{"product_id":"how-to-be-a-footballer-paperback","title":"How to Be a Footballer - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Crouch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**Winner of the 2018 Telegraph Sports Book Awards Sports Bestseller of the Year**\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Very funny on almost every page, wonderfully self-deprecating and very sharp on the ludicrous behaviour of the modern player' - \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The funniest man in British sport' - \u003ci\u003eMetro\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFeatured on BBC Radio 2 with Chris Evans \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYou become a footballer because you love football. And then you are a footballer, and you're suddenly in the strangest, most baffling world of all. A world where one team-mate comes to training in a bright red suit with matching top-hat, cane and glasses, without any actual glass in them, and another has so many sports cars they forget they have left a Porsche at the train station. Even when their surname is incorporated in the registration plate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo walk with me into the dressing-room, to find out which players refuse to touch a football before a game, to discover why a load of millionaires never have any shower-gel, and to hear what Cristiano Ronaldo says when he looks at himself in the mirror. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe will go into post-match interviews, make fools of ourselves on social media and try to ensure that we never again pay  250 for a haircut that should have cost a tenner. We'll be coached and cajoled by Harry Redknapp, upset Rafa Benitez and be soothed by the sound of an accordion played by Sven-Goran Eriksson's assistant Tord Grip. There will be some very bad music and some very bad decisions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI am Peter Crouch. This is \u003ci\u003eHow To Be A Footballer\u003c\/i\u003e. Shall we? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCan't get enough of Crouch? Tune into \u003ci\u003eThat Peter Crouch Podcast \u003c\/i\u003eon Radio 5 Live\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst things first: yes I am very tall, no the weather isn't different up here, and no I don't play basketball. Glad that's out the way. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI've been a professional footballer for 20 years, have 42 England caps, have scored over 100 Premier League goals and hold the record for the most headed goals in Premier League history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn my time I've been promoted, relegated, won trophies, gone months without scoring, been bought, sold, loaned and abused - and I've loved almost every moment of it.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.7 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 25, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770153763104,"sku":"9781785039782","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/fdaffe702b12273bad981d119d67f25c.webp?v=1780365897","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/how-to-be-a-footballer-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}