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On Days Like These - The Lost Memoir of a Goalkeeper (Hardcover)
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On Days Like These - The Lost Memoir of a Goalkeeper (Hardcover)
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Joe Sealey was watching his son play for Manchester United's
Under-14s when a man came up to him and said: "I've got your dad's
book." Joe's father, Les, had been Manchester United's goalkeeper
but had died of a heart attack in 2001 at the age of 43. His death
tormented Joe, who had been West Ham's reserve keeper. Joe had
given up on football, slipping into an alcohol and drug addiction
that almost killed him. He had forgotten what his father's voice
sounded like. Now, here it was in form of a Tupperware box full of
cassette tapes. The centrepiece of the tapes is the most important
game in the modern history of Manchester United, the 1990 FA Cup
final. After three barren years at Old Trafford, Alex Ferguson was
on the brink of dismissal. There was just the FA Cup final left. He
knew that, if it was lost, he would almost certainly be sacked.
After the first game against Crystal Palace was drawn 3-3, he
dropped his goalkeeper, Jim Leighton, who had been with Ferguson
for most of his managerial career, and replaced him with Sealey,
who had played just two matches in a year. The replay was won and
by the time Sealey left Old Trafford in 1994, Manchester United had
become the dominant force in English football. On Days Like These
is an intimate portrait of a club dragged from the brink. It is
also the story of Joe Sealey's journey to the edge and back. Many
years later Joe met Ferguson. 'Your father saved my career,'
Ferguson said. 'And you saved his,' was the reply. On Days Like
These is a story of two rescues.
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