Seeing Red: The Chic Charnley Story

by Alex Gordon, Chic Charnley

Chic Charnley is one of the most controversial, colourful characters in Scottish football history. Blessed with awesome talent, incredible ability and spectacular skills, he's the player who could - and should - have been one of the biggest names in sport. But, by his own admission, he blew it. Here he tells all in the most revealing, unputdownable book of the game. The maverick midfielder tells it like it is, including the real reason he did not sign for his boyhood idols Celtic; the genuine regrets of a stormy career that kept him in the headlines for all the wrong reasons; his bad boy image, crazy antics and why he was sent off a record amount of times; how he ruined Henrik Larsson's Celtic debut; the day he was attacked by a thug with a sword - during training! - and much more. Here, for the first time, Chic Charnley talks about the rollercoaster career that saw him play for Partick Thistle, Hibs, St. Mirren, Dundee, Ayr, Clydebank, Hamilton and a few others in between. It's a journey through football with tales as outrageous as the character himself!

220 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 12, 2009

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Reviews

[Matthew Eyre · Rating 5 out of 5]

They just don't make 'em like Chic anymore. There was a time when every team had at least one, a madcap rogue half-genius, half-lunatic: Mark Dennis, Denis Holloway, Trevor Hockey, Robin Friday, Steve Kindon and of course the daddy of them all, George Best. Chic got so many red cards during his career he papered his living room with them all. But what a talent, the perfect antidote to today's pampered and primped ballerinas

[Scott Gardner · Rating 2 out of 5]

A few funny moments , but this was as exciting as his career was , not the best

[gary whyte · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read , honest open and funny ,