{"product_id":"9780008495374","title":"Playmaker : My Life and the Love of Football","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Hoddle, Glenn \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutobiography: sport\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 9 June 2022 by Harpercollins Publishers (HarperCollins) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 320 pages, (1x8pp plates)\u003cbr\u003e129 x 197 x 22 | 232g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘On the pitch he was a magician’ – Arsène Wenger\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  The first full autobiography from former footballer and England manager Glenn Hoddle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Glenn Hoddle was one of the most celebrated footballers of his generation. A wonderfully talented No. 10 – he formed part of the great Spurs teams of the early 1980s and cut his teeth in the blood and thunder of an England team that prioritised aggression over creativity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Often seen as a player ‘out of time’, Glenn was a playmaker in the purest sense. A creator and a goal scorer, he rose through the Tottenham youth academy – playing under Keith Burkinshaw and crossing paths with the likes of club legends Bill Nicholson and Danny Blanchflower – before going on to play in Monaco under the tutelage of Arsène Wenger. In Playmaker, he looks back on his rise as a prodigious young footballer and talks at length about his career that took him from cleaning the cockerel at White Hart Lane to managing the England football team at a World Cup.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e From scoring in an FA Cup final to winning the league in France; from revitalising Chelsea in the early 1990s, to managing the fall-out after David Beckham’s infamous sending off at the 1998 World Cup; from surviving a near fatal cardiac arrest at the age of 61, to continuing to work within the game he loves – Playmaker is a life lead through football, and an autobiography of one of the game’s most admired, thoughtful and respected personalities.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cobham Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55490641985922,"sku":"9780008495374","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/4567\/2367\/files\/9780008495374.jpg?v=1753731494","url":"https:\/\/www.cobhambooks.pro\/products\/9780008495374","provider":"Cobham Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}