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Taking le Tiss
Matt Le Tissier
The fascinating, insightful and at times hilarious memoirs of one of the most gifted and enigmatic British footballers of the last 25 years.Nicknamed "Le God" by the Southampton faithful, Matt Le Tissier was not cast from the same mould as 99% of other professional footballers. A real "one-off" if ever there was one, he was a one-club man in a 16-year career that brought little in the way of trophies but countless plaudits from footballs fans and commentators alike.To the old school brigade he was a "luxury player", someone with a less than ideal work rate and waistline who simply wouldn't conform to the blueprint of a typically hard-working, unsophisticated British player. Terry Venables and Glenn Hoddle found it all too easy to leave him out of their England squads.But to the vast majority Le Tissier was a maverick to be treasured, a flair player who lit up every match he played in and delighted fans with his sumptuous technique and élan for the beautiful game. In fact, the kind of skilful, inventive player and scorer of wonderful goals this country produces all too rarely.Did he simply enjoy the comfort zone of being a big fish in a small pond? Or did he display commendable loyalty in staying with Southampton for his entire career? Did he shun opportunities to move on? Were England managers right not to pick him so many times? Would Fabio Capello pick him for England now? Does the British game discourage his style of play? And how much would he be worth in today's transfer market?Taking Le Tiss is the great man's first chance to answer all these questions and many more. It is also a delightfully self-deprecating and witty story from a player who was more of a Big-Mac-and-fries than a chicken-and-beans man.
Taking Le Tiss
My Autobiography
Matt Le Tissier
Copyright (#ulink_d9fcd0c1-699e-585c-ba69-a994c7bcb70c)
First published in 2009 by
HarperSport
an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF www.harpercollins.co.uk (http://www.harpercollins.co.uk)
© Matt Le Tissier 2009
Matt Le Tissier asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work
A catalogue record of this book is available from the British Library
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this ebook on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins ebooks
Source ISBN: 9780007310913
Ebook Edition © AUGUST 2009 ISBN: 9780007341085
Version: 2018-06-18
All photographs provided courtesy of the author or the Southern Daily Echo with the exception of: Guernsey Press 2t, 2br; Brian J. Green 3t; Press Association 5t, 7b, 8m; Solent News 11t
To my wife,
my children and my parents
Table of Contents
Cover Page (#u553ab63a-e685-5351-b0fb-baaac47be468)
Title Page (#ua105d917-bff1-5efd-96cf-3a0cefa03959)
Copyright (#u8a5555f3-0376-5acf-b0d0-63755708e3ca)
Dedication (#u036c7274-e2a5-5cd8-ae72-79e9ef541046)
Foreword (#u93c6958a-3d4d-56ec-967d-2ff4c85bad5c)
Introduction (#u0207b760-8472-5974-8dc5-1cb05aef85bf)
Preface (#ubbfdd4f0-59a5-5b4b-946f-99c384e89410)
1 - HOD’S LAW (#u770853ec-7ba9-5e22-b4b6-53be7350a028)
2 - SOUTHAMPTON HERE I COME (#u108bc88a-29c1-5835-8030-189dd91d6660)
3 - KNOCKED INTO SHAPE BY THE HAIRDRIER (#ubb700227-f3c1-5083-b459-9607a41c7998)
4 - IT’S STUART PEARCE—‘OH…MY…GOD!’ (#ua859280c-7330-5bcc-8bf2-5a0b0a7658e8)
5 - I GET RON ATKINSON FIRED AND FERGIE HIRED (#u9e35343c-a766-5c92-8dca-dae0aec5fe4a)
6 - PUNCH UPS, HANGOVERS AND LADY BOYS (#u1db1092d-eaa4-54ec-8b35-4f1c438d004a)
7 - DODGY REFS AND HAT TRICKS (#u4b047035-eb7b-5859-b01d-48d606986f81)
8 - WHY I TOLD SOUNESS, HODDLE AND VENABLES TO GET LOST (#u0f572445-c523-5ab8-86df-64a6952217ad)
9 - IAN WHO? (#litres_trial_promo)
10 - HOW TO GET A MANAGER SACKED (#litres_trial_promo)
11 - GET THE BALL TO TISS (#litres_trial_promo)
12 - ONE DRUNK GAFFER AND A MATCHFIXING SCANDAL (#litres_trial_promo)
13 - FINAL DAY COCK-UP (#litres_trial_promo)
14 - SUBBED BY A FISH UP A TREE or PEOPLE CALLED RUPERT SHOULD NOT RUN FOOTBALL CLUBS (#litres_trial_promo)
15 - LAWRIE OUT, DAVE JONES IN (#litres_trial_promo)
16 - LAST-DAY ESCAPE (#litres_trial_promo)
17 - SAINT AND SINNER (#litres_trial_promo)
18 - GLENN, CHIPS AND FRY-UPS (#litres_trial_promo)
19 - MATT OUT OF DELL (#litres_trial_promo)
20 - END OF THE ROAD (#litres_trial_promo)
21 - FROM FINAL TO FARCE (#litres_trial_promo)
22 - LOWE DOWN (#litres_trial_promo)
23 - THEY THINK IT’S ALL OVER (#litres_trial_promo)
Matt Le Tissier
The fascinating, insightful and at times hilarious memoirs of one of the most gifted and enigmatic British footballers of the last 25 years.Nicknamed "Le God" by the Southampton faithful, Matt Le Tissier was not cast from the same mould as 99% of other professional footballers. A real "one-off" if ever there was one, he was a one-club man in a 16-year career that brought little in the way of trophies but countless plaudits from footballs fans and commentators alike.To the old school brigade he was a "luxury player", someone with a less than ideal work rate and waistline who simply wouldn't conform to the blueprint of a typically hard-working, unsophisticated British player. Terry Venables and Glenn Hoddle found it all too easy to leave him out of their England squads.But to the vast majority Le Tissier was a maverick to be treasured, a flair player who lit up every match he played in and delighted fans with his sumptuous technique and élan for the beautiful game. In fact, the kind of skilful, inventive player and scorer of wonderful goals this country produces all too rarely.Did he simply enjoy the comfort zone of being a big fish in a small pond? Or did he display commendable loyalty in staying with Southampton for his entire career? Did he shun opportunities to move on? Were England managers right not to pick him so many times? Would Fabio Capello pick him for England now? Does the British game discourage his style of play? And how much would he be worth in today's transfer market?Taking Le Tiss is the great man's first chance to answer all these questions and many more. It is also a delightfully self-deprecating and witty story from a player who was more of a Big-Mac-and-fries than a chicken-and-beans man.
