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Keano4taoiseach

02-11-2007, 10:24 PM

Hey guys.....

basically tell us the sporting books you have read recently or your all time favourites....and we can discuss them and vice versa...

Ok I'll start....

At the moment I'm reading, nearly finished, a biography on Fergie..

It's called..."This is the one".....by Daniel Taylor...

Taylor has covered United for the 'Guardian' since 1998...

The book is absolutely fantastic and deals mainly with the perception of Fergie from the press room journalists who have followed him and written about him for years...
It is about the last two seasons and thus is divided into two parts...
One of the best books my dad and I have ever read.....truly a pageturner....
I could give you all the blurbs from various newspapers applauding and recommending the book but I think the one from Loaded will go down best of all...

"I read it all night and didn't sleep.
next day I fell asleep on a motorbike and almost died.
It was worth it":D ....

In other book news.....Graham Polls new autobiography entitled "Seeing Red" is unreadable...
and would have been more appropriate if called..."Seeing Yellow"..:D

Although I have to say he is unbelievably biased towards United and kills John Terry and Chelsea and Mourinho.....I suppose that's a good enough reason to read it.:D

your opinions on sports books and ones you have read would be great.............

Below is the thread started later by Alto10...

I merged the 2 threads together to keep all infor together

Anyone reading or read any good book lately always on the look out for new books to read.

Iam currently reading ' The Ice Man story of Richard Kaplinski mafia Hitman'
very good book would recomend it.

Skele

02-11-2007, 10:49 PM

I am reading now Sasa Curcic-whole truth by Sasa Curcic.Dramatic profess maybe of unusual hero who ever was at serbian public scene.A book about abnormal rise and cruel fall down of a boy from Besni Fok.he tell us about

-how did i get from poor serbian vilage to fancy London and New York hoods.
-How did I turn on Bolton and why did I fall down at Aston Vila.
-How did I like most beautyfull birds on the world.
-Why Slobodan Milosevic called me
-Why Miljan Miljanic likes me
-Why I respect Ilija Petkovic and Ivica Osim
-Why i dislike Milan Zivadinovic and Slobodan Santrac
-How did I fall down and became rabble on Belgrade's streets
-How I'v been called by Big Brother and how I won.
-all my scandals
-all my loves

It is very interesting book and Sasa is translating it on English now
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Red Devil

02-11-2007, 10:55 PM

not sure this is Pub material, but its not footy banter either. Lets see what happens?

Keano4taoiseach

02-11-2007, 11:00 PM

not sure this is Pub material, but its not footy banter either. Lets see what happens?

Why do you always have to question everything I do or say...lol..

To be honest I think it is pub material and it deserves to be in the pub for the publicity....no pun intended...although technically it wasn't a pun.....and to keep peoples mind on reading aswell as gaming and what not..

Jazz 16

02-11-2007, 11:51 PM

Ive read a load of football books. I like to read about the players and what happens behind the scenes.
United players past and present books I have read:
Keane, Cantona, Giggs, Rio, Rooney, Robson, McGrath, Fergie, Sharpe.
Keanes and McGraths were definitely the best-incredible reads.
Other football autobiographies I have read include Gazza, Maradona, Pele, Jack Charlton, Cloughie, Townsend, Vieira.
I have yet to read but own 'Were the famous Man United'-OT in the 80s-The players stories by Andy Mitten(anyone read this?)
I also have to read Broken Dreams-The definitive expose of British Football Corruption.

Keano4taoiseach

03-11-2007, 12:01 AM

carlyluvsunited

03-11-2007, 05:19 AM

I think The Pub is OK place for this.

Similar to your other thread too about TV.

Also I make this sticky for you too.

But if RD is not happy he move this OK so dont complain he is boss man !

But for now we do this x

Skele

05-11-2007, 02:30 PM

looks like Utd fans don't like reding:D
neighter the books:D :D

andycole9

05-11-2007, 02:33 PM

Why do you always have to question everything I do or say...lol..

To be honest I think it is pub material and it deserves to be in the pub for the publicity....no pun intended...although technically it wasn't a pun.....and to keep peoples mind on reading aswell as gaming and what not..
lol, your chicken oreintel :D

andycole9

05-11-2007, 02:37 PM

i've read keane's, fergies, gazza's, rio's,dwight yorke's, all good reads

but my fav autobiography as to be lenny mcleans *the guvnor* not sport i know but a good read.

anyone read that one?

