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The Way It Was: My Autobiography
Stanley Matthews was the most popular footballer of his era, the man who epitomized a generation of legendary players: Tom Finney, Nat Lofthouse, Billy Wright, and many more. He was the first footballer ever to be knighted, the first European Footballer of the Year (at 41), and he played in the top division until he was 50. He will be forever remembered for his performance
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629 pages
Published
June 1st 2001
by Headline Book Publishing
(first published April 1st 2000)
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Covering some four hundred and thirty pages, this has to be one of the longest 'footie' biogs that I've read. It is also quite rare for any sporting memoir to be written up by someone in their eighties! Sir Stanley Mathews passed away shortly after the publication in 2000.
Anyone who is interested in the history of English football, at either club or international levels should find this autobiography essential reading. As the title of his book indicates 'The Way It Was' documents a bygone sporti ...more
Anyone who is interested in the history of English football, at either club or international levels should find this autobiography essential reading. As the title of his book indicates 'The Way It Was' documents a bygone sporti ...more
Sir Stanley was a truly remarkable footballer who had a career than spanned the thirties, forties, fifties and sixties. Like other great sportsmen, he was truly committed and dedicated to football in a manner for ahead of his time. He was the first footballer of the year, the first footballer to be knighted and played in the top flight in his fifties. Remarkable.
Add to all this his qualities as a human being; he was a humble man with true discretion and did not like to brag about his achievement ...more
Add to all this his qualities as a human being; he was a humble man with true discretion and did not like to brag about his achievement ...more
One of the greats of the English game, and the first half at least (even for someone who isn't mad about footy such as myself) will leave you yearning for THE golden era in sport that emphasised skill and sportsmanship over corruption, sponsorship deals and financial gain. It helps that Matthews was the archetypal hard-working, honest-to-God working class Northerner... 'No coke n' slags for me son... just fair play!'
This was published shortly before Stanley's death in 2000 (he played right wing ...more
This was published shortly before Stanley's death in 2000 (he played right wing ...more
Good autobiography from the greatest footballer this country has ever produced.
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