Natural: The Jimmy Greaves Story

by David Tossell

Overview

Jimmy Greaves remains the greatest goalscorer in English football history with 357 top-flight goals, although his England career was defined by the heartbreak of missing the 1966 World Cup Final. After slipping into the grip of alcoholism, he reinvented himself as a popular TV personality. Natural is the definitive biography of a sporting legend.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781785314902
Publisher:	Pitch Publishing Ltd
Publication date:	04/01/2019
Edition description:	None
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.60(d)

About the Author

David Tossell has been a sports journalist for almost four decades. Long-time head of European Public Affairs for the NFL (National Football League) and former Executive Sports Editor of the Today newspaper, he is the author of 15 previous sports books. A renowned biographer and historian, five of his books have been shortlisted in the British Sports Book Awards and two for the MCC/Cricket Society Book of the Year.

Table of Contents

Foreword 7

Introduction 11

A Boy and His Ball 19

Teenage Kicks 30

The Road to Milan 51

The Italian Job 71

Paradise Found 88

Latin Lessons 109

Glory Nights and Dog Day Afternoons 129

Leaving the Shadows Standing 151

What's It All About, Alfie? 168

Wembley: One Year Later 191

'Jimmy For England' 209

You Can Drive My Car 233

Taxi For Mr Greaves 247

The Road to Hell 260

Kicking Back 276

Not a Drop More 289

Screen Shots 314

The Last Picture Show 336

A Day at a Time 350

Appendix 360

Acknowledgements 363

Bibliography 365

Index 369