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NELSON**, GARRY: : LEFT FOOT IN THE GRAVE? A VIEW FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE.** [Author SIGNED copy.]

LONDON.COLLINSWILLOW,1997.

ISBN 0002187736.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.FINE/FINE.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] No owner inscrptn but author's neat, handwritten black ink signature+dedication: 'To Brian,Best wishes Garry Nelson' to title page,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,subject/co-author's biographical, montage'd b/w+colour photographic illustrated dw/dj, with red and black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present. Rear,top corner minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing to concomitant spot to dw/dj.Top+fore-edges aged/toned with some minimal sporadic foxing/spotting to top and thumbing to fore-edges; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread? Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,generally sharp-cornered with one exception - original plain maroon cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn,7-288pp [paginated] includes an introduction, 8 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and a contents list/table. See also my book ID rja538915 for another example of this same title but unsigned and also book ID rja538815 for another continuing but previous title by this author. In the spring of 1996 Garry Nelson found himself at a crossroads in his career.'Left Foot Forward',his account of a year in the life of a journeyman footballer,had brought him huge acclaim and bestseller status.But now his club Charlton Athletic were letting him go.After eighteen seasons as a professional player,he was out of a job. A move into marketing? . . . .Or journalism, perhaps? . . . . Maybe even a small business? No,Nelson's love of the game would not let him walk away so easily. Even though coming from the Football League's bottom club,an offer to join Torquay as player-coach was one he could not refuse.No less resistible was the urge to begin charting the highs,if any,and the many lows of life down among football's perennial strugglers. Overnight,Garry Nelson found himself both a player and back room boy.With one foot in either camp,he now needed all his powers of observation.From temperamental mini-star and no-hoper reject through to the desperate search for players and the never-ending financial problems. . .this account of Torquay's struggle to rise from the grave captures the essence of what English football is all about.As he takes in wider issues such as FIFA,England in Georgia and the funding of soccer,Nelson's sharp comparisons and ironic contrasts soon make it clear that he is writing not only about Torquay but about scores of English clubs, from the likes of Mansfield Town to Manchester United. 'Left Foot in the Grave?' is no fashionable attempt to clamber on the contemporary bandwagon of sports literature.Written by a veteran footsoldier still involved at the very heart of the game,a fledgling manager at the very bottom of the football pile,it communicates not how the beautiful game appears to the bystander but,simply,how it is - from the inside.English football has never been more authentically portrayed. Please contact seller,for correct, shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.
'To Brian, Best wishes Garry Nelson'

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