Red Card - The Soccer Star Who Lost it All to Gambling (Paperback)

Tony Kelly was football crazy from the age of seven. At sixteen Nyrere Anthony Kelly was the youngest ever player in the first team at Bristol City and in his twenties he went professional, playing for clubs such as Stoke City, Cardiff City, Leyton Orient and Bury in the second and third divisions of the Football League and starring in a Swedish side. But his blossoming soccer career was marred by a series of mishaps and misdeeds which drove him to disaster. Ruined by an addiction to gambling, he lost his job, his career, his partner and all his money. Now he has written his story - as Kelly puts it, to "invite the public, my family and my friends into my secret hell of racism, despair, depression, stardom, gambling addiction and ultimately self-destruction". Red Card is a tragic yet uplifting story of a sportsman's battle with his demons, on and off the pitch. Published with the kind assistance of the Professional Footballers' Association

General

Imprint:	Mereo Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2013
Authors:	Tony Kelly
Dimensions:	203 x 127 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	200
ISBN-13:	978-1-909544-70-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Sport Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Illness & addiction: social aspects > General Books > Biography > Sport
LSN:	1-909544-70-1
Barcode:	9781909544703

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