Stan: Tackling My Demons - Stan Collymore

On the face of it Stan Collymore is a footballing cliché in every way, but the fact he's articulate and intelligent contradicts that expectation on his life and the man when you read this biography. Half-caste by birth and half-caste by nature; if ever a man was being pulled apart by those two colours it's this guy. You can almost feel that neurosis in his writing that why couldn't he be one or the other. You won't catch Stan Collymore talking in patois on the training ground to define his place in the group. What I like about this book early on is it's a type B biography. The best kind. Type A is when the protagonist is still playing and so not looking to ...  Read the complete review