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Curbishley Book

drewman
drewman Posts: 1,104
in General Charlton
Has anyone read this? Saw it in the library today, hope it's better than his first book.

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  • Swisdom
    Swisdom Posts: 14,977
    I listened to the audiobook a while ago. The reader did the voice  of some of the people he was talking about.....he does Harry Kane no favours at all 

     :p 
  • JaShea99
    JaShea99 Posts: 5,476
    Love the toy train in the background. Proper Charlton.
  • Fumbluff
    Fumbluff Posts: 10,161
    None of those men look like Curbishley to me
  • Pringle
    Pringle Posts: 464
    Curbs mused...
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,793
    edited April 2019
    Legend that he is, I won't be rushing out to buy this following his first effort. You have to go some to beat Garry Nelson's books. I thought his second, about being assistant manager at Torquay, was even better than his first - though that was good. Another decent read was Journeyman by Ben Smith. There were some great insights into Steve Evans which were quite entertaining to read. 
  • drewman
    drewman Posts: 1,104
    MuttleyCAFC said:
    Legend that he is, I won't be rushing out to buy this following his first effort. You have to go some to beat Garry Nelson's books. I thought his second, about being assistant manager at Torquay, was even better than his first - though that was good. Another decent read was Journeyman by Ben Smith. There were some great insights into Steve Evans which were quite entertaining to read. 
    Funny how the books written by lower league players tend to be so much better than those written by people like Rooney, Ferdinand etc. Not that I have read too many but based on what others say too.
  • superclive
    superclive Posts: 1,809
    Micheal Calvin's books are always a good read. 
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,929
    MuttleyCAFC said:
    Legend that he is, I won't be rushing out to buy this following his first effort. You have to go some to beat Garry Nelson's books. I thought his second, about being assistant manager at Torquay, was even better than his first - though that was good. Another decent read was Journeyman by Ben Smith. There were some great insights into Steve Evans which were quite entertaining to read. 
    Agreed about Nelson. But I would say 'Only a Game? - the Diary of a Professional Footballer' - by Eamon Dunphy is the best I've read, despite being a Spanner!




  • heckington_reds
    heckington_reds Posts: 729
    Off track a little, but Howard Webb's book was quite good. 
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,683
    bobmunro said:
    MuttleyCAFC said:
    Legend that he is, I won't be rushing out to buy this following his first effort. You have to go some to beat Garry Nelson's books. I thought his second, about being assistant manager at Torquay, was even better than his first - though that was good. Another decent read was Journeyman by Ben Smith. There were some great insights into Steve Evans which were quite entertaining to read. 
    Agreed about Nelson. But I would say 'Only a Game? - the Diary of a Professional Footballer' - by Eamon Dunphy is the best I've read, despite being a Spanner!




    What was his phrase about us? 'Nice bunch of nancy boys' or similar and then he joined us.

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  • EveshamAddick
    EveshamAddick Posts: 7,035
    LenGlover said:
    bobmunro said:
    MuttleyCAFC said:
    Legend that he is, I won't be rushing out to buy this following his first effort. You have to go some to beat Garry Nelson's books. I thought his second, about being assistant manager at Torquay, was even better than his first - though that was good. Another decent read was Journeyman by Ben Smith. There were some great insights into Steve Evans which were quite entertaining to read. 
    Agreed about Nelson. But I would say 'Only a Game? - the Diary of a Professional Footballer' - by Eamon Dunphy is the best I've read, despite being a Spanner!




    What was his phrase about us? 'Nice bunch of nancy boys' or similar and then he joined us.
    I remember seeing Dunphy play for us. Had the thinnest legs imaginable!
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 12,852
    he said and I quote

    "I went into the ground. it is funny, but I've never liked Charlton. there has never seemed any soul there, no guts, no atmosphere. as a team they seemed like a nice bunch of nancy boys. we've always loved playing against them, because we've never had a game against them. its been too easy."
  • Horsfield9
    Horsfield9 Posts: 3,082
    EveshamAddick said:
    LenGlover said:
    bobmunro said:
    MuttleyCAFC said:
    Legend that he is, I won't be rushing out to buy this following his first effort. You have to go some to beat Garry Nelson's books. I thought his second, about being assistant manager at Torquay, was even better than his first - though that was good. Another decent read was Journeyman by Ben Smith. There were some great insights into Steve Evans which were quite entertaining to read. 
    Agreed about Nelson. But I would say 'Only a Game? - the Diary of a Professional Footballer' - by Eamon Dunphy is the best I've read, despite being a Spanner!




    What was his phrase about us? 'Nice bunch of nancy boys' or similar and then he joined us.
    I remember seeing Dunphy play for us. Had the thinnest legs imaginable!

    Always passed it sideways or backwards!
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,049
    bobmunro said:
    MuttleyCAFC said:
    Legend that he is, I won't be rushing out to buy this following his first effort. You have to go some to beat Garry Nelson's books. I thought his second, about being assistant manager at Torquay, was even better than his first - though that was good. Another decent read was Journeyman by Ben Smith. There were some great insights into Steve Evans which were quite entertaining to read. 
    Agreed about Nelson. But I would say 'Only a Game? - the Diary of a Professional Footballer' - by Eamon Dunphy is the best I've read, despite being a Spanner!




    His mentions of Charlton and the team's mentality when he transferred to us were quite interesting though.

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