have you read "Why England Lose"?

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(i did a general ask on here a couple of weeks ago, can't remember who replied, but think it did get a bit of a recommendation)

Posted By: Ralf Scrampton on July 27th 2010 at 17:47:17

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Any football book recommendations...... (Other Football) - Bonjour, Jul 27, 16:53:18
- 'Gary Ablett and His Magic Tablet'. (Other Football) - tudders, Jul 27, 17:51:17
- 'There's an awful lot of bubbly in Brazil'. (Other Football) - tudders, Jul 27, 17:47:57
- shocked no one has mentioned this one (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jul 27, 17:41:26
  - Wonderful although (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Jul 27, 22:27:59
  - ^^^ Buy hundreds of copies of this. All of you ^^^ (n/m) (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Jul 27, 17:47:24
    - no-its shite (n/m) (Other Football) - selwyn, Jul 27, 19:31:13
      - so shite you posted quotes from it every day for a couple of months haha (n/m) (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jul 27, 19:33:38
        
        i know-got bored with it lol (n/m) (Other Football) - selwyn, Jul 27, 19:36:05
    - out of interest (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jul 27, 17:50:51
      - I don't know actually - around 300 between September-November last year. (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Jul 27, 17:55:16
        
        keep giving it publicity! (n/m) (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jul 27, 17:57:56
        
        I'm going to have another go at the Fashanu project soon. (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Jul 27, 17:59:16
        
        sounds like it could come together very well (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jul 27, 18:24:08
- Brilliant Orange by David Winner (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jul 27, 17:32:16
  - ^^^^FUCKING WHAT HE FUCKING SAID !!!! ^^^^^ (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Jul 27, 22:27:13
  - 'Inverting the Pyramid' by Jonathan Wilson is brilliant (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Jul 27, 17:34:04
    - have you read "Why England Lose"? (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 27, 17:47:17
      - I haven't yet - it's on the list though. I love his Guardian online articles. (n/m) (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Jul 27, 17:50:26
      - also is this 'un recommended by any of yous from off of on here? (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 27, 17:49:49
        
        it's alright (Other Football) - matt in london, Jul 27, 18:58:48
        
        fair dos, i'll stick on me list (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 27, 20:18:23
      - that's the one (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jul 27, 17:49:45
        
        it does seem to have been re-titled for different markets (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 27, 17:52:37
        
        hope so, though wouldn't put it past publishers to do that (n/m) (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jul 27, 17:56:19
    - I've heard that's good, but haven't read it yet (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jul 27, 17:35:26
      - I actually own that book,it's brilliant, I'll bring it over! (n/m) (Other Football) - Brandonio, Jul 27, 18:35:09
        
        sweet as a nut! (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jul 27, 18:39:30
      - I've already lent my copy to someone else! (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Jul 27, 17:37:37
        
        I must get around to ordering it (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jul 27, 17:40:10
        
        i've just gone done and mentioned the Simon Kuper one again (n/m) (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 27, 17:48:44
        
        good work, looks like I'll have to get it at some stage (n/m) (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jul 27, 17:52:56
        
        The Garrincha book below, Duncan Hamilton's book on Clough (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Jul 27, 17:42:30
        
        I read glowing reviews of the Garrichas book and the Cosmos story (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jul 27, 17:46:21
- Peter Thorne, The English Ronaldo by Mrs Thorne (n/m) (Other Football) - BSE Canary, Jul 27, 17:28:06
  - forward by pants (n/m) (Other Football) - Brandonio, Jul 27, 18:35:51
    - *foreword...(epic fail tbf, knew it was wrong!) (n/m) (Other Football) - Brandonio, Jul 27, 18:45:38
  - The NLP Book of Contract Negotiation Techniques by Darel Russellt (n/m) (Other Football) - Huge Small, Jul 27, 17:39:22
    - Foreword by Neil Doncaster (Other Football) - BerlinCanary, Jul 27, 18:36:15
  - "There's Only One Ginger Pele: (Other Football) - Huge Small, Jul 27, 17:34:00
  - Roy Keane: The dog masturbation Trilogy by R. Keane (n/m) (Other Football) - Clean Shirt, Jul 27, 17:30:02
- David Beckham or Michael Owen's autobiogs (Other Football) - Charles21, Jul 27, 17:22:59
- sorry, (Other Football) - Bonjour, Jul 27, 16:54:09
  - only one I've ever read was Iwan's (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jul 27, 17:34:41
    - went to training, went to green's, had a KFC, went home, love the family (Other Football) - Brandonio, Jul 27, 18:44:43
      - lolf, don't forget the bottle of Bud (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jul 27, 18:50:35
  - Apparently Tony Cascarino's autobiography is really good - I've not read it. (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Jul 27, 17:31:59
    - Yes it is (n/m) (Other Football) - Huge Small, Jul 27, 17:42:48
      - Turded. (n/m) (Other Football) - Garry Brooke, Jul 27, 18:41:15
  - Not an autobiography, but Ruy Castro's book on Garrincha is really, really good./ (n/m) (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Jul 27, 17:17:23
  - Paul McGrath - Back From the Brink (n/m) (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 27, 17:06:01
    - Ajax, Barcelona, Cruyff is well good. (n/m) (Other Football) - Garry Brooke, Jul 27, 17:29:25
    - Gary Imlach - My Father and Other Working Class Football Heroes (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 27, 17:28:58
      - ^^^ He's not wrong. (n/m) (Other Football) - Garry Brooke, Jul 27, 17:31:25

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