The Smell of Football

Rathbone, Mick 'Baz'

£19.99

When Mick Rathbone signed for Birmingham City as a 16 year-old he was living every schoolboy’s dream. But when he discovered he was so nervous he was unable to speak in the presence of his boyhood hero Trevor Francis, he realised that a career in football might not be everything he had imagined. This is the brutally honest and utterly unputdownable story of how ‘Baz’ conquered his personal demons to build a life in the game – from teenaged apprentice to the experienced pro who became Head of Medicine at Premier League Everton FC in charge of the treatment of the likes of Wayne Rooney, Louis Saha, and Tim Cahill.

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Publish Date: 09/06/2022
ISBN: 9781913412425 Category: Tag:

Description

When Mick Rathbone signed for Birmingham City as a 16 year-old he was living every schoolboy’s dream. But when he discovered he was so nervous he was unable to speak in the presence of his boyhood hero Trevor Francis, he realised that a career in football might not be everything he had imagined. This is the brutally honest and utterly unputdownable story of how ‘Baz’ conquered his personal demons to build a life in the game – from teenaged apprentice to the experienced pro who became Head of Medicine at Premier League Everton FC in charge of the treatment of the likes of Wayne Rooney, Louis Saha and Tim Cahill.

Additional information

Weight 600 g
Dimensions 223 × 145 × 25 mm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

288

Language

English

Edition

Tenth anniversary edition

Dewey

796.334092 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K