Product Description

This fascinating book provides an insider's authoritative account of some of the remarkable goings-on behind the scenes at Manchester United, Britain's wealthiest club. The author is a former SAS soldier who was head of security at the club for almost 12 years.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #243597 in Books
• Published on: 2003-11-03
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 224 pages

About the Author
Michael ?Ned? Kelly is a former SAS soldier who served in Northern Ireland, Germany and Malaya. After leaving the armed services, Ned established his own security firm, Special Projects Security, and began his twelve-year association with Manchester United from 1990 to 2002. He now lives in the United States. Eric Rowan is an author and playwright as well as an award-winning songwriter and record producer. He lives in London.

Customer Reviews

Football fever at its best
This book was a riveting read from start to finish, and if anyone's stuck for a present to buy for husbands, dads, brothers, uncles, grandads or sons this Christmas, indeed anyone interested in the national sport, then "Manchester United: The Untold Story" comes highly recommended. Told from the point of view of someone who used to work closely with the players and management, it seems to me to be a truthful and honest account of life on and off the pitch at United, and reveals a lot of previously unknown information about the club and its players. Well-written and quite funny in parts, it's well worth a read.

Fast read
If you buy books to get the great "inside scoop" gossip, this is one of the few to actually produce the goods. Even if it's not all true ( I don't dispute an earlier review that this is a guy with a grudge), it's still enertaining, and believeable. A lot of Cantona insight, a fair bit of glory grabbing by the author, but after you make use of your pinch of salt, you'll get some good stories.

Utter Rubbish
This is a poorly written tell tale book that smells of exagerated tales by someone who has a grudge against his former employees for sacking him for innapropriate behavior while working for them. And it is also clear he is writing the book for the money and not love or respect of the club!