Gerrard: My Autobiography - Stephen Gerrard

Steven Gerrard is one of the most iconic footballers of the current generation. He is very much a player capable of playing a number of roles on the pitch, possessing great tackling and passing ability, a vicious shot, and great athleticism. A local Liverpool lad, he joined the Liverpool FC youth setup at an early age. He rose steadily through the ranks and broke into the Liverpool first team in 1999. He was made captain of the club in 2003 and is also a key player in the England team. Widely recognised as one of the best footballers in the world, he has made over 450 appearances for Liverpool and scored over 100 goals. In that time he has won every major club honour ...  Read the complete review

GERRARD is the title of Liverpool and England central midfielder Stephen Gerrard's autobiography. Gerrard writes about his childhood growing up in a deprived area of Liverpool. There is nothing in this section that is particularly interesting apart from his love for football is evident at an early age. When he is signed up by Liverpool, Gerrard writes about his joy of getting the chance to become a professional footballer. There is a heartfelt section on the Hillsborough disaster as Gerrard's cousin was killed during this disaster and he says that his cousin's memory helps drive him on. When making his first team debut Gerrard talks about the buzz ...  Read the complete review

Believe me it is difficult, very very difficult. A thinker as he is on the field and his book proves that he is more than that- a thinker and a philosopher too. Other wise how can one explain the passion, the honesty, his beliefs, his philosophy of life as footballer of the highest class and a true family man, who has not put either his profession above his family and visa versa. How many celebrities, forget about football celebrities, has been able to do it ? He has been able to balance these two so admirably simply because being a celebrity, a private figure he never forgot HE IS FIRST A HUMAN BEING and then anything else. No wonder human values never over-rode his ...  Read the complete review

In my opinion many, many people write their autobiographies far too early in life in an effort to generate some easy cash and for me Stephen Gerrard did exactly that when he wrote his. Surely his motive could not have been money though because as a premiership footballer playing for Liverpool he certainly could not need extra money. Don`t get me wrong the book was not a bad read but it just seemed as if he was wringing every ounce of information out of every story to get enough to fill the pages. Autobiographies should be written by people who have lived their life, not by people that are still wet behind the ears. If he had ...  Read the complete review

As a Liverpool fan I was looking forward to this book and whilst not the best read you will ver have in your life, for any Liverpool fan I think this has to be essential reading from our inspirational captain. I cannot help thinking though that at the age of 26 or whatever he was when this was written, life has only just begun and I can see a second part coming out in the future. Regardless of this, what I particularly like about this book is the fact that he gives personal accounts of certain football matches throughout as well as his view on what actually happened when Chelsea were chasing his signature a couple of years ago. Of most interest is likely to be his ...  Read the complete review