How to Understand Paul Gascoigne
How to Understand Paul Gascoigne

Author: Danny Baker

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2011-07-07

Total Pages: 21

ISBN-13: 1446490386

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The Lives Less Ordinary series brings you the most exciting, adventurous and entertaining true-life writing that is out there, for men who are time-poor but want the best. Lives Less Ordinary drops you into extreme first-hand accounts of human experience, whether that's the adrenaline-pumping heights of professional sport, the brutality of the modern battlefield, the casual violence of the criminal world, the mind-blowing frontiers of science, or the excesses of rock 'n' roll, high finance and Hollywood. Lives Less Ordinary also brings you some of the finest comic voices around, on every subject from toilet etiquette to Paul Gascoigne. Paul Gascoigne is a legend, both on and off the pitch, and a hero to a generation of football fans. The man who, during Italia '90, made it OK to cry, and made the English fall in love with football all over again. Despite endless books about him he is still an enigma to most, so who better than his closest confident (and national institution himself), Danny Baker, to explain what truly makes him tick. This digital bite has been extracted from Danny Baker and Danny Kelly's brilliant book Classic Football Debates.

Gazza: My Story
Gazza: My Story

Author: Paul Gascoigne

Publisher: Headline

Published: 2014-04-24

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1472220633

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Almost as soon as Gazza burst on to the scene at Newcastle United, the young Geordie was the centre of attention: Vinnie Jones's notorious ball-handling showed the lengths people would go to try to stop him. Then, with England on the verge of possibly reaching the World Cup final in 1990, came Gazza's tears - the moment that brought a whole new audience to the sport and helped set the football boom of the 1990s on its way. But then came a career-threatening injury, mental health problems, self-confessed alcoholism and family disputes, as life in the full glare of the media spotlight became too much. Now, at the end of his top-flight playing career, Gazza is ready to confront his demons. The result is quite simply the most remarkable footballing story you'll ever read: what it's like being Paul Gascoigne, in his own words.

Understanding Sport
Understanding Sport

Author: John Horne

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2005-10-10

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 1135921075

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Bringing a cultural and social dimension to the study of sport, this introductory guide will help students understand the context of sport and the place it has in the lives of individuals as well as in modern British society as a whole. Theoretically rigorous yet accessible, Understanding Sport includes: up-to-date coverage of key socio-cultural issues suggested further reading, to expand students' understanding of the topics introduced end-of-chapter essay topics and questions, to help students consolidate their knowledge extensive referenece lists and a thematic index, to direct sutdents and lecturers toward further research materials.

Gazza in Italy
Gazza in Italy

Author: Daniel Storey

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2018-06-21

Total Pages: 97

ISBN-13: 0008300879

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A brilliant, funny and insightful analysis of Paul Gascoigne’s crazy up and downs during his three years at Lazio – a period which shows his entire career in microcosm.

Football, Europe and the Press
Football, Europe and the Press

Author: Liz Crolley

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-18

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 1135262292

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This book examines the construction of national, regional, and group identities in the football journalism of five European countries: England, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. Notions of the respective national stereotypes are explored in each of the countries studied.

Understanding Human Motivation
Understanding Human Motivation

Author: Donald Laming

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2008-04-15

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 0470775181

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Understanding Human Motivation is a lively presentation of how factors such as biological nature, instinct, past experience, and society determine what we do. Draws on many different domains of human behavior and links together many motivational factors such as fear, sex, consciousness, and rage. Illustrates the theoretical bases of motivation through real-life examples and case studies. Written in accessible manner for use in courses.

Going Off Alarming
Going Off Alarming

Author: Danny Baker

Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Published: 2014-09-25

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 0297870122

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The dazzlingly funny second volume of Danny Baker's memoirs: the television years. Since my first book was published I have had countless friends and family members get in touch to say how come I hadn't included this story or that tale. Was I ashamed of being shot twice, once up the arse, in Jamaica Road? How long should a man live with such a secret? If by retrospectively dropping my trousers every few pages I can reveal a fuller picture of myself during these years, then so be it. Besides. Being shot up the arse. In front of your mates. What else did I forget?

The Goalie
The Goalie

Author: Andy Goram

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2011-01-18

Total Pages: 165

ISBN-13: 190719567X

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This is the story of a genius with flaws. Lots of them. On the field, Andy Goram was a defiant figure between the sticks who, in many ways, defined the history-making nine-in-a-row team that brought so much success to Ibrox; off it, he careered through three divorces and a welter of lurid tabloid headlines sensationalising his hellraising antics. In this no-holds-barred account, Goram lifts the lid on his tempestuous life in football, from the Gers' glory days to a fairy-tale chapter with his boyhood heroes: Manchester United. His life in the Old Firm is examined in depth, from the saves that broke former Celtic manager Tommy Burns's heart to a story that was buried until now: Celtic's astonishing bid to sign him. Goram's Scotland career ended in bitterness when he walked out on the squad before France 98, and here he smashes the myths that have always surrounded his relationships with Craig Brown and Jim Leighton. This is the inside story of the man the fans voted Rangers' greatest-ever goalkeeper. He remains a genius with flaws: a legend simply known as The Goalie.

Understanding Celebrity
Understanding Celebrity

Author: Graeme Turner

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2004-06-05

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9780761941682

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The first comprehensive survey of celebrity in the contemporary media.

Female Football Fans
Female Football Fans

Author: C. Dunn

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-04-18

Total Pages: 197

ISBN-13: 113739823X

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Most sociological work on football fandom has focused on the experience of men, and it usually talks about alcohol, fighting and general hooliganism. This book shows that there are some unique facets of female experience and fascinating negotiations of identity within the male-dominated world of men's professional football.