Red Card Roy
SEX, BOOZE AND EARLY BATHS - THE LIFE OF BRITAIN'S WILDEST-EVER FOOTBALLER
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2018
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Vision Sports Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-909534-33-9 (ISBN)
Vision Sports Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-909534-33-9 (ISBN)
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Red Card Roy is the jaw-dropping story of terrace cult hero Roy McDonough - Britain's wildest-ever footballer who was sent off a record 22 times in a career of more than 650 games, 100 goals, thousands of beers and 400 women.
Red Card Roy is the jaw-dropping story of terrace cult hero Roy McDonough - Britain's wildest footballer who was sent off a record 22 times in a career of more than 650 games, 100 goals, thousands of beers and, allegedly, 400 women.
From his first sending off, aged 15, and the time he tried to strangle the referee in a school's cup final, Red Card Roy is a rollercoaster ride of football, violence, sex and booze.
Featuring a who's who cast from football in the 70s, 80s and 90s - from his unlikely friendship with the late, great Bobby Moore to his run-ins with current Premier League managers David Moyes, Martin O'Neill and Tony Pulis (who he kung-fu kicked to the floor after five minutes of an FA Cup tie).
But beyond the elbows and the early baths, the booze, the birds and the brawls, there is a poignant human story - the ultra-competitive dad, the uncontrollable temper and the uncanny ability to make the wrong decision at the wrong time, all of which cost him the chance to play football at the highest level and sent Roy down a path of self-destruction...albeit one along which he had the time of his life!
Red Card Roy is the jaw-dropping story of terrace cult hero Roy McDonough - Britain's wildest footballer who was sent off a record 22 times in a career of more than 650 games, 100 goals, thousands of beers and, allegedly, 400 women.
From his first sending off, aged 15, and the time he tried to strangle the referee in a school's cup final, Red Card Roy is a rollercoaster ride of football, violence, sex and booze.
Featuring a who's who cast from football in the 70s, 80s and 90s - from his unlikely friendship with the late, great Bobby Moore to his run-ins with current Premier League managers David Moyes, Martin O'Neill and Tony Pulis (who he kung-fu kicked to the floor after five minutes of an FA Cup tie).
But beyond the elbows and the early baths, the booze, the birds and the brawls, there is a poignant human story - the ultra-competitive dad, the uncontrollable temper and the uncanny ability to make the wrong decision at the wrong time, all of which cost him the chance to play football at the highest level and sent Roy down a path of self-destruction...albeit one along which he had the time of his life!
Roy McDonough was born in Solihull in 1958. The striker signed schoolboy forms with Aston Villa, but made his league debut in the First Division for bitter rivals Birmingham City at Sunderland in 1977, scoring his first and last top-flight goal at QPR in his second appearance. Despite a short spell at Chelsea, the rest of his Football League career was played in the bottom two divisions for Walsall, Cambridge United, Exeter City, Southend United and Colchester United, where he enjoyed a successful spell as player/manager. McDonough also turned out for a host of non-league clubs, including Dagenham and Redbridge, as he clocked up an English record 22 red cards during four decades of football.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 05.10.2018 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 16 pages of pictures |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 135 x 316 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sport ► Ballsport ► Fußball |
| ISBN-10 | 1-909534-33-1 / 1909534331 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-909534-33-9 / 9781909534339 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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