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Bobby Robson: Farewell But Not Goodbye - My Autobiography
by Sir Bobby Robson, Paul Hayward
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Audio Books (2005-07-27)
ISBN: 1844560406
EAN: 9781844560400
Dewey Decimal #: 796
Binding/Media: Audio Cassette
SKU: S180t-1045
Condition: New
Comments: Sealed and New. Case may be cracked but goods inside as new. In stock - Sent fast from British booksellers.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Revered in Newcastle and the North-East, Sir Bobby Robson is a man whose fame knows no boundaries and who enjoys phenomenal popularity. His hugely successful playing days with Fulham and West Brom in the 1950s and 60s, his twenty England caps and his brilliant management career over the past thirty-eight years mean that he has inspired generations of fans. He has been witness to some of the most historic sporting moments throughout his incredible career, and in his book remembers epic incidents from the 'Hand of God' to the tears of Gazza. He also relives leading England through two World Cups, and the pain of coming within a penalty kick of the 1990 World Cup final. Sir Bobby's story is a rich and diverse one and this autobiography will celebrate his remarkable life.
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Customer Reviews
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An eye watering journey down memory lane. Enjoy.
Rating  (5)
Date: 2007-03-20
For a lover of the game this book was just awesome. Sir Bobby is not yet done, though his days in the limelight are certainly past, this book captures many of the times, and goals, and games, that led to establishment of one of the games most brilliant and well respected managers. Watching Sir Alex Ferguson, the Manchester United Manager, chew his gum and spit it into his right hand just a second before he shakes your hands, shows the vast difference between the two men. Both are brilliant football/soccer tacticians but only Sir Bobby is a gentleman. One of the last. An eye watering journey down memory lane. Enjoy.
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A huge disappointment
Rating  (2)
Date: 2005-12-27
0 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
You might think it would be hard for a former manager of the England soccer team (and a good one at that), a former England player as well as one of the best club managers of his generation to produce a boring book about his exploits, but Bobby Robson has done just that. This has all the hallmarks of a work which was slapped down onto paper with no planning at all. We jerk around from his playing career (we never learn how he became a player) to management of Ipswich, then a backwater club in England. He wins a major European soccer title (something little short of astonishing) but gives us no idea how he did it, how he managed to inspire a collection of largely obscure players to great heights. Instead we have a boring list of "We beat this side, and then that side, and then another side" and before we know it he's in Holland, then Spain and then a chapter later he's back in England, always whining on about money. The man must be a millionaire many times over but we're treated to endless paragraphs about how he fought for the money he felt he was entitled to. In short, this is an awful book.
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