Product Description

From England dressing room to FA boardrooom, David Davies has enjoyed access all areas in football. He has known everyone from David Beckham to Wayne Rooney, from Sir Alex Ferguson to Sven-Goran Eriksson, as well as legends like Sir Matt Busby, Bill Shankly and George Best. He has lived through all English football's triumphs, tragedies, farces and scandals of modern times. Now, with the national sport perceived by many to be in crisis, no one is better placed to shed light on what has happened and why. His is a tale of fake sheikhs, fickle secretaries and beauty queens, and of how a boy from the Euston Road fell in love with football, and how he came to run one of the most high-profile organisations in the land.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #178935 in Books
• Published on: 2008-10-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 350 pages

Customer Reviews

A fascinating rounded read
For all the shenanigans that went on over the past 15 years or so at the FA this is brilliant. David Davies seems like a pretty decent bloke, Sven and Terry too, despite the dodginess. Its the others that need lining up against the wall. This is at times frustrating, at times hilarious, at times it makes you angry... bit like what it must have been like working there. But you really get a sense of what went on, and why we haven't won anything for so long. Not like your typical dull football autobiog. I really enjoyed it!

Great Holiday Read
I usually take something humorous away with me but thought I'd give this a whirl as I'm a big football fan. Mr Davies always came across as dour when on t.v talking outside F.A HQ ,so I didn't expect too much. I was very surprised how informative the book was, plenty of juicy info. on all of those famous football occurances - and a great insight as to what goes on inside the F.A. It was great to hear little stories about happenings at various tournaments and good to hear views of D.D about the England managers he worked with during his time at the FA.
A DAMN FINE READ !

Just not worth the money or the time spent reading it
Davies spends far too much time trying to convince the reader that he could have been the saviour of English football. Every FA debacle in the last 10 years was someone else's fault with Davies to the rescue to the save the FA. He continually tries to portray himself as working class cos he supports Man United and fails miserably by continually mentioning more second homes than an MP. Before reading this I suspected Davies was a complete T****r. This book has convinced me now that he is. Avoid this or he will write a sequel.FA Confidential: Sex, Drugs and Penalties. The Inside Story of English Football