Posted in book reviews, competitions on Dec 16th, 2014 58 Drinks »
On the day that Thierry Henry retires from football I have the good fortune to get a look at the latest biography of the man that was so influential in his career to hit the shelves. I say late, but Arsene Wenger, The Unauthorised Biography Of Le Professeur, is in fact an updated reissue of […]
Posted in book reviews on Nov 20th, 2014 13 Drinks »
Welcome back to book review week on Goonerholic. I have in my collection Rebels For The Cause and Highbury: The Story of Arsenal in N5, so when Jon Spurling released his latest book, Red Letter Days, I knew it would end up accompanying the others in my Arsenal dominated bookcase. Jon knows what Arsenal supporters […]
Posted in book reviews on Nov 18th, 2014 36 Drinks »
It is becoming quite a year for collectors of Arsenal books, and in the next week surrounding the Manchester United fixture I have three more to review. Tonight that week is kick-started with a look at an interesting concept, and a special discount for Goonerholic readers. Did I say interesting? Well, it had to happen […]
Posted in book reviews on Oct 23rd, 2014 42 Drinks »
Football books sell. It is why we have such a choice of Arsenal titles in recent months. Books about your favourite clubs, players even, have a magnetic attraction. More people, it seems, write about the Arsenal than any other club and so there should be no surprise at the number of books about the Gunners […]
Posted in book reviews on Nov 7th, 2012 219 Drinks »
Think you have read everything about Thierry Henry? Think again. The release of Philippe Auclair’s biography provides 336 pages that build slowly into a tome that grips, defies you to put it down. It is not your typical life story sprinkled with stardust. This is a ‘warts and all’ journey through the life of one […]
Posted in book reviews on Feb 29th, 2012 321 Drinks »
So how many of you remember when I posted about my best ever Arsenal side? Now come on, admit it, you have all done it, probably more than once over the years. It’s a great way of recalling happy memories. Take that a stage further, and have a best Gunners X1 selected by a panel […]
Posted in book reviews on Aug 4th, 2011 193 Drinks »
A little nostalgia helps to take my mind off what might otherwise drive me over the edge. The longstanding regulars may recall me confessing to following non-league football a good few years back when reviewing a book called The Bromley Boys. The author of that book, Dave Roberts got in touch recently with a copy […]
Posted in book reviews on Sep 13th, 2010 42 Drinks »
If ever there was a book with the potential to match Tony Adams’ Addicted for highlighting the perils that can lie in wait for young and old professionals alike, then this was it. Peter Storey, controversial in his playing days for the destructive side of his game, was to court further infamy when he retired […]
Posted in book reviews on Dec 22nd, 2008 9 Drinks »
One of the things that a number of people of my vintage share is the fact that back in the sixties and seventies, when we were too young to follow the Arsenal (or, God forbid, anybody else!) to the far-flung corners of England there was usually a decent non-league side to follow. The Isthmian League […]
Posted in book reviews on Nov 18th, 2008 12 Drinks »
‘Not another book?’ The management thinks I have too many already. ‘Why do you need another book about Arsenal history? You’ve got a bookcase full already. You write about their history!’ She has a point. A book that looks back at Arsenal’s rich and colourful, but well-documented past needs to be different to hold my […]
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