CCMB Book Club

[Tuerto]

Harry Pearson is my favourite sports writer. Incredibly funny and articulate.If anyone hasn't read 'The Far Corner' then i recommend it, fantastic read.

[tforturton]

When I was writing TBL, I used to try to include a book review in most issues. There were an awful lot of them around at the time. I still have a lot of them, but I also gave away a fair few in competition prizes. One of my favourites - probably because I was so surprised how good it actually was - was Robbie Fowler's autobiography 'My life in football'. A great read, and not at all what you expect.

[Pontprennau Bluebird]

He does indeed post on here. Thanks for the good comments.
Check this out also….
https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/pu...9780750997898/

[Citizen's Nephew]

It’s still on Amazon l think, or at least it was when I last looked, it won’t be on Waterstones because they turned it down when I asked them about stocking it back in 2013. I can’t promise that there any still there, but there might be some copies in the Trust Office by Gate 5, you can have one for nothing if they’re still there. If not, I’ve got two or three copies at home here and I can bring one down to the ground next week when I’ll probably be going into Cardiff.

Just looked, it is on Amazon, but they’re still asking £20 for it.

Will drop you a PM

[Park Life]

When I was writing TBL, I used to try to include a book review in most issues. There were an awful lot of them around at the time. I still have a lot of them, but I also gave away a fair few in competition prizes. One of my favourites - probably because I was so surprised how good it actually was - was Robbie Fowler's autobiography 'My life in football'. A great read, and not at all what you expect.

Paul Lake’s ‘i’m not really here’ is worth a read.

[the other bob wilson]

Paul Lake’s ‘i’m not really here’ is worth a read.

Agreed.

[Park Life]

Following Wales win this afternoon, some might enjoy ‘trailing clouds of glory’ - Welsh football’s forgotten heroes of 1976 by Nick Burrell - it is an excellent read

[Citizen's Nephew]

Has anybody read The Fortune Men? It's not a football book but it is about Cardiff and Tiger Bay. Here's the synopsis:

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2021 'Chilling and utterly compelling, The Fortune Men shines an essential light on a much-neglected period of our national life' Sathnam Sanghera, author of Empireland Mahmood Mattan is a fixture in Cardiff's Tiger Bay, 1952, which bustles with Somali and West Indian sailors, Maltese businessmen and Jewish families.

[Citizen's Nephew]

Following Wales win this afternoon, some might enjoy ‘trailing clouds of glory’ - Welsh football’s forgotten heroes of 1976 by Nick Burrell - it is an excellent read

I missed this post. Will check it out.

[Park Life]

I missed this post. Will check it out.

forgive my typo on the original post … the author’s surname is Burnell not Burrell

[Citizen's Nephew]

forgive my typo on the original post … the author’s surname is Burnell not Burrell

Thanks!

[StraightOuttaCanton]

If anyone hasn’t read The Boy on the Shed by Paul Ferris, then you’re in for a treat

[delmbox]

This is my favourite football book https://www.amazon.co.uk/Miracle-Cas...5152753X&psc=1

[Citizen's Nephew]

If anyone hasn’t read The Boy on the Shed by Paul Ferris, then you’re in for a treat

Just put it on my list. Thanks for that one.

[Citizen's Nephew]

This is my favourite football book https://www.amazon.co.uk/Miracle-Cas...5152753X&psc=1

This looks really good too. Christmas presents are sorted already.

I'm liking the CCMB book club.

[Pontprennau Bluebird]

https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/pu...9780750997898/

[Cleve van Leef]

CCMB's sadly missed Caliburn (Clive Menadue) wrote, 'Foxglove Sun: Moments from Childhood Recalled.' Amazon still has one copy, apparently.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Foxglove-Su...s=books&sr=1-1

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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.

[Harry Lime]

https://twitter.com/TSF/status/1441050137795567622?s=19

Just saw this from the secret footballer

[jon1959]

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.

[Undercoverinwurzelland]

If anyone hasn’t read The Boy on the Shed by Paul Ferris, then you’re in for a treat

Just read it. Very good read. Thanks for the recommendation.

Another football book I enjoyed recently was Another Bloody Saturday by Mat Guy - that's worth a read.

[StraightOuttaCanton]

Just read it. Very good read. Thanks for the recommendation.

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 it

[Citizen's Nephew]

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

[Jimmy the Jock]

If anyone hasn’t read The Boy on the Shed by Paul Ferris, then you’re in for a treat

Possibly the best football book I have read .

[Citizen's Nephew]

Possibly the best football book I have read .

I'm looking forward to reading it too.

[Citizen's Nephew]

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.