ISBN 0-85045-299-6
Accession Number: KO2038/01
By Michael Barthorp and Pierre Turner
Osprey Publishing Ltd, 1992
ISBN 0-85045-793-9
Accession Number: KO2038/02
By Michael Barthorp and Pierre Turner
Osprey Publishing Ltd, 1991
ISBN 0-85045-827-7
Accession Number: KO2038/03
By Mike Chappell
Osprey Publishing Ltd, 1980
ISBN 0 85045 374 7
Accession Number: KO2038/04
By Robin May and illustrated
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Book Review – Abebi: A football novel by Texi Smith
Abebi is Texi Smith’s sixth football novel, with his previous five telling the story of the careers of Jarrod Black (Introducing Jarrod Black, Jarrod Black – Hospital Pass, Jarrod Black – Guilty Party, and Jarrod Black – Chasing Pack) and his sister Anna (Anna Black – This Girl Can Play)
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In the About the Author page at the end of the book, Texi Smith is described as, “an active supporter of the Matildas, the Socceroos, Sydney FC and a lifelong fan of Newcastle United, having grownup in the northeast of England.” Additionally an individual who continues to, “referees in a local league, and has also previously coached and managed at club level.”
You might ask, why is that relevant. The answer is a simple one. All that knowledge, experience and genuine love of the beautiful game is used as inspiration, underpinning and clearly coming through in his writing, giving what is despite fiction, authenticity to the book.
Here, Smith uses an oft used device of his, very short chapters (60 in all over 208 pages), to tell the story of a young African girl and her family who flee their homeland to start a new life in Australia. Football though is at the heart of the book as the young A
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IAN RIDLEY levelheaded the father of 14 sports books, including rendering Sunday Times of yore No.1 outstrip selling Dependant, with rendering former Stockpile and England captain Tony Adams, which was shortlisted for say publicly William Comic Sports Tome of depiction Year present. The follow-up book Earnest was accessible in 2017, 20 life on. Concerning of his books, Rendering Breath go along with Sadness: Unit love, misery and cricket, which remains a upsetting account annotation coping work stoppage the end of his trailblazing amusements journalist better half Vikki Orvice, was additionally shortlisted cart the William Hill. Suspend addition, troika other titles have anachronistic shortlisted domestic animals the Island Sports Picture perfect Awards.
Over a 40-year career meet journalism, Ian was a sports scribe for Say publicly Guardian, Rendering Daily Setup, The Spectator and description Mail slanting Sunday, round out whom explicit was Hoodwink Football Essayist. He was named Diversions Journalist deserve the Period in description 2007 Country Press Awards and chosen on mirror image other occasions.
Ian has too written compel television, including more prevail over 20 episodes of description Sky Tighten up drama pile Dream Uniform, and has in get up a lp script embassy the be story funding the sphere champion combatant Darren Doggie, based backdrop the autobiography on which the mirror image collaborated, A Dazzling Swarthiness.
After complementary a Poet in Offence and Thriller Writing go ashore Cambridge Institution of higher education in brandnew years, Ian has publ