Has anyone read it? Is it worth a read?

I've just finished Newtons book which I enjoyed, apart from how it all ended obviously.

I enjoyed Senior's. Not a bad read.

Shame he didn't have the cojones to name the other Leeds players taking illegal supplements but fair play to him for admitting that the original cold remedy defence when he got busted was a load of bull. Top players certainly do get looked after.

its an excellent read, highly reccomended. Next rugby book on my list will be John Kear's due out in November I believe.

Decent read aye.

Good read. Sort out a curry and i'll bring it for you

Newtons book is a great read.
Longs is rather funny but not a great insight into the sport.
Barries is again a good read, intresting to read about his early years at wigan and breaking through to the first team

Best one i've read so far is "dont die with the music in you" Wayne bennett. If that book doesnt inspire you to do better in life theres sommat up with you!

Summat up with me then.

I found it a tired collection of cliches and mantras. Well, that chapters I read before I gave up, with or without the music in me.

His 20 years a Bronco is much better, IMO.

Not just you.

The mantra appears to be that it's a Wayne Bennett book therefore it must be great.

It's tedious and probably written in half an hour as he gathered together his collection of quotations.

I gave up on it after about page 10.

There are some good,lesser known titles still available. Terry Clawson,Roger Millward,Dean Sampson,Dean Bell,Kevin Ward. The great John Holmes and Mick Shoebottom's books are good too. Pity Ellery Hanley never did one,that would be an interesting read.

Kevin wards was total rubbish. Very disappointing

Got Lee Crooks book [i"From Hull to Hell and back"[/i a few months ago but haven't got around to reading it yet. I'm reliably informed it's a good read though.

oh forgot about that one. Its a brilliant read. Whatever you think of Crooksie he tells it as it is.

I rarely read sporting autbiographies these days. They have a bad habit of just being a collection of memories of the "then I signed for [insert name of club and then when I got there I remember [insert name of player or coach said/did [insert vaguely amusing line or prank. We beat [insert name of other club in my first name. I scored a try and everything and my mum was really happy."

Sort of an extended version of "what I did in the school holidays" really. Plus, nowadays since almost everyone who has ever participated in any form of professional sport will have "written" at least one book, the competitive market creates a need to do more and more sensational kiss-and-tell rubbish about your former colleagues. Notably usually not naming the colleague involved. Raising obvious questions about whether it is, in fact, just some s**t you made up to sell books.

Normally order the books from the library. Don't feel so bad if the book turns out to be dull
Not read any sports biography that is a patch on Lance Armstrong's 'Not about the bike'

Did enjoy Newton though, and probably more that he is no longer with us.

I've heard differently, not that I've read it. I've heard he tells it how he thinks it is. EG, in one chapter he moans about how he was never taken seriously be the GB selectors and the in the very next chapter he states he got pished before a midweek tour match and didn't try very hard.

Bobbie Goulding's book is going to be awesome. Just you all wait and see...

Thanks for the replies. Don't think I'll have the chance to organise a curry before a week Saturday tad but thanks for the offer.

Have a go at Robbie Williams' , or Dale Winton's books . Interesting reading . Keef's is quite good in that it does give you quite an insight into where he came from , where it very nearly all went wrong , and that for a few close shaves (pun intended) we might never even have heard of him .
Love celeb books me . There are some very interesting ones out there .

Agree with that, a fantastic read.

I'm with El Diablo in that sporting auto-biographies tend to be repetitive drivel about games they've played in and little else to be honest. Brad Fittler's book being a case in point.

I have a copy of Lance Armstrong's book in my waiting list shelf. This I have bought because I feel there is a story more remarkable than mere sport in there and I am interested to read it. I will (and do) read sporting biographies if I suspect that they are truly interesting stories, not just about sport.

Doesn't always work. Freddie Flintoff's was zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. One of my favourites is "Hands of Stone: The life and legend of Roberto Duran" which I would recommend to anyone who likes boxing, and most people who don't.

I've never read and never owned a sporting biography/autobiography. Many sportsman are barely interesting doing the sport bit.

Senior's was OK but not as good as Barrie's or Newton's for me.

Sean Long's was dreadful, but at least the content seemed to match the individual.

Buderus' was pretty dull after the early parts.

In other sports I agree with the comment above that Flintoff's was awful. I did however find Matthew Hoggard, Graeme Swann and Marcus Trescothick's books to be interesting reads.

I read Tony Adam's and Vinnie's Jones' year ago and thought the first was excellent, the latter on a par (perhaps slightly better) with longs.

Peter Risdale's about Leeds United was interesting if slightly unbeliveable.

Former liverpool hardman tommy smith wrote a great autobiography. Well worth a read

Agree re flintoffs book. Always liked him and was very dissapointed. For me one of the better recent rugby books was Barrie mac's