Keep Fighting: The Billy Bremner Story

by Paul Harrison

Billy Bremner is a football legend. During his years playing for Leeds Utd and Scotland, his passion for the game and his commitment to the cause made him into one of the all-time greats. When Billy Bremner died in 1997 at the age of just 54, Paul Harrison was working with him on a new book telling the story of his life. Now, that unique material from extensive interviews has been brought together in Keep Fighting: The Billy Bremner Story. It covers Bremner’s life from his early years in Scotland, his move to Leeds Utd and the glory days of the Don Revie era, his distinguished international career and his later move into football management. In his own words, find out what Billy Bremner thought of life at Leeds Utd, about his exploits for Scotland, his footballing friends and those he clashed with. There are stories of winning the League Championship and the FA Cup with Leeds, playing for Scotland in the World Cup, his controversial ban from international football and the libel action he won against a Sunday newspaper. And there’s Bremner’s own forthright views about some of the biggest names in football, from Don Revie to Brian Clough and Gary Sprake to Kevin Keegan. Keep Fighting is a unique, no-holds-barred account of the life of Billy Bremner – straight-talker and footballing legend – and is a fitting tribute to one of the all-time greats of the game.

Genres: Football

274 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 15, 2010

About the author

Paul Harrison has spent much of his professional life working within the UK’s criminal justice system, primarily as a police officer. Working closely with the now-defunct FBI Behavioural Science Unit in Quantico, he gained a unique and remarkable insight into the minds of some of the world’s most violent criminals. His conversation portfolio reads like a Who’s Who of murderers. As an author, he’s penned thirty-three traditionally published books (mainly true crime) and completed his first novel last year. A seasoned event speaker, Paul is popular across the entire crime genre (fiction and non-fiction). He’s in discussion with several TV production companies across the globe for future Crime related television series. Paul currently lives in Leeds.

Reviews

[Ipswichblade · Rating 4 out of 5]

Decent enough biography of one of the great players of the seventies

[Firoze Cassim · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading about Billy Bremner, one of the most brilliant football players who played for Leeds and Scotland. A family man, a captain and leader who was passionate about Leeds and Scotland , he also enjoyed his regular pint!

[Nathan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was an interesting book to read for football fans in general. Although I have a strong affinity to Leeds United it was all before my time.

It shows how much the game has changed though in the 40 or fifty years since Bremner was playing. When players used to have to genuinely work really hard to earn a decent wage, not like nowadays where the wages are obscene. Tackling was really tackling and goalies never even wore gloves.

[Chris Mcclelland · Rating 5 out of 5]

real footballer

[Pat · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great and affectionate biography of one of Scotland's and Britain's greatest midfielders of the 60's & 70's.