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Cal was a lovely guy and sadly missed as you say. I sent him a cd of Football Manager some years ago, he really appreciated it. A wonderful contributor to CCMB with his posts and mostly his wit. A Real Gent.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve the Tea
https://twitter.com/TSF/status/1441050137795567622?s=19
Just saw this from the secret footballer
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Originally Posted by Cleve van Leef
Just read it. Very good read. Thanks for the recommendation.Quote:
Originally Posted by StraightOuttaCanton
Another football book I enjoyed recently was Another Bloody Saturday by Mat Guy - that's worth a read.
Glad you enjoyed it… I’ve not read Another Bloody Saturday but on the assumption that we have similar taste I’ve just ordered itQuote:
Originally Posted by Undercoverinwurzelland
Credit to Hilts for highlighting this in another thread but I felt it should get a mention on the CCMB Book Club.
Why We Kneel How We Rise
by Michael Holding
Possibly the best football book I have read .Quote:
Originally Posted by StraightOuttaCanton
I'm looking forward to reading it too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimmy the Jock
Lilian Thuram's new book out 29th October: White Thinking: Behind the Mask of Racial Identity
Article and interview with him in The Guardian today.
What's so good about it Jimmy? Heard some good things but haven't got round to reading it yetQuote:
Originally Posted by Jimmy the Jock
A Tournament Frozen In Time- The story of the European Cup Winners Cup.
It’s “unputdownable” is the best way to describe it… full of heart touching moments - happy and sad and really well written.Quote:
Originally Posted by delmbox
The Boy on the Shed is a story of love and fate. At 16, Paul Ferris becomes Newcastle United's youngest-ever first-teamer. Like many a tricky winger from Northern Ireland, he is hailed as 'the new George Best'.
As a player and later a physio and member of the Magpies' managerial team, Paul's career acquaints him not only with Kevin Keegan, Kenny Dalglish and Bobby Robson, Ruud Gullit, Paul Gascoigne and Alan Shearer but also with injury, insecurity and disappointment.
Yet this autobiography is more than a tale of the vagaries of sporting fortune. It begins during 'The Troubles' in a working-class Catholic family in the Protestant town of Lisburn, near Belfast. After a childhood scarred by his mother's illness and sectarian hatred, Paul meets the love of his life, his future wife Geraldine.
Talented and carefree on the pitch, shy and anxious off it, he earns a tilt at stardom. His first spell at Newcastle turns sour, as does his return as a physio, although obtaining a Masters degree shows him what he could achieve away from football.
When Paul qualifies as a barrister, a career in Law beckons. Instead, a craving to prove himself in the game draws him back to St James' Park as part of Shearer's management triumvirate - with unfortunate consequences.
Written with brutal candour, dark humour and consummate style, The Boy on the Shed is a riveting and moving account of a life less ordinary.
Bloody hell - you should be a writer....Quote:
Originally Posted by StraightOuttaCanton
Thanks. I’ve often felt like I missed my vocationQuote:
Originally Posted by tforturton
This is the next one I’m going to read :thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by StraightOuttaCanton
Bumping for all the CCMB authors! :xmasthumbup::xmaswave::xmasayatollah:
New book from one of our own.
Fantasy Premier League - Taking A Hit: The Key To Success by Paul Rogers
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Amazon link here
Thanks .. for those interested, there’s 4% off Park Life on Amazon at the moment (I’ve no idea why) ….Quote:
Originally Posted by Citizen's Nephew
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Park-Life-S...=UTF8&qid=&sr=
Read your book this morning (I started meaning to read a few pages, but didn’t put it down) and really enjoyed it, especially the description of the first Cup Final - never heard of Silflex (have I got the name right?) before, not sure I want to again:xmashehe:.Quote:
Originally Posted by Park Life
Thanks for a great read :xmasthumbup:
Thank you TOBW I’m chuffed you enjoyed reading it and thanks for taking the time out to say so, which is both kind and much appreciated :xmasthumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
I'd forgotten about this one in my collection so read it again last week. It's well worth the read. Has anyone else read it?
Earnie: My Life at Cardiff City
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It's currently on sale Kindle Edition £3.49
(I'm not on any commission this is just for those interested).
