Tales From The Boot Camps by Ian Ridley - ISBN: 9780575402683
Paperback
The biography of Steve Claridge - as much a story of a Midlands cult-hero as a vivid portrait of life in the lower divisions of English football

Tales From The Boot Camps

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  • Paperback

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    1 November 2000

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Summary

Away from the glamour and wall-to-wall coverage of the Premiership lies the reality, for the majority of fans and players, of British football. From Claridge s early days with non-league Weymouth, to the Premiership with Leicester, and back to First-Division Portsmouth, Tales from the Boot Camps spans the lows of irregular salary payments and training sessions on dog-fouled carparks at Aldershot, and the highs of the last-minute win in a First Division play-off at Wembley, and on to the Premi…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780575402683
ISBN-10:0575402687
Author:Ian Ridley, Steve Claridge
Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
Imprint:Orion
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:288
Edition:2nd
Release Date:1 November 2000
Weight:278g
Dimensions:197mm x 133mm x 23mm
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Critics Review

A fascinating account

Ranks among the best football books of recent years * DAILY TELEGRAPH *Claridge is not just a character…it’s his utter inability to take football, or life, even remotely seriously which makes his book so entertaining * TOTAL SPORT *A fascinating account * FOURFOURTWO *A highly entertaining memoir * INDEPENDENT *

About The Author

Ian Ridley

Ian Ridley is a football columnist with the OBSERVER and a scriptwriter. He has written five books, including ADDICTED, the bestselling autobiography of Tony Adams.

Steve Claridge is currently a pundit for various football shows on the BBC. He is a former footballer, having played for numerous clubs, including Leicester and Portsmouth.

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