Product Description

Ryan Giggs first played for Manchester United in the season before the Premiership began; back when Bryan Robson was still captain. He took possession of United's left wing and never loosened his grip. Over a fourteen year career so far, he's seen them all come and go: Cantona, Schmeichel, Beckham and the rest. Sir Alex Ferguson said of Giggs, "I knew we had an outstanding talent when we gave him his debut." That was back in 1991, but it remains as true in 2005 as it ever was. Giggs has been a pivotal figure in United's dominance of the Premiership. There have been rivals, but no other team can match the their sustained record of success over recent years. And Giggs is the only player to have played in all eight of those title winning campaigns. Off the pitch, Ryan Giggs has always closely guarded his private life. But here, he opens up for the first time, sharing details of the sometimes turbulent childhood that shaped him and the relationships that have mattered to him to reveal the man behind the famous number 11 red shirt. One thing seems clear: the Old Trafford crowd will be singing, 'Giggs will tear you apart again!' for a few years yet.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #100140 in Books
• Published on: 2006-06-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

Synopsis
Ryan Giggs first played for Manchester United in the season before the Premiership began; back when Bryan Robson was still captain. He took possession of United's left wing and never loosened his grip. Over a fourteen year career so far, he's seen them all come and go: Cantona, Schmeichel, Beckham and the rest. Sir Alex Ferguson said of Giggs, "I knew we had an outstanding talent when we gave him his debut." That was back in 1991, but it remains as true in 2005 as it ever was. Giggs has been a pivotal figure in United's dominance of the Premiership. There have been rivals, but no other team can match the their sustained record of success over recent years. And Giggs is the only player to have played in all eight of those title winning campaigns. Off the pitch, Ryan Giggs has always closely guarded his private life. But here, he opens up for the first time, sharing details of the sometimes turbulent childhood that shaped him and the relationships that have mattered to him to reveal the man behind the famous number 11 red shirt. One thing seems clear: the Old Trafford crowd will be singing, 'Giggs will tear you apart again!' for a few years yet.

About the Author
Ryan Giggs was born in Cardiff in 1973. He has played for Manchester United since he joined their youth team, aged 14. Joe Lovejoy is the chief football writer for the Sunday Times and the author of bestselling biographies of George Best and Sven Goran Eriksson.

Customer Reviews

For real Giggsy fans only
Ryan Giggs is my favourite player on the planet and always has been so I enjoyed his book but if you're not a fan then look elsewhere for football drama, revelation or controversial opinion. Perhaps because he's still under contract, Giggs comes across as very much a 'company man', unwilling to express any opinion that his club has ever treated a player badly, or that his team-mates have ever been in the wrong when involved in fights. "It was the oppo who started it, our players are as pure as the driven snow!" This definitely detracts from the credibility of the anecdotes.

Giggs comes across as a nice but uncharismatic guy. When he's not working his magic on the pitch he goes home to his family, keeps his head down and doesn't rock the boat. And this book reflects it, that's all.

reply to not impressed
whoever wrote "not impressed" is 100% wrong about this giggs autobiography. Im a young footballer myself and giggs is one of my favourite alltime manchester united players. I found his autobiography extremely interesting and i felt it gave a real insight into the lives behind famous footballers. I dont read much at all but when i picked up this book i didnt put it down very often. I think that if you had been through such amazing experiences such as winning the premiereship and the trebel that you would probably remember atleast most of the big dates or venues. even if he couldnt remember all of them what does it matter if he asked someone to find out for him? the book is still about him, his experiences and his life no matter who wrote it. This was one of the first autobiographies i read and because of it i now own numerous footballers stories. I really enjoyed it and i recomend this book to any football fanatic

Giggsy does it again!
An amazing read people may say thers a lot of results but he uses them to show his emotion after each one with many stories about growing up all the way to winning the treble an outstanding read one of my favourite books from one of my heroes if you have any interest in giggs ignore reviews complauining about results an get this!
A cracking read 10/10!