{"product_id":"9781787464230","title":"Life, Laughs and Football","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Lineker, Gary | Biography: sport \u003cbr\u003ePublished 20\/08\/2020 by Cornerstone (Arrow Books Ltd) in the United Kingdom \u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 368 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 128 x 29mm | 284g\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e***Includes a new foreword by Gary Lineker about football in lockdown***Shortlisted for The Telegraph Sports Book Awards'Lineker is nearly as good a presenter as I was a footballer' DIEGO MARADONA'Hilarious, almost as funny as me' ALAN SHEARER'This is Lineker unleashed. As a non-football nut I didn't expect to enjoy it, but between laddish anecdotes are passages of sudden tenderness. . . Lineker opens up, dislodging memories and reflections, not just about football but his whole life.' THE TIMES'Football is a simple game. 22 players chase a ball for 90 minutes, and at the end the Germans always win.'This book is inspired by the stories Danny and I have shared with each other about what life in football is really like: in the dressing room, in the commentary box, on the pitch and - with the appropriate pixellation - in the showers afterwards.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat's it really like to play with Messi? I wouldn't know, but I have starred alongside him in an advert for Walkers crisps. And, well, his performance was world-class.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd what is a life in football really like? You won't learn much from the dull-as-dishwater post-match interviews - it's a world of secrets, superstitions, laughs and personalities, and let me tell you, half of it you won't believe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI've looked back at my playing days, from England to Leicester, Everton to Barcelona, Tottenham to, er, Nagoya Grampus Eight, and shared the chaotic behind-the-scenes secrets of Match of the Day - and Danny has chipped in with stories from a lifetime following the game as a fan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Italia '90 to Leicester's Premier League fairytale, from yellow cards to World Cup trophies (I've never been awarded either), from Gascoigne to Maradona, you'll find it all here - everything you always wanted to know about football, but didn't realise that you did.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by the No.1 podcast Behind Closed Doors\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"THE CLEEVE BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48974835122473,"sku":"9781787464230","price":9.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/0729\/3737\/files\/life-laughs-and-football-the-cleeve-bookshop-32148.jpg?v=1752084176","url":"https:\/\/thecleevebookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781787464230","provider":"The Cleeve Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}