Freddie Flintoff: Coming Home

The Inspiring Autobiography and the Perfect gift for Father's Day

Chris Wood, Freddie Flintoff, Andrew Flintoff

• Publisher: Blink Publishing
• Year: 2025
• Topic: Social Sciences
• eBook ISBN:
  9781785127472
• Subtopic: Social Science Biographies
• Index: Social Sciences

A Telegraph Best Book of the Year!

A Waterstones Best Book of the Year!

'A split-second decision is all it takes. A decision that can change the course of a cricket match. Maybe even the course of your life.'

In Coming Home, Freddie Flintoff zeroes-in on the crucial moments that made him - some highly celebrated, others less well-known, away from the cameras, but all pivotal in shaping the man he is.

As a boy, growing up in Preston, Fred fell in love with the game of cricket. It gave him his route through life; out on the pitch he felt at home. Through his eyes we see him picking up a bat for the first time, his early years on the field; that incredible performance to win the Ashes against the Aussies in 2005; face-downs with rivals; run-ins with the media; the doctors telling him he can't continue to play. On and off the pitch, in and out of the spotlight, Fred tells the whole story.

After retiring, Fred thought he'd left the game behind, relaunching himself in the world of entertainment, but following the car crash that turned his life upside down, it was cricket to which he returned.

Coming Home is a reflection on a unique life, a story like no other, and a love letter to the game that made him. Honest, open, reflective and funny, like the man himself, this is Freddie Flintoff, in full, in his own words.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Chapter 1. A Split-Second Decision
• Chapter 2. The First Ball
• Chapter 3. Dad
• Chapter 4. Beginnings at Lancashire
• Chapter 5. Always Meet Your Heroes
• Chapter 6. Bumble
• Chapter 7. Catching Pigeons
• Chapter 8. Chirping at Hayden
• Chapter 9. When the Finger Goes Up
• Chapter 10. My First Cap for England
• Chapter 11. Control
• Chapter 12. Me and Ganguly
• Chapter 13. The Hangover
• Chapter 14. Batting
• Chapter 15. All In My Head
• Chapter 16. Pressure
• Chapter 17. The Second Test
• Chapter 18. Bowling
• Chapter 19. That Edgbaston Over
• Chapter 20. In the Lead
• Chapter 21. The Urn
• Chapter 22. The Afterparty
• Chapter 23. Family
• Chapter 24. Captaining
• Chapter 25. Off Our Game
• Chapter 26. It’s the Hope That Kills You
• Chapter 27. The Toss
• Chapter 28. The Pedalo Incident
• Chapter 29. Enough
• Chapter 30. A Reset
• Chapter 31. The Battlefield
• Chapter 32. A Five-For at Lord’s
• Chapter 33. Direct Hit
• Chapter 34. Freddie vs The World
• Chapter 35. A Proper Offer
• Chapter 36. Winging It
• Chapter 37. In the Ring
• Chapter 38. Beaten Up
• Chapter 39. Another Round
• Chapter 40. The Final Fight
• Chapter 41. Honesty
• Chapter 42. Going Wild
• Chapter 43. The First Return
• Chapter 44. Back Down Under
• Chapter 45. King of the Jungle (Part One)
• Chapter 46. King of the Jungle (Part Two)
• Chapter 47. A New Kind of Tour
• Chapter 48. Playing the Part
• Chapter 49. Top Gear
• Chapter 50. Field of Dreams
• Chapter 51. Keysey
• Chapter 52. Afterwards
• Chapter 53. India
• Chapter 54. What’s Next?
• Chapter 55. Back on the Pitch
• Chapter 56. Letting Go
• Chapter 57. Passing it On
• Chapter 58. Coming Home
• Acknowledgements
• Photos