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Football And How To Survive It

English

By (author): Pat Nevin

'The good news for those who loved THE ACCIDENTAL FOOTBALLER: this new book is even better. There were times as I read Pat Nevin's account of his years running - or, trying to run - Motherwell, I had to remind myself to breathe. It's a thrilling read - funny, nerve-wracking, precise and very, very human' - Roddy Doyle

So, you fell into football by accident. You've played for Chelsea, Everton and your country at an international level. But what happens when you discover you're in so deep that football has taken over your whole life?

In his brilliant new memoir, Pat Nevin takes us on a journey to the less glamorous side of football. From Tranmere to Kilmarnock, he plays some of the best football he's ever played. Then, in an unprecedented twist of fate, finds himself both player and Chief Executive of Scottish First Division club Motherwell.

What follows is an entertaining and revealing tale of the side of football that you rarely see as Pat tries to keep the lid on simmering tensions between owner and the manager; travels in Lear jets one moment, but has to sell off half the team, the next. So much is madness, like being the manager's boss, and his player at the same time; or discovering that the ground's goalposts are higher on one side than on the other!

And with impossible challenges at every corner, such as learning that their son is autistic, and the club hurtling towards administration, Pat strives to walk the impossible line between player, parent and boss.

FOOTBALL AND HOW TO SURVIVE IT is a real one-off, uncovering the sport in all its complex, confusing and calamitous glory. Once you've read it, you may never look at the game in the same way again.

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Product Details
  • Weight: 324g
  • Dimensions: 126 x 196mm
  • Publication Date: 06 Jun 2024
  • Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781800961173

About Pat Nevin

Starting at Celtic Boys Club over a 20-year career Pat Nevin has played for Clyde Chelsea Everton Tranmere Rovers Kilmarnock and Motherwell. He has won 28 caps for Scotland across a ten-year international career. Nevin was chair of the Professional Footballer's Association and since retiring as a player has worked as chief executive of Motherwell. He is now a football writer and broadcaster for Radio 5 Live BBC World Service Chelsea TV BBC Sport website and Ireland's Newstalk Radio. A voracious vinyl collector he still loves Indie music and the Arts and can be often caught DJing at clubs or festivals around the UK. In 2021 he published his first memoir THE ACCIDENTAL FOOTBALLER which was a Sunday Times bestseller.

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