Mick Rathbone (Author)
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Review & Description
Everton The Smell of Football Book
When Mick Rathbone signed for Birmingham City as a 16 year-old
apprentice he was living every schoolboy's dream. But when he
discovered he was so nervous he was unable to speak, let alone pass
the ball, in the presence of his boyhood hero and City star Trevor
Francis, he realised that a career in football might not be everything he
had imagined.
The Smell of Football is the brutally honest and utterly unputdownable
story of how 'Baz' conquered his personal demons to build a life in the
game - from the terrified teenager who purposely tried to get injured
in training rather than get picked for the first team, to the experienced
pro who became Head of Medicine at Premier League Everton FC in
charge of the treatment of the likes of Wayne Rooney, Louis Saha and
Tim Cahill.
Brilliantly written and packed with hilarious tales featuring a football
'who's who' cast of characters - from Sir Alf Ramsey and 'Big Sam'
Allardyce to David Moyes, Duncan Ferguson and Rooney himself - The
Smell of Football is an engrossing and moving memoir that covers every
aspect of the professional game and gives an unprecedented insight
into what life is really like at football's coalface.
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