My Defence: Winning, losing, scandals and the drama of Germany 2006
date : November 11th, 2011Premier League Kits
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His phenomenal skill on the pitch and the controversy which has plagued him off it have made Ashley Cole one of the most talked-about players in recent Years at Villa [DVD]” href=”http://www.premierleaguekits.co.uk/premier-league-kits/gareth-barry-10-years-at-villa-dvd.html”>years. Here, from inside the England dressing room, he tells the full story of their bid for World Cup glory in 2006.But this is alsomuch more than a World Cup diary. Cole talks openly about the 2005 ‘tapping up’ scandal, when he was fined GBP100,000 by the FA following a meeting with Chelsea‘s Mourinho and Kenyon in a hotel room, and the media s
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Inspiring tale of resistance and hope.,
A book to sit on your bookshelf alongside Nelson Mandela’s Long walk to freedom and Dostoevsky’s The House of the Dead.
Ashley Cole takes us on a journey of financial penury and institutional slavery. That this takes place in our, so called, civilised society makes this read all the more shocking and moving.
In one chapter ‘Cashley’, as he is affectionately known, describes his horror as he is offered a meagre 55,000 pounds a week. It is hard not to empathise as he realises that his car collection may have to stop at just the Range Rover, Ferrari and Lambourghini. I was gripped by his dilemma over whether he could afford the gold plated dashboard.
Fortunately, during these dark hours, he finds comfort in the arms of a travelling Geordie singer who provides comfort, support and a natty range of tattoos. With her support ‘Cashley’ finds the courage within himself to confront those who sought to condemn him to a life of sackcloth and ashes and begin his own ‘Long walk to Freedom’.
As it stands ‘Cash’ remains in enforced bondage. But in an inspiring act of human kindness the Russian people, in a show of solidarity not seen the October revolution, have clubbed together to buy ‘Cashley’s’ freedom.
Fingers crossed.
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|Whining Footballer,
I bought this book expecting something of a balanced arguement as to why he left arsenal but all I got was a continous barrage of how he was felled by his boyhood club.
This book dosen’t enhance his already tattered reputation and for once I dont envy a footballer, he should be left to wallow in his own self pity because this is a pathetic tale of a young man deluded with life in the world.
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|Not another one!,
Since England’s dismal World Cup showing, literary fans have been assaulted by “auto”biographies from 4 players barely old enough to shave. Rooney, Gerrard, Lampard and now Ashley Cole’s faces are probably staring at you through the window of your local Borders or Waterstones, but do not fall into the trap, do not succumd to the hypnosis of their steely gazes, do not add to the already grotesquely inflated bank balances of this bunch of 20-27yr olds with no concept of the words “responsibility”, “integrity”, “humility” and “loyalty”. What on earth can these kids have of interesting to say? Grew up playing football for my local club, have since made the 1st team, earn lots of cash, go out with/married to a girl way too nice-looking for a guy who looks like his face was made for radio, serialised my book through the tabloids and…well, that’s it really.
If you want to read about a proper footballer’s life you could do a lot worse than read Tony Cascarino, Franck McLintock, Gordon Strachan, Tony Adams and Paul Merson. They’ve been through life and they can give you examples of the highs and REAL lows that come with the job.
It’s frankly embarassing that the British public would even consider wasting money to read a story which has barely begun, let alone have an ending.
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