Ferris Paul
The Boy On The Shed: A Remarkable Sporting Memoir With A Foreword By Alan Shearer Sports Book Awards Autobiography Of The Year
The Boy On The Shed: A Remarkable Sporting Memoir With A Foreword By Alan Shearer Sports Book Awards Autobiography Of The Year
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Description: * Sports Book Awards Autobiography of the Year** Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award** The Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year* * The Times Sports Book of the Year* * Telegraph Football Book of the Year* Readers love The Boy on the Shed A journey full of emotion Spectacular Honest insightful and shows how football really has to sort itself out Paul Ferris writes from the heart a wonderful book Exceptional Ferris's wonderful memoir represents a twin triumph. He has endured every kind of setback in life but has invariably reinvented himself; and his writing is a pure pleasure. The Sunday Times Enough depth and humanity to make your average football autobiography look like a Ladybird book. Telegraph A masterpiece Brian Mc Nally Football memoirs rarely produce great literature but Ferris's The Boy on the Shed is a glistening exception. Guardian Fascinating and stylishly told. David Walsh bestselling author of Seven Deadly Sins __________ 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. 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. 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.__________
Title: The Boy On The Shed: A Remarkable Sporting Memoir With A Foreword By Alan Shearer Sports Book Awards Autobiography Of The Year
Author(s): Ferris Paul
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Barcode: 9781473666740
Pages: 320 Pages
Publication Date: 1/10/2019
Category: Football (Soccer, Association Football)
Description: * Sports Book Awards Autobiography of the Year** Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award** The Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year* * The Times Sports Book of the Year* * Telegraph Football Book of the Year* Readers love The Boy on the Shed A journey full of emotion Spectacular Honest insightful and shows how football really has to sort itself out Paul Ferris writes from the heart a wonderful book Exceptional Ferris's wonderful memoir represents a twin triumph. He has endured every kind of setback in life but has invariably reinvented himself; and his writing is a pure pleasure. The Sunday Times Enough depth and humanity to make your average football autobiography look like a Ladybird book. Telegraph A masterpiece Brian Mc Nally Football memoirs rarely produce great literature but Ferris's The Boy on the Shed is a glistening exception. Guardian Fascinating and stylishly told. David Walsh bestselling author of Seven Deadly Sins __________ 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. 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. 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.__________
Title: The Boy On The Shed: A Remarkable Sporting Memoir With A Foreword By Alan Shearer Sports Book Awards Autobiography Of The Year
Author(s): Ferris Paul
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Barcode: 9781473666740
Pages: 320 Pages
Publication Date: 1/10/2019
Category: Football (Soccer, Association Football)
