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Mind Games - The Ups and Downs of Life and Football (Hardcover)
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Mind Games - The Ups and Downs of Life and Football (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R536
Discovery Miles 5 360
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In this unique book, one of football's greatest cult players
reflects on the travails of the sport and draws upon his own
experience to offer an honest assessment on one of its final
remaining taboos: mental health. The most difficult position in
football? Being a goalkeeper. That's what they say, right? You must
be mad to stand between those posts and bat away shots and crosses
all game long. Neville Southall should know. He was the goalkeeper
for one of the best teams of the 1980s and became an icon of the
game during his 20-year career between the sticks. But what did it
take to prepare himself mentally for the difficulties of the
position? How did he dig so deep on the biggest occasions and in
the highest-pressured moments? What scars were left at the end of
his long career - a tenure that saw the highs of winning trophies,
but also the lows of losing games, making mistakes and feeling the
full weight of club and country on your shoulders. And how has he
used his post-playing career to campaign for a better future for
the next generation? In this unique book, one of football's
greatest cult players reflects on the travails of the modern game,
how some of society's problems are reflected within it and draws
upon his own experience to tackle one of its final remaining
taboos: mental health. On fear of failure, confidence, sexuality
and homophobia, suicide, social media and many other talking points
- Neville doesn't hold back on the biggest subjects and gets stuck
in to some of the most important topics surrounding the beautiful
game.
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