Keano4taoiseach

05-11-2007, 05:43 PM

i've read keane's, fergies, gazza's, rio's,dwight yorke's, all good reads

but my fav autobiography as to be lenny mcleans *the guvnor* not sport i know but a good read.

anyone read that one?

No, but I read Gazzas in one night.....it was actually a good laugh, especially the stories about the world cup and hotel 'tom-foolery'..etc..:D

haha,,,Rio and his team-mates at Leeds used to play a game called the "coin-game" during matches...
One player would bring a coin out onto the pitch and they would pass it around to each other during matches....and whoever ended up with the coin lost.....:D

PrinceZane

17-11-2007, 09:09 AM

I've never read a sports book, but I've almost finished "The Lord of the Rings" :D

- Fin

nabcake

08-12-2007, 02:22 PM

yeah, im not sure if this is the right place to put this but

any1 read the autobiography by Rooney and ronaldo?

Moments- Ronaldo
linkhttp://www.amazon.co.uk/Moments-Cristiano-Ronaldo/dp/023070669X/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197120020&sr=1-5

My story- rooney
linkhttp://www.amazon.co.uk/Wayne-Rooney-My-Story/dp/0007242026/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197120046&sr=1-1

or is it

My story so far - rooney
linkhttp://www.amazon.co.uk/Wayne-Rooney-My-Story-Far/dp/000723628X/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197120046&sr=1-3

just wondering which one would u guys recommend:)

Anderson's God

08-12-2007, 02:29 PM

I am reading - "Wayne Rooney - the way it is"

I am enjoying it personally! Think it is good!

carlyluvsunited

08-12-2007, 02:49 PM

We have K4T's Book Thread.....

I'll merge this into that thread for you......

nabcake

08-12-2007, 06:18 PM

eh, sry i'll try to post in the right section :(
shouldn't be making gay stupid mistakes like this as i get used to this forum more
(and when i start using the search button, which i will NOW)

Keano4taoiseach

08-12-2007, 08:18 PM

eh, sry i'll try to post in the right section :(
shouldn't be making gay stupid mistakes like this as i get used to this forum more
(and when i start using the search button, which i will NOW)

that's good to hear mate........RD is losing patience......:D

btw....is that a pic of you in your avatar.....??.....:D

nabcake

09-12-2007, 02:10 PM

lol no, i just uninstalled this computer game i used to play becuz of exams, now when im bored i go to youtube and look at Happy Tree Friends videos lol. Cant help it, its fun.

alto10

01-02-2008, 08:16 PM

Anyone reading or read any good book lately always on the look out for new books to read.

Iam currently reading ' The Ice Man story of Richard Kaplinski mafia Hitman'
very good book would recomend it.

Keano!

01-02-2008, 09:13 PM

Best book I've ever read, was Keane's autobiography. So honest and unforgiving. Ehh.......reading Sir Bobby Charltons one now, and its really good, but not as good as Keano's!

alto10

01-02-2008, 09:49 PM

Yes Keano's is very good was tempted by Charlton's might get it if its good

Red Devil

01-02-2008, 09:59 PM

Vixen 03 - thriller then Charlton's book

Keano4taoiseach

01-02-2008, 10:36 PM

Anything by Lee Child, English thriller writer, excellent.

I am currently studying Macbeth (by William Shakespeare for some of the less knowledgeable on here, not that there are any !!)

And it's the best piece of writing I've ever read. I could spend all day deciphering his hidden messages and the irony, o the irony. :)

alto10

01-02-2008, 11:13 PM

Read it at school very good indeed

Ajant

02-02-2008, 03:22 AM

Read anything by english funny man Ben Elton, the man's a genius!

-zuco-

02-02-2008, 03:44 AM

If ever you disturb our streets again;
Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace.

Best sentence ever written...ever!!

Iambic pentameter at it's best.

akash_reds

02-02-2008, 07:09 PM

i dont know any of these books and authors except the biographies:eek: .........i'm reading northern lights by Phillip Pullman.......

