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My England Years: The Autobiography
Sir Bobby Charlton is widely acknowledged as the greatest player ever to wear an England shirt. He won a record number of caps and scored a record number of goals. Here, in the second volume of his bestselling autobiography, Sir Bobby talks in detail about his phenomenal career with England. During the 22 years he played for his country, he was involved in some of the grea
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Hardcover
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384 pages
Published
October 18th 2008
by Headline Book Publishing
(first published 2007)
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Having read Sir Robert's 'My Manchester United Years', autobiography Part One, it was only a matter of time before I got my hands on Part Two 'My England Years'. I've given four stars to both books. It has to be said that for a football autobiography both books contain more rich memoir than can be found in contemporary or modern publications.
Charlton's International career spanned an incredible 22 years, beginning at schoolboy level all the way to full internationals that began just weeks after ...more
Charlton's International career spanned an incredible 22 years, beginning at schoolboy level all the way to full internationals that began just weeks after ...more
This book was not as good as the first part of his autobiography - The Manchester United Years. I was sceptical of the need for two seperate books and I definitely feel that it would have been better to combine the two having read them both. The first 200 pages were fairly slow moving and a little disjointed. I have never been conviced about James Lawton as a writer - he often uses 10 words when one would suffice - and this was the case here too. The book was worth reading for Charlton's incites
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The writing style felt clunky in parts, but worth persevering to read about the 1966 and 1970 World Cups...
This book was not that great at all. He provides a lacluster account of his playing days. The only parts I really liked was when he talked about playing with George Best and what a genius he was on the field despite his personal issues. I also like the comparison between the Busby and Ferguson eras and how United suffered a huge drought inbetween.
Aug 31, 2009
Sebbastian Dangerfield
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5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
everyone and modern footballers
That sir Bobby is as i imagined a great man.
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Sir Robert "Bobby" Charlton CBE (born 11 October 1937 in Ashington, Northumberland) is a former English professional football player who won the World Cup and was named the European Footballer of the Year in 1966. He played almost all of his club football at Manchester United, where he became renowned for his attacking instincts from midfield and his ferocious long-range shot.
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