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Journeyman: One Man´s Odyssey Through the Lower Leagues of English Football
Ben Smith
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Description for Journeyman: One Man´s Odyssey Through the Lower Leagues of English Football
Paperback. .
Ben Smith: Professional footballer. Recognise the name? Of course you don't. That's because most of Smith's years in the game were spent outside the vaunted, big-money environs of the Premier League - and this sporting memoir is all the more entertaining as a result.1995: an adolescent Ben arrives at the training ground of one of England's biggest clubs to begin his journey and realise his dream of playing top-flight professional football. Aged just sixteen, he shares pre-season sessions at Arsenal with the likes of Dennis Bergkamp and Ian Wright. Surely this is the start of a stellar career?Instead, the next ... Read more
Ben Smith: Professional footballer. Recognise the name? Of course you don't. That's because most of Smith's years in the game were spent outside the vaunted, big-money environs of the Premier League - and this sporting memoir is all the more entertaining as a result.1995: an adolescent Ben arrives at the training ground of one of England's biggest clubs to begin his journey and realise his dream of playing top-flight professional football. Aged just sixteen, he shares pre-season sessions at Arsenal with the likes of Dennis Bergkamp and Ian Wright. Surely this is the start of a stellar career?Instead, the next ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Biteback Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
432g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849548540
SKU
V9781849548540
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Ben Smith
Ben Smith enjoyed a seventeen-year career as a professional footballer at clubs including Arsenal, Reading, Yeovil, Hereford, Crawley, Shrewsbury, Weymouth, Southend and Kettering. He lives near Witham in Essex and works as a youth coach at Brighton & Hove Albion. This is his first book.
Reviews for Journeyman: One Man´s Odyssey Through the Lower Leagues of English Football
Put down the latest predictable ghost written life story of a pampered Premier League star for this eye opening chronicle. John Richardson, Sunday Express 5/5 The playmaker lifts the lid on lower-league life at Hereford, Crawley and beyond. FourFourTwo