Bet you are gutted not to be on commission for that one..Quote:
Originally Posted by Citizen's Nephew
Yeah, I'd not get much of a Porsche on the back of this one! Bless him. Still a good read though.Quote:
Originally Posted by JamesWales
Might give Earnie's book a go.
I read Fred Keenor - The Man Who Never Gave Up recently. Some interesting stuff in there about the man himself, the club and football in general from that time.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fred-Keenor...dp/B004MYFKN2/
Can I hijack this thread to plug my latest literary offering? (Book no 7). It’s Fortune and Fame, which tells the story of local entrepreneur and fellow City fan Jonathan Power. See separate thread started by TIT this morning. The book featured on Radio Wales yesterday and featured in the Western Mail 2022 Books of the Year list. Interest from USA vendors and South Africa too. Some proceeds will go to Velindre, for reasons explained in the book. You can visit the Twitter page and website to learn more about the back story.Quote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
I'll take a look. Good luck with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pontprennau Bluebird
One to throw in the mixer.
Carlo Ancelotti - Quiet Leadership.
Just reading this.
"It is important that the manager is a cultural fit for the club, as his job is to be an example for this culture, to maintain its standards and see that it is observed throughout the organisation"
After we announced a new manager yesterday.
I think Sabri is going to bring us together like a family, or at least attempt it.
I am liking this book.
Hopefully not a case of divorced alcoholic parents, the older boy on crack, the younger boy in borstal and a daughter on the game. An incontinent dog and a cat with mange.Quote:
Originally Posted by dembethewarrior
Or is that East Enders?
I'm reading this at the moment. " It tells the story of a single season following the fortunes of Italian football club Hellas Verona, and deals especially with Parks' relationship with the infamous hard core Brigate Gialloblù who make up Verona's travelling support. All the matches are detailed as well as many off-field dealings. Aside from detailing Hellas Verona's on-the-pitch exploits".
So far it's very good
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A cat with minge
I enjoyed that but felt he didn't deal with the underlying issue of fascism that drove those ultras. Brushed it off a little to easily but a very enjoyable read.Quote:
Originally Posted by RichardM
Currently reading this, some laugh out loud moments, good so far.
https://i.imgur.com/0LmlKdG.jpg
https://ddjohnston.uk/
"With Berlusconi I learned very quickly that as he owns AC Milan my job is to please Berlusconi. The tradition at Milan is to play attractive football, which is different from juventus where most important thing is to win. So I built a team for Berlusconi to enjoy."Quote:
Originally Posted by dembethewarrior
Goes on to say that as he owns the club he can't stop him coming in the changing rooms to "make his jokes" and even listen to the team talk if he likes..as he owns the club.
Can you imagine the uproar among our fans if tan was in the changing room reeling off one liners pulling his belt up as Sabri gave the team talk? Yet one of the best and most successful managers understands and brushes it off!!!
Quick mention of the late Dannie Abse's poetry - here's one about CCFC http://www.urban75.org/cardiff/abse.html
Not a former CCMB as far as I know but a lifelong City fan.
If it was successful and he knew anything about football it would be a start and if it brought success then accepted.Quote:
Originally Posted by dembethewarrior
Asking David Marshall why he hasn't scored and playing montages of players scoring from their own half is a world away from that.
I read Quiet Leadership myself a month or so back. Interesting that the quiet man got the results with what many will see as the opposite to the traditional hair dryer treatment.
It also mentions many times that it is as important as a manager to manage up as well as down, maybe even more so. I'm sure that is the case here especially. Which is why I believe Warnock has been our most successful and our least experienced men some of the shortest tenures.
But Vinnie is Bad :shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by dembethewarrior
Yeah. We need him in the dressing room more. That's our problem, we've not had enough interference from VT.Quote:
Originally Posted by blue matt
Anyway, who says Tan hasn't been in the changing room? Lee Peltier said he took strikers to pray to Buddha for goals pre game. Did they just bump into him on the off chance?
Comparing what AC Milan do and what City do is ridiculous. One team are successful. The other looks like it is run like a circus.
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