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Forget Torres, Rooney, Beckham and the like. This is what football is really about. One man's story of a career in the lower leagues. Chris Hargreaves has been a professional footballer for twenty years. Having started out as a youth team player at Everton he made his debut for Grimsby Town in 1989 and was earmarked as their first million pound sale.It never happened.Instead he went on to play for Scarborough, Hull City, West Brom, Hereford United, Plymouth Argyle, Northampton Town, Brentford, Oxford United and Torquay United.Where's Your Caravan? is the sort of football memoir we don't see enough of these days - an account of life in the lower leagues. It takes us from his wild youth - lots of sex and drugs and drink - through to domesticated family man - school runs and flatpack furniture with plenty of football in between.
This memoir investigates the reality of a professional football career lived entirely outside the spotlight of the elite Premier League. Chris Hargreaves, a veteran of twenty years in the lower divisions of English football, provides a candid look at the financial, physical, and personal demands of playing for clubs like Grimsby Town, Plymouth Argyle, and Torquay United. By contrasting his early years of excess with his later life as a family man, he illustrates the transition from a hopeful youth prospect to a seasoned professional navigating the B-roads of the sport.
What You Will Find
This work offers a grounded, unvarnished look at the professional football industry far removed from the glamour of international stardom. The narrative provides a practical, first-hand account of the career trajectory typical for the vast majority of professional athletes.
Page Count:
272
Publication Date:
2011-01-01
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers Limited
ISBN-10:
0007364148
ISBN-13:
9780007364145
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