|
Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Ball games > Football (Soccer, Association football)
|
Buy Now
Old Too Soon, Smart Too Late - My Story (Paperback)
Loot Price: R276
Discovery Miles 2 760
You Save: R64
(19%)
|
|
|
Old Too Soon, Smart Too Late - My Story (Paperback)
 (1 rating, sign in to rate)
List price R340
Loot Price R276
Discovery Miles 2 760
You Save R64 (19%)
Expected to ship within 9 - 15 working days
|
Kieron Dyer's memoir, Old Too Soon, Smart Too Late, is the first
intimate and unsparing portrait of the failures and excesses of the
generation of English footballers made rich beyond their wildest
dreams by the post-1990 World Cup boom in the game and the
explosion of the Premier League. It shares the same brutal honesty
and self-awareness of the bestselling No Nonsense by Joey Barton
and GoodFella by Craig Bellamy. In the public mind, Kieron Dyer
came to symbolise so much of what was self-destructive about a
group of football players known collectively as the 'Baby Bentley
generation'. Nicknamed 'The King of Bling' by the tabloid press,
Dyer was caught up in many of the scandals that characterised the
history of a talented crop of players who promised so much and
delivered so little, a generation whose wages and lavish lifestyles
began to alienate them from the fans who once worshipped them. The
brash young man is gone now, and in his place is the quiet, caring,
wise man who was such a favourite on I'm a Celebrity, Get me Out of
Here! in 2015. Dyer narrates, in uncompromising detail, how a
generation of talented English footballers, taken out of working
class childhoods and presented with a world of glitz, glamour,
wealth and temptation, failed to cope with the riches that were
presented to them and often fell apart. Old Too Soon, Smart Too
Late is about a moment in time, a social and historical record of
English football at the start of its gold rush. For Dyer, the end
of the book brings a measure of personal redemption and peace but
for the English game, there is only a lingering sense of waste and
regret for an opportunity lost.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
(1)
