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My Life in Football Kevin Keegan

My Life in Football By Kevin Keegan

My Life in Football by Kevin Keegan


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Summary

The autobiography of the iconic, hugely influential and well-loved former English football player and manager.

My Life in Football Summary

My Life in Football: The Autobiography by Kevin Keegan

The phenomenal Sunday Times bestseller

Kevin Keegan is one of the greatest players in English football history, famed for his style on the pitch, his relentless ambition and passion for the game.

'And I'll tell you, honestly, I will love it if we beat them. Love it!!!'
Kevin Keegan, 1996

In My Life in Football Keegan tells the story of his remarkable rise through the sport, from the Peglers Brass Works reserve team in Doncaster to helping Liverpool become the kings of Europe, winning a Bundesliga title with Hamburg and captaining England. Keegan was recognised around the world as one of the sport's genuine superstars and remains the only Englishman to win the Ballon d'Or twice.

As a manager, Keegan's five-year spell in charge at Newcastle is now legendary; he led the club from the depths of the old Second Division to the brink of the Premier League title with a breathtaking vision and flamboyant style that saw his team dubbed 'The Entertainers'.

Fifty years since making his professional debut, Keegan tells the full story of the exhilarating highs and excruciating lows, from that epic battle with Sir Alex Ferguson and Manchester United in the 1995-6 season, as well as the pain of managing England and, finally, the shattering truth about his unhappy return to Newcastle in the controversial Mike Ashley era.

Brilliant, funny, passionate, deeply moving and incredibly honest, My Life in Football is the story of the miner's son from Doncaster who became a superstar and was known to his adoring fans as 'King Kev'.

My Life in Football Reviews

Kevin Keegan is everything a man should be -- Bill Shankley
People are saying Kevin Keegan leaving is like the Queen dying, but it's worse than that -- John Regan, secretary of the Newcastle Independent Supporters' Association
Kevin Keegan was like the Pied Piper of Tyneside -- Alan Shearer
No other player in the world - not even Pele or Maradona - could have rejuvenated Tyneside the way Kevin Keegan has done -- Jackie Millburn, Newcastle legend

About Kevin Keegan

Kevin Keegan's glittering career includes domestic and European glory with Liverpool and Hamburg and leaves him as the only English footballer in history to win the Ballon d'Or twice.

As a player, Keegan's six years at Liverpool included three league championships, the European Cup, two UEFA Cups and the FA Cup before leaving Anfield in 1977 to cement his superstar status with Hamburg, leading them to a Bundesliga title and a European Cup final.

Keegan captained the England national team and won the Golden Boot at Southampton before finishing his playing career in dramatic style at Newcastle United, the club he later transformed in his now-legendary spell as manager.

Famously, Keegan guided Newcastle from near-extinction to the brink of a Premier League title, playing a style of football that earned them the nickname of The Entertainers and featuring the never-forgotten 1995-6 championship chase with Manchester United. He went on to manage England, in between spells at Fulham and Manchester City, and later returned to Newcastle, desperately hoping he could bring success to the city that knew him as the Messiah.

Daniel Taylor is the chief football writer for the Guardian and the Observer. He has been named Football Journalist of the Year three times by the Sports Journalists' Association, as well as winning numerous other awards. He started working at the Guardian in 2000 and has covered five World Cups for the newspaper. This is his fifth book.

Table of Contents

  • Chapter - 1: Going Back
  • Chapter - 2: Goals And Groceries
  • Chapter - 3: The First Rung
  • Chapter - 4: This Is Anfield
  • Chapter - 5: European Champions
  • Chapter - 6: An Englishman Abroad
  • Chapter - 7: Saints Alive
  • Chapter - 8: 'Not You, Keegan'
  • Chapter - 9: We're In Heaven
  • Chapter - 10: To Be Home Again
  • Chapter - 11: The Great Escape
  • Chapter - 12: Watch Out, Alex
  • Chapter - 13: Riding The Monster
  • Chapter - 14: So Near Yet So Far
  • Chapter - 15: London Life
  • Chapter - 16: The Poisoned Chalice
  • Chapter - 17: Blue Moon
  • Chapter - 18: Cityitis
  • Chapter - 19: My Big Mistake
  • Chapter - 20: Trials And Tribulations
  • Chapter - 21: Good Times
    • Section - i: Index

Additional information

GOR009434342
9781509877201
1509877207
My Life in Football: The Autobiography by Kevin Keegan
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Pan Macmillan
2018-10-04
352
N/A
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