Big Ron: A Different Ball Game

Atkinson, Ron; Fitton, Peter

ISBN 10: 0233992170 ISBN 13: 9780233992174

Published by Andre Deutsch Ltd, 1998

Language: English

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Andre Deutsch, 1998. Literatura inglesa, biograf�as. Tapa dura con sobrecubierta, buen estado de conservaci�n, 244 pp. Con fotograf�as.

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Title

Big Ron: A Different Ball Game

Publisher

Andre Deutsch Ltd

Publication Date

1998

Language

English

ISBN 10

0233992170

ISBN 13

9780233992174

Binding

Encuadernaci�n de tapa dura

Edition

1� Edici�n

Condition

Bien

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Ron Atkinson is one of English football''s mo st flamboyant characters. In his autobiography, he offers a candid account of a career which has taken him to West Bromw ich Albion, Manchester United, Aston Villa and Atletico Madr id. '

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Ron Atkinson lives up to his irreverent, opinionated and flash image in this hugely entertaining journey down memory lane. His career from thuggish central defender to 'the last fancy Dan' manager in town is a wonderfully picaresque tale full of evil club chairmen, dodgy footballers and, of course, Big Ron's very own philosophy on life, football, and everything. Most controversially he makes allegations - admittedly rather vague allegations - about drug use in professional football, but the real interest in this story is the behind the scenes shenanigans at football clubs; negotiating transfers with Brian Clough ("old barmpot himself"), his description of 'Deadly' Doug Ellis, the Aston Villa chairman who sacked him ("it doesn't take long and you need a knowledge of Anglo-Saxon") and the list of people from the game '"he wouldn't go on holiday with" (not many surprises here with Tommy Docherty and Malcolm Allison heading the list). Anyone who has heard Atkinson in his latest incarnation as a television summarizer will be aware of his imaginative use of the English language. It is to the huge credit of his ghost writer that these idiosyncrasies have survived to magnificently bounce off these pages. So is this Ron's last hurrah? Maybe. But as he would be quick to note, "it's still early doors yet". --Nick Wroe

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