How to Be an Ex-Footballer

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Considering Crouch is a successful podcaster, it's not surprising that it is such clear audio book material. 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? And also agree that it was difficult to determine which bits were Crouchy and which bits were those he had written about.

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Crouch is an adequate TV pundit, no better or worse than some of his colleagues on BT Sports, but what he does have that some of the others don’t have is a sense of humour. Otherwise, it’s a really interesting look into a number of other peoples post-football careers and pretty touching at times too. It is a cautionary tale of the pitfalls of life after the final whistle when the ridiculous amounts of money disappear as quickly as the chants from the adoring crowds. 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. However How to be an Ex Footballer as well as having its expected fill of funny anecdotes also has a darker side.And I've skimmed through this already and thought 'I'm gonna really, really, really, really like this. Peter himself has managed to sidestep some of those pitfalls with his success as a pundit along with his podcasts and of course his books.

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Arjan de Zeeuw was a centre-half for Portsmouth and Wigan - I played against him - he’s now a narcotics detective in Holland! man-children are thrown out into the real world, utterly defenceless apart from their multi-million-pound bank accounts. As someone who's been there, done it and got the ill-fitting T-shirt, Crouch is well placed to shed light on the bizarre world of the modern player in a funny, down-to-earth way.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. Where in previous books this would have been topics such as teammates, managers or tactics and told from his own personal experiences; in comparison and as mentioned in the title, this book focuses on the period once the money stops, the crowds go silent and the boots are hung by their laces to answer the question “what does a retired footballer do? Those facts are mentioned, but this book is more about the more entertaining things footballers have gone on to do, whether it's a career in art or releasing their own range of condoms.

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Many footballers don't cope well at all, with almost 40% going bankrupt within five years of retirement. Crouch's writing style and warm, self-deprecating humour flows from the pages but by the end of this book, I wondered if this wouldn't have made for an even better documentary. This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Enjoyed all of Peter's books so far, easy to read and a peek behind the curtain of such a vast world that everyone thinks they know already.A world where one team-mate comes to training in a bright red suit with matching top-hat, cane and glasses, without any actual glass in them, and another has so many sports cars they forget they have left a Porsche at the train station. Talking about what we learn at school, the former Liverpool and Tottenham player said: “I don’t know why we’re not taught about mortgages or bank accounts, but we’re taught Pythagoras Theorem.