Product Description

Chelsea and England footballer, Frank Lampard charts his life story from childhood to young West Ham apprentice to multi-millionaire world footballing celebrity and lynchpin of the national team. This work includes a full account of the 2005/06 season and the 2006 World Cup Finals in Germany. One of the best footballers in Britain today, and the 2005 Footballer of the Year, Lampard has been lauded by fans, managers and fellow players alike. A vital cog in the midfield engine room for Chelsea and England, he is poised to become one of the true legends of the game. The young lad from Romford was born into a football family. His father, a former West Ham star, saw the raw talent in his boy at an early age and was unstinting in his determination for him to succeed. The hard work paid off and Frank Jr kept it in the family by signing to West Ham in 1995, then managed by his uncle Harry Redknapp. Since transferring to Chelsea in a blaze of controversy, he silenced any critics and proved himself indispensable to his club. No-one in his age has played more Premiership football than Lampard, and no-one played more at Chelsea - in fact, he has broken the record for number of consecutive appearances for the Blues. He also holds the record for most goals scored in a season by a Premiership midfielder. In his book, Lampard opens up on his early years, how he dealt with the fame and fortune that has come his way since becoming a key member of the England side, his frank opinions on former England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson and his manager at Chelsea Jose Mourinho, fascinating insights into Roman Abramovich and revealing tales on his current team-mates. He reveals both the privileges and the pressures of being one of the 'golden generation' of England players. He gives a fascinating inside account of World Cup 2006 in Germany, and describes the disappointment of not fulfilling the dream of bringing the biggest prize in football back to England.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #178751 in Books
• Published on: 2006-08-14
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 384 pages

Review
'He's probably the best midfielder in the world right now' Jose Mourinho

From the Inside Flap
"Other players have great talent - Ronaldinho, Kaka, Andrei Shevchenko - but I wouldn't swap Lampard for any of them"
Jose Mourinho

About the Author
Frank Lampard was born in Romford, Essex in June 1978. Having come through the ranks at West Ham, he was sold to Chelsea in the summer of 2001 for GBP11.5 million. He made his full England debut against Belgium in October 1999 and to date has won over 40 international caps. Ian McGarry is Chief Football Reporter on the Daily Mail and is a close friend of Frank Lampard.

Customer Reviews

Totally Frank
An ok read as im a Chelsea fan. I found the bits about Chelsea interesting and also how he was brought up around football but was bored at Lampard moaning about everything. He seems to be defending himself against his critics and his stories lack interest.
I would recommend this if you have nothing else to read.

Frankly rubbish
After enjoying Steven Gerrards book, I was looking forward to a similar behind the scenes look into Lampards life.

I was disappointed to say the least. This book is nothing like Gerrards, and is quite frankly dull. Lampard spends the first third of the book telling you how much he loved West Ham, and then the rest of the book, having digs at the way he was treated. Its almost as if he is using this book solely to try and clear his own concience, and distance himself from any blame in the goings on at the club, and his subsequent transfer to Chelsea.

There are hardly any behind the scenes events at Chelsea, and no gossip or interesting facts about any of his team mates or opponents.

Unless your a Chelsea or West Ham fan, I'd give this one a wide berth, and even then I'd only read it as a last resort.

Gonna have to face it I'm addicted to pies
Another poor football biography - this time of Lumplard's transition from private school boy to invisible England player and Ginsters spokesperson.

Yes it is as though Frank is talking to you, alas this has the effect of boring you to tears in three paragraphs.

The man has done relatively little compared to Moore, Adams, Stiles, Banks, Merson. At least these people had stories to tell, (apart from how they hate West Ham fans).

Utterly dismal.

One previous reviewer called him a gentleman. She is right - he doesn't mention the roasting incident.