Paolo Di Canio

Author : Paolo Di Canio
Publisher : HarperSport
ISBN 13 : 9780007115983
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Paolo Di Canio written by Paolo Di Canio and published by HarperSport. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The autobiography of Italian striker, Paolo Di Canio, worshipped by West Ham fans and a footballer who has won the hearts of supporters wherever he has played - this despite his infamous tantrums and volatile behaviour on the pitch.

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ISBN 13 : 9789997021472
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Paolo Di Canio written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kirk Blows
Publisher : Mainstream
ISBN 13 : 9781840182507
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fortune's Always Hiding? written by Kirk Blows and published by Mainstream. This book was released on 1999 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With Harry Redknapp holding the management reins at West Ham United, there's hardly been a dull moment at Upton Park since the club were promoted to the Premiership in 1993. Featuring the likes of Ian Wright, Julian Dicks, John Hartson, Paolo Di Canio, and others, this book provides an insight into life behind the scenes at Upton Park during five seasons. The story of the Hammers in the 90s, it addresses numerous controversies and analyzes the personalities of the star names. Containing conversation, anecdotes, opinion, and personal observation, this is a story designed for all Hammer fans.

Author : Steve Bacon
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
ISBN 13 : 184954459X
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book There's Only One Stevie Bacon written by Steve Bacon and published by Biteback Publishing. This book was released on 2012-08-16 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He has never scored a goal, lifted a trophy, worn the captain's armband or even played for the club, but Steve Bacon is considered a genuine Hammers legend. As West Ham United's official photographer for more than thirty years, Steve has become a cult hero at Upton Park - he has appeared on Sky's Soccer AM, featured in a fanzine comic strip and even had a burger named after him. From his privileged position as part of the club's backroom team, Steve has enjoyed unlimited access behind the scenes and established close friendships with many managers and players. John Lyall, Lou Macari, Billy Bonds, Harry Redknapp, Glenn Roeder, Alan Pardew, Alan Curbishley, Gianfranco Zola, Avram Grant and Sam Allardyce have all found themselves the focus of Bacon's candid camera, while Trevor Brooking, Tony Cottee, Frank McAvennie, Julian Dicks, Rio Ferdinand, Frank Lampard, Paolo Di Canio and Scott Parker are just a few of the star players who have welcomed him into their world. Packed with terrific tales, amusing anecdotes and controversial characters, and illustrated with the very best of Steve's photographs, There's Only One Stevie Bacon offers an intriguing insight into life at the Boleyn Ground and one that no West Ham United fan will want to miss.

Author : Harry Redknapp
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1407060732
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Always Managing written by Harry Redknapp and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-10-10 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sunday Times no.1 bestselling memoir from Harry Redknapp ‘From kicking a ball as a kid under the street lamps of Poplar and standing on Highbury's North Bank with my dad, to my first game at West Ham, I was born head over heels in love with football. It saved me, and 50 years on that hasn't changed one bit - I'd be lost without it...’ Harry is the manager who has seen it all - from a dismal 70s Portakabin at Oxford City and training pitches with trees in the middle to the unbeatable highs of the Premiership, lifting the FA Cup and taking on Real Madrid in the Champions League. With his much loved, no-nonsense delivery, Harry brings us a story filled with passion and humour that takes you right inside every drama of his career. Harry finally tells the full story of all the controversial ups and downs - the pain and heartache of his court case, the England job, his love for Bobby Moore, his adventures at Portsmouth with Milan Mandaric, the Southampton debacle, Tottenham and Daniel Levy, and not forgetting his years at West Ham or the challenges at his current club QPR. It’s the epic journey of one of the great managers and, along the way, the story of the British game itself over the last five decades. In an era now dominated by foreign coaches Harry is the last of an old-fashioned breed of English football man - one who has managed to move with the times and always come out fighting.

Author : Christos Kassimeris
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 9780739119600
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book European Football in Black and White written by Christos Kassimeris and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: European Football in Black and White offers an engaging interpretation of a disturbing phenomenon in Europe's favorite sport: football violence fueled by racism. While many fans across Europe have used football to further destructive ethnocentric agendas, there are also pan-European initiatives in the football stadium to combat the almost endemic problem. Christos Kassimeris analyzes political ideologies that have influenced football supporters, drawing attention to the increasing politicization of football and the footballization of politics. He also considers the contributions of nationalism, social class, and media coverage before assessing attempts by various groups, from the Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE) network to the European Union, to rectify the problem. Ultimately, he concludes that football needs to be dissociated from both racism and politics for the sport to flourish. Unlike more traditional attempts to explain football violence and racism, this book seeks to establish a Europe-wide as well as a national explanatory framework for racism from a political perspective. This study will draw the interest not only of scholars across the humanities and social sciences, but also of ordinary football supporters. Book jacket.

