How to Be an Ex-Footballer How to Be an Ex-Footballer

How to Be an Ex-Footballer

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Publisher Description

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The funniest man in British sport - Metro

Peter Crouch is a comedy genius - Daily Mail

Often recruited before they've worn long trousers, today's footballers become superstars who earn huge amounts without ever learning much about the world beyond the training ground. Coddled by their support teams, everything is done for them. They live their lives in the glaring media spotlight, yet only really develop one life skill - how to kick a ball better. 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.

So what do these Peter Pans, whose careers end just as most people's are getting going, do with the rest of their lives? Crouch speaks from his own experience and discusses with fellow former professionals too - just how do you safely release a near seven-foot striker back into the wild?

Peter goes in search of the answer to what his second career might be and encounters stories far more bizarre than anything you'll find on the pitch. From the pleasure and pain of management to the lessons we can learn from Jamie Carragher and Joe Cole on not going to seed. From those staying in the sport - the diehard veterans, coaches, managers, owners and of course the legion of pundits, to those moving on to pastures new. Peter talks to entrepreneurs, men of the cloth, eco warriors, artists, private detectives and budding actors, as well as those who've lost their way in addiction, crime and NFTs.

When the final whistle blows, it's still all to play for.

© 2022 Peter Crouch (P)2022 Penguin Audio

GENRE
Biography
NARRATOR
SD
Simon Darwen
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
07:54
hr min
RELEASED
2022
27 October
PUBLISHER
Ebury Publishing
SIZE
507.1
MB

Customer Reviews

michael67oc ,

Crouch - How to be an ex-footballer

Good story. Would have been so much better if Peter had taken the time to read it for us. Not that it was a bad read. But if he has time for podcasts, he could spare a few hours to read the book!!

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Horselover685 ,

Good listen

Good listen but not narrated by crouchey like the last two.

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