The Keeper of Dreams: One Man's Controversial Story of Life in the English Premiership - Softcover

Ronald Reng

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0224064428 ISBN 13: 9780224064422

Publisher: Yellow Jersey Press, 2003

Synopsis

At the age of 28, German goalkeeper, Lars Leese was catapulted from a minor League football field somewhere near Cologne to a small industrial town in the north of England. Something of a culture shock, certainly, but nothing compared to finding himself in goal for Barnsley playing the mighty Liverpool at Anfield in front of over 45,000 spectators. Plucked from obscurity and playing in one of the most important Leagues in the world, Leese experienced in real life what thousands of boys - and men - can only dream of: stepping out of the crowd and onto a Premiership pitch. Lars Leese's foray into the wild world of professional football lasted only three years, but his journey from computer software salesman to Premiership goalie is a remarkable story. Here, Ronald Reng traces his stratospheric rise and equally alarming descent: the resulting narrative is an indispensable antidote to the traditional footballing biography and a unique - at times shocking - outsider's view of English life.

About this title

Review:

"Gem of a biography" (Paul Cardwell UK Regional Press)

Book Description:

By far the best soccer autobiography of the year.' Frank Keating, Guardian

About this edition

• Publisher: Yellow Jersey Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0224064428
• ISBN 13: 9780224064422
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 234