Not Such a Bad Life
eBook - ePub

Not Such a Bad Life

Burnley, Gazza, Wrighty, Waddle and Me

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  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Not Such a Bad Life

Burnley, Gazza, Wrighty, Waddle and Me

About this book

Paul Weller was a one-club player. He moved from sunny Brighton aged just 16 to dreary Burnley, with its grey skies, run-down terraced streets and mill chimneys, where riots were among the first things he saw. A more timid person might have caught the first train home. But he went on to play 252 games for the Clarets between 1993 and 2005. He would have played many more but for suffering the debilitating effects of colitis. It took a huge chunk out of his career, forcing him out of the first team. Other players might have capitulated, but he faced the problem head on, battled it and beat it and got back into the first team, with a promotion to the Championship. Remarkably, he was 'player of the season' the very next year. This is a real-life story of how to overcome obstacles and fight illness using courage, grit and determination. But it is also a story of the bullying, pitfalls and perils that await any aspiring footballer, the impact of managers and the inhuman cruelty with which players can be so casually released.

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Information

Publisher
Pitch Publishing Ltd
Year
2021
eBook ISBN
9781785319204
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Dedication
  6. Acknowledgements and Thanks
  7. Preface
  8. Foreword
  9. Introduction
  10. 1. Almost the Best Day of My Life
  11. 2. Beginnings
  12. 3. Playing and Losing
  13. 4. Glen Little
  14. 5. Bullying and Bust-Ups
  15. 6. Managers Come and Go, Mullen and Heath
  16. 7. The Year of the Waddle
  17. 8. A Game to Remember and An Illness Begins
  18. 9. Behind the Scenes and a Tale of Costa Rican Drug Money
  19. 10. Colitis for Me and an Ailing Club
  20. 11. Back to a Promotion Season
  21. 12. Player of the Year and Two Special Games
  22. 13. How to Win and Yet Still Lose, With a Bloke Called Gazza
  23. 14. It’s Burnley Not Barcelona
  24. 15. Definitely Not Barcelona
  25. 16. Beware the Ides of March
  26. 17. Winning and All Good Things
  27. 18. Limbo Land
  28. 19. Light at the End of the Tunnel
  29. Bibliography
  30. Photos