United players with books

[HighfieldBlade]

It's a little known fact that Leigh Bromby wrote The Da Vinci Code.

His wife, Emily, wrote Wuthering Heights.

 

[HighfieldBlade]

Booker’s is well worth the read

It won the Booker prize.

 

[Sheff de party]

Dave Bassett has one granted not a player and of course Warnocks me me me book.

I think it’s pretty standard to talk about yourself a lot in an autobiography?

I enjoyed Warnock’s book to be honest.

 

[mancunianblade]

Reckon we get a mention in this?

 

[mancunianblade]

Ooooh another one.

maybe a sentence between them?

 

[Gin&Juice]

Gillespie’s absolute take down of Blackwell - just shows what a scummy cunt he was (Blackwell not Gillespie). Felt a bit sorry for Keith reading it as well. Obviously a very talented player but it never happened for him.

 

[mancunianblade]

Also worth noting that Paul Parkers Autobiography is called

“Tackles like a ferret” good job they stuck the S on the end of Tackle

 

[HuddersfieldBlade]

Not strictly a player, I enjoyed Derek Dooley’s autobiography

 

[Cheets]

Gillespie’s absolute take down of Blackwell - just shows what a scummy cunt he was (Blackwell not Gillespie). Felt a bit sorry for Keith reading it as well. Obviously a very talented player but it never happened for him.

Don't know if you saw Fever Pitch on BBC2 the other night? Gillespie was featured quite heavily talking about his gambling addiction. It was amazing hearing him talk about how he was gutted when Newcastle scored a fourth goal at Stoke in the League Cup because it cost him thousands.

 

[Gin&Juice]

Don't know if you saw Fever Pitch on BBC2 the other night? Gillespie was featured quite heavily talking about his gambling addiction. It was amazing hearing him talk about how he was gutted when Newcastle scored a fourth goal at Stoke in the League Cup because it cost him thousands.

Imagine that coming out now? He’d be banned for life.

 

[Cheets]

Imagine that coming out now? He’d be banned for life.

The owner of the betting shop sold the story to The S*n of Gillespie betting 62k in two days.

 

[peniblade]

In my opinion the best two "reads" are The Jimmy Hagan story of 2007 & especially The Singing Winger by Colin Grainger of 2019.

 

[Silent Blade]

In my opinion the best two "reads" are The Jimmy Hagan story of 2007 & especially The Singing Winger by Colin Grainger of 2019.

Yes, Hagan's was good. Not read Grainger's.

 

[GreasyChipBeattie]

 

[GreasyChipBeattie]

Sorry, misread title.

 

[Guesty]

Ben Osborn seems like he'd have some books.

 

[S64 Blade]

I can imagine Ben Osborn penning a book. Though not an autobiographical piece. More of a self help book. The etiquette of emails, or something.

 

[Greasy Chap Butty]

Oli McB has got one

 

[1973Blade]

I know he wasn't a player for us, but has anyone read Danny Wilson's book and is it a good read? I would be interested to hear of his account of his time with us.

 

[United Aren't Back.]

Steve Simonsen did one

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What's the MGW one called?
The parting shot?

 

[Ned the Donkey]

I know he wasn't a player for us, but has anyone read Danny Wilson's book and is it a good read? I would be interested to hear of his account of his time with us.

Wasn't he on a Blades podcast recently...Googles...Yes he was

Good listen. Sound bloke.

 

[Snowflake]

Oli McB has got one

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If he had written that series he would be very rich (and very old)

 

[Edgar Allan Poo]

What's the MGW one called?
The parting shot?

Whereas Jose Baxter's could have been 'Mind To Keep Your Powder Dry.' Oh wait, that was Oliver Cromwell.

 

[Gin&Juice]

Whereas Jose Baxter's could have been 'Mind To Keep Your Powder Dry.' Oh wait, that was Oliver Cromwell.

Fear and loathing in Lythm St Annes

 

[Russ]

This one is decent.
Just hard to turn the pages with gloves on.

 

[The Crab]

Who was it who played for us who's rumoured to be Secret Footballer?

Kitson I've heard....

 

[Revolution]

Kitson I've heard....

The stories are mainly from Kitson but, contrary to what the Guardian said at the time the series was produced, stories obtained from other footballers were also used in the column and are also in the book. One of them concerns Danny Higginbotham, for example.

 

[sitwell]

More about financials than footy though.

 

[sitwell]

Not read Gillespie's or Kenworthy's. Agree with what you said about Hodgy, Birch and Edwards. TC's biography a few years ago was good. Mick Jones's autobiography was more like a scrapbook than an autobiography. Have read John Tudor's but it had inaccuracies. Browsed Vinny Jones' and decided not to buy because I noticed that he was belittling us. A Blade across the road has lend me Paddy Kenny's, not read it yet.

Kenworthys and Warnocks are the best in my opinion.

 

[Revolution]

Since I last looked at this thread I’ve read Tony Currie’s book. Decent effort.