The accidental footballer : a memoir / Pat Nevin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nevin, Pat, 1963- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nevin, Pat, 1963-.

Nevin, Pat.

Soccer players--Scotland--Biography.

Soccer players.

Scotland.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

344 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Monoray, 2021.

Summary:

"Pat Nevin never wanted to be a professional footballer. His future was clear, he'd become a teacher like his brothers. There was only one problem with this - Pat was far too good to avoid attention. Raised in Glasgow's East End, Pat loved the game, playing for hours and obsessively following Celtic. But as he grew up, he also loved Joy Division, wearing his Indie 'gloom boom' coat and going on marches - hardly typical footballer behaviour! Placed firmly in the 80s and 90s, before the advent of the Premier League, and often with racism and violence present, Pat Nevin writes with honesty, insight and wry humour. We are transported vividly to Chelsea and Everton, and colourfully diverted by John Peel, Morrissey and nights out at the Hacienda. The Accidental Footballer is a different kind of football memoir. Capturing all the joys of professional football as well as its contradictions and conflicts, it's about being defined by your actions, not your job, and is the perfect reminder of how life can throw you the most extraordinary surprises, when you least expect it"--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Glasgow

London

Everton.

Notes:

Includes index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781913183370

1913183378

9781800960138

1800960131

OCLC:

1233306764