PrinceZane

03-02-2008, 02:06 AM

I highly recommend the Dragonlance or Elric Sagas for any fantasy reader.

andycole9

03-02-2008, 03:42 AM

SHADOW MAN by cody mcfadyen (great read, pyscological thriller) here's a preview

Once, Special Agent Smoky Barrett hunted serial killers for the FBI. She was one of the best- until a madman terrorized her family, killed her husband and daughter, and left her face scarred and her soul brutalized. Turning the tables on the killer, Smoky shot him dead- but her life was shattered forever. Now Smoky dreams about picking up her weapon again. She dreams about placing the cold steel between her lips and pulling the trigger one last time. Because for a woman who's lost everything, what is there left to lose? She's about to find out. In all her years at the Bureau, Smoky has never encountered anyone like him- a new and fascinating kind of monster, a twisted genius who defies profilers' attempts to understand him. And he's issued Smoky a direct challenge, coaxing her back from the brink with the only thing that could convince her to live. The killer videotaped his latest crime- an act of horror that left a child motherless- then sent a message addressed to Agent Smoky Barrett. The message is enough to shock Smoky back to work, back to her FBI team. And that child awakens something in Smoky she thought was gone forever. Suddenly the stakes are raised. The game has changed. For as this deranged monster embarks on an unspeakable spree of perversion and murder, Smoky is coming alive again- and she's about to face her greatest fears as a cop, a woman, a mother... and a merciless killer's next victim

migueldadon

03-02-2008, 04:01 AM

WHeres waldo, just kidding Ive enjoyed reading some of francis coppolas work, the godfather, the scicilian etc.

carlyluvsunited

03-02-2008, 06:43 AM

alto10 we had a books thread started by K4T ...

But I added your original post to K4T's original post and this way we keep all book stuff together ... ;)

Threads have then been merged okie dokie ... :)

haggler

03-02-2008, 09:42 AM

Yip yap Stams tome was quality .

Longest resignation letter in history .

The bit about fergie tapping him up when he was at psv top stuff .

alto10

03-02-2008, 02:46 PM

Ive enjoyed reading some of francis coppolas work, the godfather, the scicilian etc.

Both amazing books well worth alook better than films

Toybos

03-02-2008, 07:51 PM

I have read and re-read george bests autobiography- 'Blessed' i think it was. good read.

SALFORD RED

04-02-2008, 10:28 PM

The Billy Meredith Story.
A great insight into football a century ago.

Richard Kurt's ...Red Devils - A History of MUFC's Rogues and Villains.
.

Keano4taoiseach

05-02-2008, 12:00 AM

The Billy Meredith Story.
A great insight into football a century ago.

Richard Kurt's ...Red Devils - A History of MUFC's Rogues and Villains.
.

SAL ya dog, did he give ya a mention ;):D:eek: *jk*

I will keep a look out for them as my dad is a librarian, *Is K4t's reputation now at risk*!!!)

conor myles

05-02-2008, 12:57 AM

I have read the roy keane biography its a cracker the man is a legend im still reading rooneys biography it was got for me at christmas:)

reddwarf

05-02-2008, 05:38 PM

Keano4taoiseach

05-02-2008, 11:06 PM

I've read the autobiographies of Roy Keane, Rio Ferdinand, Wayne Rooney, Paul Gascoigne and Alex Ferguson.

I've also read the The Official Illustrated History of Manchester United 1878-2006 & Hard Tackles and Dirty Baths: The Inside Story of Football's Golden Era by George Best.

I have to admit that I got hooked on Gazza's autobiography!!!

(better than Rooney's for a start because it detailed his long and bumpy career :))

reddwarf

06-02-2008, 11:20 AM

I have to admit that I got hooked on Gazza's autobiography!!!

(better than Rooney's for a start because it detailed his long and bumpy career :))

I'm disappointed in you K4t! Where's the joke about hard tackle in a dirty bath?! :D

Seriously though, Rooney released an autobiography far too early in his life so all of the other ones I've read were more interesting.

Keano4taoiseach

06-02-2008, 02:01 PM

I'm disappointed in you K4t! Where's the joke about hard tackle in a dirty bath?! :D

Seriously though, Rooney released an autobiography far too early in his life so all of the other ones I've read were more interesting.

Exactly, but it was still quite interesting with all his school reports and stuff but I would much prefer if he waited until his playing career is over, around (2030) ;), until he releases his next autobiography.

*mate, I'm toning down a bit at the moment, I should be back to myself soon, hopefully*