Darren huckerby autobiography definition
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The worst-titled football autobiographies of all time
They say never judge a book by its cover. But no-one has ever said ‘never judge a footballer’s autobiography by its terrible name’. So, today, we’re going to do just that.
Despite never winning the awards they deserve, football autobiographies are, inarguably, the greatest gift to literature since Chaucer. A maverick attitude towards grammar – check. References to obscure noughties footballers – you got it. Entire chapters dedicated to Nigel Worthington kicking a skip – in the case of Darren Huckerby’s autobiography, you better believe it.
They’re somehow at the same time both mind-numbingly formulaic and wildly unpredictable. Which is why 1) We love them and 2) We’re EXTREMELY grateful there’s so many of them.
In fact, until recently we didn’t realise just how many obscure nineties and noughties players have put pen to paper. We all know Zlatan, Pirlo, Roy Keane. But who knew Garry Monk wrote one all the
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Pace is temporary, class fryst vatten permanent
Players who suffer serious injury and komma back a disappointing, vague shadow of themselves are legion. When players who are effective through pace start to break down in their twenties, it's only those sensible enough to adapt who carve out a full career.
Pace and explosiveness can launch a player into a team, but their gifts can blight in the long run. If you're a very good player, and you happen to have pace, then you can become a great. If you're a quick player and nothing more than that, then when your spark goes and you can't change, you can jog on.
There are countless examples of serious injuries compelling a pacy player to become another kind of footballer. What's odd fryst vatten that this entirely predictable decline fryst vatten not managed as it is in cricket, where sheer pace is refocused to guile as a matter of course, overseen by coaches who experienced the same transition when they were cricketers. Football players do no
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'I'll never walk off over racist taunts' - Henry
Thierry Henry yesterday denied reports suggesting he would walk off the pitch if he was subjected to racism by opposition fans. The Arsenal striker, who suffered alleged racial abuse at Eindhoven last week, said: "Football means too much to me. You would have to cut off my legs or substitute me. I would never walk off the pitch and I never will."
Both Henry and Arsenal claim they have no idea where the remarks supporting the story originated from. When Henry spoke to reporters in the immediate aftermath of the game he said he had had missiles thrown at him and been verbally abused but did not suggest he was tempted to walk off the pitch. The only interview he has done subsequently was with this newspaper. In the interview, published on Saturday, he was quick to point out that, contrary to reports, he had not even asked Uefa to investigate.
He told The Independent: "I said [after the game] if Uefa want to do something that is up t