Paul Parker tells bundles of stories about the many personalities within the football game.

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Product Description

Paul Parker's England manager, Sir Bobby Robson, once described him as a player who "leaps like a salmon and tackles like a ferret". Paul's positional sense saw him snuff out the threat of the world's top strikers as he wrote his name into football's history books with his dazzling displays in the Italia 90 World Cup. The night England lost the semi-final to Germany on penalties saw Paul intrinsically involved in both goals, in a game which has gone down in football history. At the time he was captain and one of the most high-profile players of a buoyant QPR team. He later won a host of medals with Manchester United as Sir Alex Ferguson built a dynasty on the defence, marshalled by Paul. In his autobiography, Paul relives the years of struggle against racism which brought him to the top level of English football, reveals how he saved Fulham Football Club from extinction, why he left QPR and refused to sign for Arsenal and Spurs and how he struggled to cope with the debilitating injury which cost him his career. Never one to shirk an opinion, Paul reveals his thoughts on everything from bungs to racism, from the proliferation of England caps in the modern era to having a winning mentality. He also tells bundles of stories about the many personalities within the game with whom he has worked including Sir Alex Ferguson, Sir Bobby Robson, David Beckham, Roy Keane, Eric Cantona, Paul Gascoigne, Bobby Gould, Trevor Francis and Malcolm MacDonald. With a foreword by Sir Alex Ferguson, "Paul Parker: Tackles Like a Ferret" will entrance fans of all three clubs, plus a much wider audience who still hark back to that night in Turin when England so nearly reached the World Cup Final.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #794179 in Books
• Published on: 2006-04-20
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 226 pages

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Customer Reviews

Good, but a little short! (pardon the obvious pun!)
Overall, it was a good book and Paul Parker gives you a good insight to his career and opinions on football in general. However a lot of money for only 160 pages or so, so unless you are a major fan of his, i would wait for it to come out in paperback later this year or early next year.

Tackels like a Ferret runs like a Wippet
Paul Parker Fulham, QPR, and Manchester United plus a few minor clubs at the end of his career.

Will Paul always be remembered for the deflection that flew over Shiltons head in the world cup, or should he be remembered for the cross that Linacre scored from . What was Shilton doing so far of his line .

Englands No 1 full back a position that Paul held for so many games, would have been more but for a horrible injury that nearly finished his playing career.

A footballer who always gave it his all . Did the game treat him in the same fashion when he was coming back after his injury. I do not think so . Plenty of promises from some well known managerial names but not a lot of substance when the chips were down .

The life of a wonderful footballer who's top class game was finished much too early .

A good read not full of self pity like some other sports people who have written their life story.

All football fans will enjoy