Author : Gordon Law
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781548694494
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Funniest West Ham Quotes... Ever! written by Gordon Law and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-07 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: West Ham United players and managers have kept us entertained with some truly mad, wacky and often outrageous sound bites over the years. In this comprehensive collection, author Gordon Law has compiled more than 200 side-splitting quotes and quips from the men of east London.Packed with loads of bonkers remarks, wise-cracks, verbal volleys and mixed metaphors, this book will have West Ham fans chuckling throughout the season. "The man who comes to take care of my piranhas tells me he will kill all my fish if I leave West Ham."Paolo Di Canio "Even the chef's been out for two weeks with a hernia."Alan Curbishley "As for eating baked beans at breakfast time, they can trigger off a violent reaction."Herita Ilunga "Hopefully Andy has only tweeted his hamstring."Sam Allardyce

Author : Pete May
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1780574509
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hammers in the Heart written by Pete May and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-05-03 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: West Ham are back in the Premiership and, to celebrate, Pete May reflects on a lifetime of supporting the Irons. It's all here in Hammers in the Heart, from a full account of West Ham's triumph against Preston in the Coca-Cola Championship play-off final at Cardiff on 30 May 2005 to his early recollections of Bobby Moore, high-leg DM boots in the North Bank, Billy Bonds' pirate chic, obscene humour in the Chicken Run, Trevor Brooking's sideburns, the FA Cup triumphs of 1975 and 1980, promotions, relegations and sides invariably 'down to the bare bones'. With the dark humour necessary to be a Hammers fan, Pete May recalls Frank McAvennie's Neighbours mullet; Paolo Di Canio's walk-off against Bradford; 'Two Bob' Florin Raducioiu, who preferred shopping in Harvey Nichols to playing for West Ham; Iain Dowie's legendary own goal at Stockport; homeboy Joey Beauchamp; John Hartson attempting to kick off Eyal Berkovic's head in training; beating Bury 10-0 and signing their centre-half; chants of 'We want a new back four!' and relegation with the most talented side ever to go down; and, of course, the sublime skills of Brooking, Devonshire and Di Canio. You'll laugh, you'll wince, you'll probably need a cup of Rosie Lea in Ken's Café after reading Hammers in the Heart, an epic tale of dreams that didn't always fade and die.

Author : Stephen McGowan
Publisher : Birlinn
ISBN 13 : 0857901516
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Flawed Genius written by Stephen McGowan and published by Birlinn. This book was released on 2011-10-04 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Rangers manager Walter Smith once put it, Scottish football supporters have always liked their footballing superstars to come complete with very human flaws. But what is it that makes the seriously flawed footballer so intriguing? From Hugh Gallacher, the Wembley Wizard who died of shame, to George Best, Hibernian's ageing lothario, to the Three Amigos - Celtic's trio of wayward overseas mercenaries - the great entertainers have always come with baggage. Never before have the individual stories of these mavericks of Scottish football's past been collated and told in one place. Flawed Genius does just that. Through the words of the men themselves - allied to testimonies from friends and close colleagues - McGowan recounts the in-depth stories of Gascoigne and Goram, Best and Baxter, Charnley and Cadette and the equally wayward figures of Paolo Di Canio, Andy Ritchie, Pierre van Hooijdonk and Willie Hamilton. Here, together for the first time, the colourful contributions of each and every player in the Scottish game's rich tapestry of flawed geniuses are brought vividly back to life.

Author : Anon
Publisher : Guardian Faber Publishing
ISBN 13 : 178335061X
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Secret Footballer: Access All Areas written by Anon and published by Guardian Faber Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-03 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever wondered how to build a football club? What a typical match day feels like for the players on the pitch and those behind the scenes? From scouting systems to managing the big names (and their egos), merchandise deals to hotel life, the Secret Footballer takes you into the fascinating world of professional football and shows us the hidden side of a world we think we're familiar with. We get the fights and fornication, the revenge stories and scandals; he profiles the legends as well as the backroom boys and the unsung heroes. Funny, shocking and always entertaining, this is the Secret Footballer at his most revealing and irreverent yet.