Sir Bobby Robson: Living the Game

by Bob Harris, Gary Lineker (Foreword)

The first illustrated celebration of the life and times of Sir Bobby Robson, one of the most successful managers ever. For over fifty years he has been involved in soccer at the highest level, as a player, coach, and international coach. He was sacked from his first management position at Fulham, he was hounded by the press while England's coach, and has twice recovered from cancer. Bob Harris, a close acquaintance of Sir Bobby's, tells the football manager's own story, which is interlaced with stories and anecdotes from many of the most famous names in football.

Genres: Football, Biography

224 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2003

About the author

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CUF Lecturer, British History
Worcester College

Selected Publications:

* Politics and the Nation: Britain in the Mid- Eighteenth Century. (Oxford, 2002) 392pp.
* 'The Scots, the Westminster Parliament, and the British State in the Eighteenth Century' in Parliaments, Nations and Identities in Britain and Ireland, 1660-1850. (Manchester , 2003) pp. 124-145
* (ed.) Scotland in the Age of the French Revolution . (Edinburgh, 2005) 1-22, 49-78, 164-195pp.
* 'Scottish-English Connections in the British Radicalism of the 1790s' in Anglo-Scottish Relations from 1603 to 1900. Vol 127 (Oxford , 2005) pp. 189-212

Reviews

[Shonaigh · Rating 4 out of 5]

A true gentleman of the game. A remarkable man who had a fantastic career most notably as manager. Pioneering, he was one of the few English managers to venture out of the comfort of his own country. The book touches on his life as a player, what it was like growing up in post-war Britain and of course his life in management. The book opens at his first stage in life, his childhood in the North East and from there takes you on a journey through his life. I particularly enjoyed the chapters discussing his years managing the English national team. The docu-film "One Night In Turin" painted it well, the media relationship and reaction but it was quite another thing reading it in print. Unbelievable the level of hate aimed at Robson during that time, pressure they put him and his team under and them proclaiming he should be sacked. Not much has changed even still and that same sort of sensationalism is part of the media circus around the England team. A great book, interesting, full of detail and one that is impossible to put down. Fascinating to read about how the game has changed over the years. It is a great pity that there aren't more men like Sir Bobby in football.

[Vasco Gomes · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent book, that tells the life and story of one of the gratest managers that ever lived. He was a man that love football and had a great career.
I loved reading this book, and i will recommend it to anyone that likes football.