We All Live in a Perry Groves World - Perry Groves

As a football fan one of my pet hates is current players bringing out their stories...WHY? How can the likes of Rooney, Ferdinand, Cole etc bring out their stories when some are barely a few years into their careers? Well, other than the big cheque dangled by the publisher. I much prefer the tales from a player who has been there, done that, got the sick-stained t-shirt and ideally from an era when footballers weren't pampered, every detail wasn't in the press and they're now not afraid to dish the dirt. Groves ticks everyone of those boxes. Himself coming through the lower-leagues and by his own admission not the greatest footballer, he worked ...  Read the complete review

As it’s nearly Halloween I couldn’t think of a more appropriate book to review. Not because this is particularly haunting or anything, but because there’s definitely a ghost around-the bloke who obviously wrote it! From the little I do know about Perry Groves before I read this enjoyable autobiography was that he probably couldn’t even write his name, let alone this hilarious football book that sold surprisingly well over the summer. Therefore at least half the credit should go to co-writer John McShane. The dust cover also bellows plenty of acclaim, The Guardian hack saying its: “bloody brilliant’, The Telegraph coming back with: “A Publishing phenomena”. The more ...  Read the complete review