How to Be an Ex-Footballer

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Crouch's writing style and warm, self-deprecating humour flows from the pages but by the end of this book, I wondered if this wouldn't have made for an even better documentary. Peter Crouch’s 3rd book is another examination of the lives of football players presented in Crouch’s inimitable style. Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. Often recruited before they've worn long trousers, today's footballers become superstars who earn huge amounts without ever learning much about the world beyond the training ground. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. A world where one team-mate comes to training in a bright red suit with matching top-hat, cane and glasses, without any actual glass in them, and another has so many sports cars they forget they have left a Porsche at the train station. Yes, football is glamorous, yes, it’s swimming in money and, yes, playing football for a living is a dream many of us wished we’d got a chance to live, but it also comes with a short shelf life, a pool of sharks and scammers and one of the most abrupt shifts imaginable, from superstar footballer to has-been ex-footballer.

Peter himself has managed to sidestep some of those pitfalls with his success as a pundit along with his podcasts and of course his books. For David Goggins, childhood was a nightmare--poverty, prejudice, and physical abuse colored his days and haunted his nights. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. The taverna is the only place that Kostas and Defne can meet in secret, hidden beneath the blackened beams from which hang garlands of garlic and chilli peppers, creeping honeysuckle, and in the centre, growing through a cavity in the roof, a fig tree.

Similar to his previous two books, and in his typical comedic charm style, Peter provides anecdotes from his playing days to shed light on some of the characters he has encountered behind the scenes of some of English football’s biggest clubs. However, there’s also a more serious undercurrent to the book, which Crouch touches on in his final chapter. This deeply personal and supportive series offers listeners an honest and relatable insight into how some the UK's best-known celebrities have coped with mental health difficulties, ranging from OCD to insomnia, addiction to grief, and depression to anxiety. Enjoyed all of Peter's books so far, easy to read and a peek behind the curtain of such a vast world that everyone thinks they know already. The 9 Step Negativity Detox is a powerful series that will teach you the nine simple steps to free you from the unnecessary causes of negativity in your life.

When several members of the ring soon turn up dead, Billy abruptly pulls Kate out, blowing her cover.Random House presents the audiobook edition of Ikigai by Héctor García and Francesc Miralles, read by Noako Mori. Now Caine delves into the real stories behind the gangs we think we know so well, revealing the hidden realities behind the myths. In Love Is Not Enough, Mark’s first Audible Original, you’ll follow five real people over the course of six months as they navigate f--ked up romantic situations, ranging from dating app addiction to marital affairs to absurd fantasies. Shame he didn’t narrate the audiobook, and the narrator didn’t differentiate very clearly between Crouch talking and his interviewees talking which made it hard to follow at times.

However as Crouch points out it isn’t totally ‘the fault of the player, it’s the people around him taking advantage. Peter talks to entrepreneurs, men of the cloth, eco warriors, artists, private detectives and budding actors, as well as those who've lost their way in addiction, crime and NFTs. Is this a difficult third book where the best idea comes in the epilogue: think of a retired footballer and make it their day. The fig tree is there, too, when war breaks out, when the capital is reduced to ashes and rubble, when the teenagers vanish. Some of the stories don't have happy endings and Crouch suggests that better education and awareness for young pros are a must.Imagine having three life-coaches who had been through the toughest mental and physical challenges; a crack team of problem-solvers who knew in their day job that one mistake could be the difference between life - and death. Otherwise, it’s a really interesting look into a number of other peoples post-football careers and pretty touching at times too. A surprisingly good read considering that I am not a great football fan but I have to say I enjoyed this book enormously. From the pleasure and pain of management to the lessons we can learn from Jamie Carragher and Joe Cole on not going to seed.