Description
Product ID: | 9781035006427 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Cheers, Geoff! |
Subtitle: | Tales from the Touchline |
Authors: | Author: Geoff Shreeves |
Page Count: | 304 |
Subjects: | Television, Television, Autobiography: sport, Association football (Soccer), Autobiography: sport, Football (Soccer, Association football), c 1990 to c 2000 |
Description: | Select Guide Rating The most respected pitchside reporter in football share incredible stories – on and off the field – from more than thirty years at the forefront of the beautiful game. <p><b><i>The Times </i>Sports Books of the Year<br><br>'Cracking read . . . loved it' – Piers Morgan<br><br>'Packed with brilliant anecdotes about the biggest names' – <i>The Mirror</i><br><br>With a foreward from Alan Shearer.</b><br><br>There are just a handful of people who have been ever-present for the thirty years of the Premier League, but only one person has been at the very epicentre for the entire period: Geoff Shreeves. From signalling the very first ball to be kicked on Sky’s Premier League coverage to facing down Sir Alex Ferguson’s wrath (on countless occasions), Geoff is an integral part of the football fabric, respected by everybody in the game while still asking the toughest questions. Geoff’s interviews with Cristiano Ronaldo, Arsène Wenger, Frank Lampard and Alan Shearer have become the stuff of legend, but it is his close personal relationships with the game’s star names that really sets him apart.<br><br>Packed full of hilarious stories on and off the pitch – including trying to teach Sir Michael Caine how to act, a frightening encounter with Mike Tyson, as well as getting a lift home from the World Cup with Mick Jagger – <i>Cheers, Geoff! </i>is a must-read autobiography for any fan of the beautiful game. A natural storyteller, Geoff brings an astonishing catalogue of tales to life with his unique brand of experience, insight and humour.<br><br><b>'A legend' – Arsène Wenger</b><br><br><b>'No one handles the big moments better' – Jordan Henderson</b></p> |
Imprint Name: | Pan Books |
Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2023-11-09 |