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No Hunger In Paradise - The Players. The Journey. The Dream (Paperback)
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No Hunger In Paradise - The Players. The Journey. The Dream (Paperback)
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List price R349
Loot Price R286
Discovery Miles 2 860
You Save R63 (18%)
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Shortlisted for the British Sports Book Awards 2018 "What's your
dream, son?" A six year-old boy, head bowed, mumbles the eternal
answer: "Be a footballer...." Steadman Scott, football's most
unlikely talent scout, smiles indulgently, and takes him in from
the street. He knows the odds. Only 180 of the 1.5 million boys who
play organised youth football in England will become a Premier
League pro. That's a success rate of 0.012 per cent. How and why do
the favoured few make it? What separates the good from the great?
Who should they trust - the coach, the agent or their parents?
Michael Calvin provides the answers on a journey from non-league
grounds to hermetically sealed Premier League palaces, via
gang-controlled sink estates and the England team's inner sanctum.
He interviews decision makers, behavioural specialists, football
agents and leading coaches. He shares the hopes and fears of
players and their parents. He exposes bullying and a black economy
in which children are commodities, but remains true to the dream.
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