How to Be an Ex-Footballer

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And also agree that it was difficult to determine which bits were Crouchy and which bits were those he had written about. But, either way, both accomplishments are no mean feat and just as with a hat-trick the third goal seals the deal, so too does Crouch’s third book affirm what his previous two tomes pointed towards: Crouch is a natural and compelling storyteller. Joking aside, though, Crouch reflects on the fact that life after football often isn’t the fantasy many envision.

It’s a lot for anyone to get their head around, but for mostly young men who have only experienced life in a pampered, dreamlike bubble, it’s easy to see how navigating the real world can be a genuine challenge and why some prefer to leave their footballing pasts well and truly behind. When Billy can’t find the informant, he wonders if Kate is secretly harboring her, since the two grew close during Kate's weeks undercover. Crouch is an adequate TV pundit, no better or worse than some of his colleagues on BT Sports, but what he does have that some of the others don’t have is a sense of humour. It’s a reminder of footballers as human beings, their flaws and challenges, their addictions and struggles, their mistakes and reparations.And according to the residents of the Japanese island of Okinawa - the world's longest-living people - finding it is the key to a longer and more fulfilled life. Waking up 117 years later, Bob discovers his mind has been uploaded into a sentient space probe with the ability to replicate itself. The fig tree is there, too, when war breaks out, when the capital is reduced to ashes and rubble, when the teenagers vanish. Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive.

Eliminate negativity and change your life with best-selling author, happiness expert and life coach Domonique Bertolucci. Stalwart of Coventry City, Villa, Middlesbrough and Hull to name a few, Boateng hung up his boots in 2013 and is now assistant coach of the Ghana national team. I listened to the penguin audio version of this book and wasn’t as impressed with the presentation of that. However How to be an Ex Footballer as well as having its expected fill of funny anecdotes also has a darker side.In each episode you'll follow one person's journey, getting to listen in on their coaching sessions with Selina and following them as she sends them off on a task to try out a new career idea.

Despite the money increasingly in football, retiring young comes with very real psychological, emotional, physical and sometimes financial burdens, oftentimes which footballers just aren’t ready for, so while an image of a former tough-tackling midfielder living the life of riley in the Cotswolds may come to mind, in reality the shift into retirement and what that looks like can be much less appealing. Titled The Troubled, Crouch explores the darker side of retirement and reflects on those whose paths in and beyond football have been more problematic. Personally I prefer The Secret Footballers collection but Crouch being able to put names to stories and his own laidback style is a great touch. Then inevitably, when age catches up with them or injury strikes, these man-children are thrown out into the real world, utterly defenceless apart from their multi-million-pound bank accounts. The audiobook reflects Rhonda’s own journey and shares the most direct way out for those experiencing hardship and the path to end pain and suffering endured by so many, and it shines a light on a future without anxiety or fear.

A much-used word, karma is loosely understood as a system of checks and balances in our lives, of good actions and bad deeds, of good thoughts and bad intentions. Peter Crouch’s 3rd book is another examination of the lives of football players presented in Crouch’s inimitable style.

It is sobering to learn that ‘around 40% of ex players go bankrupt in the first 5 years after quitting, a 3rd get divorced. The 9 Step Negativity Detox is a powerful series that will teach you the nine simple steps to free you from the unnecessary causes of negativity in your life. Bringing their own unique and counter-balanced personalities to proceedings they ask questions such as: what is happiness? For David Goggins, childhood was a nightmare--poverty, prejudice, and physical abuse colored his days and haunted his nights. The only man in history to complete elite training as a Navy SEAL, Army Ranger, and Air Force tactical air controller, he went on to set records in numerous endurance events.Best-selling author Mark Manson brings his signature no-nonsense wisdom back to the subject he started his career covering: relationships. I felt this bisected his previous books in that it wasn’t quite as good as his first, but on a par or slightly better than his second. A surprisingly good read considering that I am not a great football fan but I have to say I enjoyed this book enormously. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Shame he didn’t narrate the audiobook, and the narrator didn’t differentiate very clearly between Crouch talking and his interviewees talking which made it hard to follow at times.