Taking Le Tiss
My Autobiography
Matt Le Tissier
Copyright (#ulink_d9fcd0c1-699e-585c-ba69-a994c7bcb70c)
First published in 2009 by
HarperSport
an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF www.harpercollins.co.uk (http://www.harpercollins.co.uk)
© Matt Le Tissier 2009
Matt Le Tissier asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work
A catalogue record of this book is available from the British Library
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this ebook on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins ebooks
Source ISBN: 9780007310913
Ebook Edition © AUGUST 2009 ISBN: 9780007341085
Version: 2018-06-18
All photographs provided courtesy of the author or the Southern Daily Echo with the exception of: Guernsey Press 2t, 2br; Brian J. Green 3t; Press Association 5t, 7b, 8m; Solent News 11t
To my wife,
my children and my parents
Table of Contents
Cover Page (#u553ab63a-e685-5351-b0fb-baaac47be468)
Title Page (#ua105d917-bff1-5efd-96cf-3a0cefa03959)
Copyright (#u8a5555f3-0376-5acf-b0d0-63755708e3ca)
Dedication (#u036c7274-e2a5-5cd8-ae72-79e9ef541046)
Foreword (#u93c6958a-3d4d-56ec-967d-2ff4c85bad5c)
Introduction (#u0207b760-8472-5974-8dc5-1cb05aef85bf)
Preface (#ubbfdd4f0-59a5-5b4b-946f-99c384e89410)
1 - HOD’S LAW (#u770853ec-7ba9-5e22-b4b6-53be7350a028)
2 - SOUTHAMPTON HERE I COME (#u108bc88a-29c1-5835-8030-189dd91d6660)
3 - KNOCKED INTO SHAPE BY THE HAIRDRIER (#ubb700227-f3c1-5083-b459-9607a41c7998)
4 - IT’S STUART PEARCE—‘OH…MY…GOD!’ (#ua859280c-7330-5bcc-8bf2-5a0b0a7658e8)
5 - I GET RON ATKINSON FIRED AND FERGIE HIRED (#u9e35343c-a766-5c92-8dca-dae0aec5fe4a)
6 - PUNCH UPS, HANGOVERS AND LADY BOYS (#u1db1092d-eaa4-54ec-8b35-4f1c438d004a)
7 - DODGY REFS AND HAT TRICKS (#u4b047035-eb7b-5859-b01d-48d606986f81)
8 - WHY I TOLD SOUNESS, HODDLE AND VENABLES TO GET LOST (#u0f572445-c523-5ab8-86df-64a6952217ad)
9 - IAN WHO? (#litres_trial_promo)
10 - HOW TO GET A MANAGER SACKED (#litres_trial_promo)
11 - GET THE BALL TO TISS (#litres_trial_promo)
12 - ONE DRUNK GAFFER AND A MATCHFIXING SCANDAL (#litres_trial_promo)
13 - FINAL DAY COCK-UP (#litres_trial_promo)
14 - SUBBED BY A FISH UP A TREE or PEOPLE CALLED RUPERT SHOULD NOT RUN FOOTBALL CLUBS (#litres_trial_promo)
15 - LAWRIE OUT, DAVE JONES IN (#litres_trial_promo)
16 - LAST-DAY ESCAPE (#litres_trial_promo)
17 - SAINT AND SINNER (#litres_trial_promo)
18 - GLENN, CHIPS AND FRY-UPS (#litres_trial_promo)
19 - MATT OUT OF DELL (#litres_trial_promo)
20 - END OF THE ROAD (#litres_trial_promo)
21 - FROM FINAL TO FARCE (#litres_trial_promo)
22 - LOWE DOWN (#litres_trial_promo)
23 - THEY THINK IT’S ALL OVER (#litres_trial_promo)