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Me, Family and the Making of a Footballer

Author: Jamie Redknapp
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ISBN: 9781472279378
Format: Paperback
Published: December 2020
Published By: Hachette Australia
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A richly-evoked and nostalgic memoir of childhood and adolescence from the Liverpool legend and son of Harry Redknapp. Features a family steeped in football and explores the father-son relationship between Harry and young Jamie with enormous warmth and charm.A richly-evoked and nostalgic memoir of childhood and adolescence from the Liverpool legend and son of Harry Redknapp. Features a family steeped in football and explores the father-son relationship between Harry and young Jamie with enormous warmth and charm.
For the Redknapp clan, football is a family concern; it's the family business. Me, Family and the Making of a Footballer is a deeply moving, heartfelt and beautifully personal account of growing up as the second son of Harry Redknapp, and also an enchanting love letter to football.

I'm Jamie Redknapp. Chances are my surname rings a bell. I want to introduce you to a colourful cast of characters from my formative years.

Growing up, Dad and grandad 'Pop' told us tall stories from London's East End, but there was no artistic licence needed when I was actually kicking a ball about with legends like George Best, Bobby Moore, and Geoff Hurst.

This book is the story of my childhood and adolescence. Like many others, I guess it's a pretty typical mix of caravans and lollies, sweaty T-shirts and paper rounds, cheese sandwiches and Glacier Mints, The A Team, E.T. and Chinese takeaways.

But this is also the story of a journey through an extraordinary childhood obsession with football. One minute it was all about Shoot! magazine, endless keepy-ups and countless impromptu kickabouts. The next, I'm playing for Bournemouth Reserves against terrifying, fully-grown men.

Then I got my move to Kenny Dalglish's Liverpool. I might've been living off gristly sausages and Smash potato in my dingy digs up on Merseyside, but I was living the dream. I was desperately hoping it was the start of something special.

Writing Me, Family and the Making of a Footballer has helped me discover so much about myself. This book is my way of explaining who and what have made me ... well, me.
ISBN: 9781472279378
Number of Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
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Published Date: 08-Dec-2020
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Publisher: Hachette Australia

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