Massively Violent & Decidedly Average
Lee Howey
Feb 2018 · Biteback Publishing
4.6star
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Lee Howey was inspired to write this book after reading the autobiographies of other footballers. These were household names with glory-laden careers whose exploits on the pitch will never be forgotten. Yet, despite access to such fabulous raw material, they have mostly produced bloody awful books – predictable, plodding, repetitive, self-important and just plain boring. They may have been better footballers than Howey, but he has written the most entertaining football memoir you are ever likely to read. Not that Lee Howey's football career is in any way undistinguished. He won the First Division Championship with his beloved Sunderland in 1995 and played in the Premier League against some of the most celebrated names in English football, including Jürgen Klinsmann, Ryan Giggs, Eric Cantona, Gianfranco Zola, Peter Schmeichel, Ian Wright, Alan Shearer and Fabrizio Ravanelli – and not always unsuccessfully. It wasn't all assaults upon the kneecaps on wet Tuesday nights in Hartlepool (though there is plenty of that too). This honest, thoughtful and hilarious book may not end with an unforgettable game at Wembley, or a 100th England cap. However, it will amuse and delight fans of all teams in its portrait of the game of football before it disappeared up its own backside.
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David Nisbet
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March 24, 2018
Brilliant read and as a Sunderland fan it was good to read about Lee's side of events of the games such as Wolves away and the Goodman bloody dive and Chaplains celebrations to which I was both there along with many other events in the book. Also interesting to read about Lees dad Norman to which I met in the lucky shag in Perth Australia after our ashes match at the WACA about 7 years ago. Enjoyed an all day session with Norman and was a very good guy. Anyway brilliant book to read and highly recommend it to anyone looking for an alternative football career story by one of my all time Sunderland favoutares Lee Howey.
david bowen
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March 5, 2024
Great read from a character not seen anymore.
Jon May
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May 27, 2019
Funny and honest
About the author
Lee Howey is a former professional footballer who played for Ipswich, Burnley, Northampton, Bishop Auckland and, most significantly, his hometown club Sunderland. He now works in financial services.
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