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Farewell But Not Goodbye - Sir Bobby Robson

Description: ISBN 0340823461 / Author: Bobby Robson / Genre: Sports / Bobby Robson is a legend in British football, and his autobiography, Farewell ... more

Farewell But Not Goodbye - Sir Bobby Robson ... but not Goodbye, is a lively and dramatic picture of a life lived in and for the Beautiful Game. While Robson has been granted almost godlike status in Newcastle and the North East, his career has touched on every aspect of the national sport. The book describes his days as a player for Fulham and West Brom in the 50s and 60s, the 20 England caps he collected over the years and (of course) his spectacularly successful career in management (all 40 years of it); there is no career quite like this in English football.

Newest Review: ... old characters of the game and it only makes me wish we could go back to simpler times when clubs could compete on a level ... more

... playing field and everything wasn’t dissected by constant media attention. You may have read one about one of Ashley Coles revelations in this book recently that he had to pull over distraught at the fact that he was only being offered £55,000 a week instead of £60,000. Well sadly there’s no heartbreaking stories on that level in Robson’s book but then Cole’s tale of woe is hard to beat. Instead this book starts with a young boy in a working class family up north where times were hard and people worked hard to earn a l...more

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Farewell But Not Goodbye - Sir Bobby Robson: The League Of Gentleman (757 words)
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There would be very few people associated with Ipswich Town FC who would get a good reception at local rivals Norwich City. However Bobby Robson is one gentleman of the game who goes beyond football rivalry. Farewell But Not Goodbye is the autobiography of the man, telling his story from his upbringing, through his various coaching jaunts in Europe and culminating in his last managerial position at Newcastle United. Now in the current climate of the game it seems that if you’ve been in football for all of five minutes then it means your story is full of anecdotes, amusing stories and what not. Step forward the likes of Beckham, Rio, Lampard, ... Read the complete review