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Roy of the Rovers

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Ten league titles. Eleven FA Cups. Three European Cups. 481 goals across a 38-year playing career. A surprisingly high number of kidnappings. An assassination attempt. Not one, but two narrow escapes from earthquakes. A career-ending helicopter crash. My name is Roy Race. You know me as Roy of the Rovers. This is my story. From the five terrifying kidnappings that threatened to blight his playing career to the stomach-churning murder attempt in 1980, which left Roy in a life-threatening coma; from the sickening car bomb attack that tragically killed eight of Roy's team-mates while on a pre-season tour of Basran to the horrific helicopter crash in 1993 that resulted in the amputation of Roy's legendary left foot: this is the shocking tell-all autobiography of one of England's greatest ever sportsmen. Candid, emotional, optimistic, strangely repetitive, full of crushing lows and dizzying highs, and bearing an inexplicable resemblance to the plot structure of old comic strips, Roy's autobiography shines as brightly as the Melchester Rovers legend himself.

Sit down, kick back, and treat yourself to the greatest football fairytale story of all time.**except for Leicester

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Product Details
Arrow Books Ltd
0099598663 / 9780099598664
Paperback / softback
823.92
30/07/2015
United Kingdom
English
General
320 pages
20 cm
Reprint. Description based on CIP data; item not viewed. Originally published: London: Cornerstone Digital, 2014.