Charlton related autobiographies - recommendations?
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Good List, Carl. You've cost me a few quid to add books 2 to 5.
A couple of others
Alan Mullery - The Autobiography
Paul Hince - Memories of a failed footballer
Not Biogs but
Theo Foley - Fit for the Game: Soccer
Matt Holmes - Coaching Manual0 -
John Moston - Diary of a commentator, makes reference to visiting Bromley Addicks.
Alex Ferguson Diary of 94 95 season - makes reference to the youth cup game at The Valley and how he was well looked after0 -
Many thanks Matt. talk about the wisdom of crowds. I shall keep my eyes open for Smiley lookalikes at the Valley on the future - sitting in the West stand so as not to look too conspicuous surely?Matt_Wright said:
I might be able to assist with this one...sm said:Thanks for digging that out Stig - good to know my memory wasn't deceiving me. The interesting question is how did LeCarre know about the Antigallican?
John Le Carre (real name David Cornwell) has a younger half-brother, Independent journalist Rupert Cornwell, who is a Charlton fan. I remember interviewing him for the Valley Review when he was the paper's Washington bureau editor.
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Alec Stock - Football Club Manager is on Ebay and some of the listings reference Charlton, but as yet I have not been able to confirm Charlton content. Does anyone on here know?0
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Don't know the book I'm afraid but he did play for Charlton during Jimmy Seed's time so feasible that there might be some content.Carl Leaburn said:Alec Stock - Football Club Manager is on Ebay and some of the listings reference Charlton, but as yet I have not been able to confirm Charlton content. Does anyone on here know?
Any aspiring manager at that would have had to go a long way to find a better role model than Seed.0 -
On the subject of Lennie's book, here's a review I wrote a few years ago: http://100books2010.blogspot.co.uk/2010/01/4-lennie-by-lennie-lawrence-with-kevin.html
I note that the Charlton Life review linked to at the end seems to have since gone missing, although the thread that it sparked is still there: http://forum.charltonlife.com/discussion/29476/new-article-lennie-lawrence-book-review0 -
Footballing lives - it's a compilation written by Matt Baker and former joint chaplain Jeff Heskins. A very good read, but don't expect a load of eye opening revelations, given the confidentiality assumption in the chaplain-player relationship.Carl Leaburn said:I am at work currently, but off the top of my head there are references about Charlton in the following Autobiographies / biographies
Gary Bushell - Bushell on the rampage
Linvoy Primus - Transformed
Jermain Defoe - The Biography
Ralphe Milne - What's It All About Ralphie?
John Barnes - The Autobiography
Rob Lee - Come in Number 37
Lennie Lawrence - Lennie
Alan Curbishley - Valley Of Dreams
Matt Tees - Matt Tees on Football
Jimmy Seed - The Jimmy Seed Story
Jimmy Seed - Soccer From The Inside
Eddie Firmani - Football with the Millionaires
Eamon Dunphy - Only a Game
Garry Nelson - Left Foot Forward
Garry Nelson - Left Foot In The Grave
Neil Redfearn - Theres only One Neil Redfearn
Mark Fish - Madiba's Boys (includes Lucas Radebe)
Sam Bartram - The Story of a Goalkeeping Legend
Sam Bartram - The Sam Bartram Book of Memories
Sam Bartram - By Himself
A Couple I am not 100% sure about are
Then Charlton Chaplin - ?Football Lives?
Tony Parsons (Charlton Reserve team player and count cricketer) - Title is something like Runs, catches and games
I am sure I have missed some, but hopefully it is a good start.
I cannot comment on the contents of the books, I do have a copy of them all, but have not read them all.0
