Product Description

In this autobiography Kenny Dalglish discusses his career which includes 102 caps, playing for such clubs as Celtic, Liverpool, and Blackburn, and which covers the Heysel and Hillsborough tragedies. Also included are details of his departure from Blackburn and position as Newcastle's manager.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #265692 in Books
• Published on: 1997-08-07
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

Customer Reviews

Exceptionally disappointing
Like many football fans I have long admired Kenny's skills on the pitch and I couldn't wait to start reading this book. But it is awful. Dalglish speaks in six-word sentences and it seems this book is just a simple transcript of his conversations with the ghost writer. No effort has been made to make it exciting. A flatter book would be harder to conceive of. And he doesn't even mention the goal he scored against Belgium many years ago in a European qualifying match, where he suddenly turned a defender on the right edge of the box and curled a magnificent shot into the net. A shocker.

A book which fails to do justice to a legend
Although it's somewhat out of date now, this book should be held up as a typical fotballers autobiography.Absolutely dire. Dalglish comes accross in print exactly as he does on tv. He gives the impression that every word is being dragged out of his nose against his will, which is understandable if your team has just been hammered and you're facing the glare of two dozen journalists, but not if you want anyone to dosh out their hard earned on your book. Dalglish takes us through his playing and managing career without really revealing anything the average football fan didn't already know. There are some exceptions, though. He takes us movingly through Hillsborough and its aftermath, and explains fully his reasons for quitting Liverpool, yet barely touches on his reasonsfor stepping down as team boss at Blackburn. An updated edition including the debacles at Newcastle and Celtic might be fun to read, but I'm not holding my breath. The biggest surprise with this book is why Dalglish bothered paying a ghost writer. Henry Winter is a wonderful writer but here his writing comes accross ever bit as bland as Dalglish and one wonders how much say Winter had in deciding the style the book was to be written in. My advice to Dalglish fans is to buy the videos, remember his talent, but definatly forget the book.

An insite to great man
Kenny Dalglish. Two of the most feared and admired words in the British Game. The book starts in his native Glasgow were he supports Rangers but goes to a Catholic school he hates the violence and hate that the two football teams in Glasgow when ever they meet seem to create. It tells of how when the Celtic chief scout called to house he ran to his room and tried to rip down every Rangrs poster he had but in vein. It tells of the great sadness he felt when "Big Jock" died and the the delight he felt with Liverpool doing the double in 1986. It also give s an great insite of the stress he was under at the endof his career with Liverpool. Then it goes on to talk about his time at Blackburn. Overall a good book with some great humour and down t earth stories.