*** THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A heroic outsider - a pleasure to
read.' - The Guardian 'A fulsome evocation of football before the
Premier League.' - The i 'Such a good storyteller...joyous.' -
Financial Times 'Honest, raw, revealing and very funny. How to live
a life and career to the full. Insightful book about the most
successful outsider inside football ever...' - Henry Winter, Chief
Football Writer, The Times 'Pat is a wonderful one-off...and this
is the story of why that is.' - John Murray, Chief Sports
Correspondent, BBC Radio 5 Live 'Unusually vibrant and elegant with
heroic doses of humour, insight and self-effacement, this is an
absolute must-read for the football connoisseur.' - Omid Djalili
'The biggest influence of my professional career both on and off
the pitch.' - Graeme Le Saux 'I grew up captivated by Pat Nevin the
player. As a man he taught me even more about the beauty of the
game. One of football's great mavericks, and Chelsea's greatest
players. And he can spin a mean tune too.' - Sam Matterface 'I used
to walk miles to see Pat Nevin play football and I'd do the same
now to read his thoughts. Always challenging, always entertaining.'
- Lord Sebastian Coe 'A refreshingly honest and thought-provoking
autobiography. As deftly delivered as some of Pat's ball skills in
his 1980's heyday.' - ToffeeWeb Pat Nevin never wanted to be a
professional footballer. His future was clear, he'd become a
teacher like his brothers. There was only one problem with this -
Pat was far too good to avoid attention. Raised in Glasgow's East
End, Pat loved the game, playing for hours and obsessively
following Celtic. But as he grew up, he also loved Joy Division,
wearing his Indie 'gloom boom' coat and going on marches - hardly
typical footballer behaviour! Placed firmly in the 80s and 90s,
before the advent of the Premier League, and often with racism and
violence present, Pat Nevin writes with honesty, insight and wry
humour. We are transported vividly to Chelsea and Everton, and
colourfully diverted by John Peel, Morrissey and nights out at the
Hacienda. The Accidental Footballer is a different kind of football
memoir. Capturing all the joys of professional football as well as
its contradictions and conflicts, it's about being defined by your
actions, not your job, and is the perfect reminder of how life can
throw you the most extraordinary surprises, when you least expect
it.
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