A Life in Football: My Autobiography

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How you can have two polarising opinions about a person / event in the same book, sometimes a few sentences apart is beyond me and grew frustrating with each occurrence.

Wright also played in the Premier League for West Ham United, the Scottish Premier League for Celtic and the Football League for Burnley and Nottingham Forest.Wright scored 185 goals from 288 appearances (279 starts) for Arsenal, and scored eleven hat-tricks for them, a total surpassed only by Jimmy Brain and Jack Lambert. Of all the great on-field and trophy-holding photos of Wrighty that's the best they could come up with? I think a lot of fans memories of Wrighty have been tarnished by his stance on all things Arsenal and AW. Van Persie scores against 17 Premier League opponents in one season to match record set by Arsenal legend Ian Wright".

He made his final international appearance, a month later, in a friendly against the Czech Republic at Wembley. One of the most interesting and relevant figures in modern football, Arsenal legend Ian Wright reveals all about his extraordinary life and career in this gripping, thoughtful memoir that is nothing like the standard footballer's autobiography we are expected to see. Ian Wright comes across in the book much like he does on TV - funny, knowledgable, totally aware of where he come from and how fortunate he has been in his life.Bryan Robson quietly told me to take no notice of him, and while I appreciated that support, it didn’t make that game any easier. Having impressed then-manager Steve Coppell, [4] he signed a professional contract for Crystal Palace in August 1985, just three months short of his 22nd birthday, the agreed fee being a set of weightlifting equipment. p>Sign up to the Little, Brown newsletter for news of upcoming publications, competitions and updates from our authors.

The few he fell out with (eg Vieira and Bergkamp) are too clever to dirty their bib with the club publicly as you never know when they might want to get back involved professionally with the club. Instantly he talks about how good George Graham was as a manager in terms of achievement but his acceptance of bungs ended his tenure as Arsenal manager. Remember he was part of a declining team that wasn't good enough to win the league by the time GG left. Not a standard memoir, this book is a thoughtful and entertaining insight into a Highbury Hero and one of the greatest and most idiosyncratic sports star of recent years.Terry Venables replaced Taylor as manager after the unsuccessful 1994 World Cup qualifying campaign [45] but Wright's appearances in the side became even more limited.

Good style, very readable if a little repetitive with the same anecdotes appearing 3-4 times throughout. Place of Publication London Date Published 2016 Pages 376 Keywords Non Fiction Autobiography Ian Wright Footballer Size 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In June 2014, whilst Wright was in Brazil working as a pundit for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, his wife Nancy was held at knifepoint as a gang burgled their family home, whilst their children were upstairs.As of the 2022–23 season [update], he is Arsenal's second highest goalscorer of all time, behind Thierry Henry who broke his record in 2005. He was later signed up by ITV to present his own chat show, Friday Night's All Wright, [65] where he interviewed celebrities such as Elton John, [66] Mariah Carey and Will Smith [67] which ran for two series. In his absence, Arsenal were eliminated in the semi-final by Chelsea, [33] ending their hopes of a domestic treble. Wrighty's characteristic honesty means his book is far more engrossing than most bland football autobiographies.