{"title":"Kevin Keegan - RIP","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"my-life-in-football-the-autobiography","title":"My Life in Football: The Autobiography","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the publisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eThe phenomenal Sunday Times bestselling autobiography by Kevin Keegan, one of the greatest players in English football history, famed for his style on the pitch, his relentless ambition and passion for the game. 'And I'll tell you, honestly, I will love it if we beat them. Love it!!!'Kevin Keegan, 1996 In My Life in Football Keegan tells the story of his remarkable rise through the sport, from the Peglers Brass Works reserve team in Doncaster to helping Liverpool become the kings of Europe, winning a Bundesliga title with Hamburg and captaining England.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Keegan was recognized around the world as one of the sport's genuine superstars and remains the only Englishman to win the Ballon d'Or twice. As a manager, Keegan's five-year spell in charge at Newcastle is now legendary; he led the club from the depths of the old Second Division to the brink of the Premier League title with a breathtaking vision and flamboyant style that saw his team dubbed 'The Entertainers'. Fifty years since making his professional debut, Keegan tells the full story of the exhilarating highs and excruciating lows, from that epic battle with Sir Alex Ferguson and Manchester United in the 1995-6 season, as well as the pain of managing England and, finally, the shattering truth about his unhappy return to Newcastle in the controversial Mike Ashley era.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Brilliant, funny, passionate, deeply moving and incredibly honest, My Life in Football is the story of the miner's son from Doncaster who became a superstar and was known to his adoring fans as 'King Kev'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKevin Keegan's glittering career includes domestic and European glory with Liverpool and Hamburg and leaves him as the only English footballer in history to win the Ballon d'Or twice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As a player, Keegan's six years at Liverpool included three league championships, the European Cup, two UEFA Cups and the FA Cup before leaving Anfield in 1977 to cement his superstar status with Hamburg, leading them to a Bundesliga title and a European Cup final.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Keegan captained the England national team and won the Golden Boot at Southampton before finishing his playing career in dramatic style at Newcastle United, the club he later transformed in his now-legendary spell as manager.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Famously, Keegan guided Newcastle from near-extinction to the brink of a Premier League title, playing a style of football that earned them the nickname of The Entertainers and featuring the never-forgotten 1995-6 championship chase with Manchester United. He went on to manage England, in between spells at Fulham and Manchester City, and later returned to Newcastle, desperately hoping he could bring success to the city that knew him as the Messiah. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Daniel Taylor is the chief football writer for the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e. He has been named Football Journalist of the Year three times by the Sports Journalists' Association, as well as winning numerous other awards. He started working at the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e in 2000 and has covered five World Cups for the newspaper. \u003ci\u003eMy Life in Football\u003c\/i\u003e is his fifth book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e---\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product_spec\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eMacmillan\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e20 x 13 cm\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e352 pages\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product_spec\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eApril 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eEnglish\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product_spec\"\u003e9781509877232\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Kevin Keegan, Daniel Taylor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43812992254179,"sku":"","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0271\/5149\/9341\/products\/2023-04-2007.51.13.jpg?v=1681980146"},{"product_id":"keegan-the-man-who-was-king","title":"Keegan: The Man Who Was King","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the publisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" style=\"padding-bottom: 24px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'A marvellous tribute to one of the great characters of English football.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Fascinating. . . [Keegan] was the best footballer of his generation.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'He shone as a player and struggled as a manager - but there's much more to that narrative, as this sprightly biography proves.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTELEGRAPH\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eKlopp\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, a funny and insightful look at one of Britain's greatest and strangest football greats.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHe was stranger than he knew - than any of us knew.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEngland captain. Mercurial competitor. Pop star manqué. The Face of Brut 33. Pioneer of the footballers' perm. Twice winner of the Ballon d'Or. Kevin Keegan owned the 1970s. We had never seen his like before. There appeared to be nothing he could fail at.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTracking his career from youth-team player at Scunthorpe to the England manager's job, by way of Liverpool, Newcastle and Hamburg, Keegan considers the extravagant highs of a football man who touched the game with genius, who was never sacked and who came within an ace of triumph as a manager. A story of almost and maybe, of excellence and of failure, it is a story too, perhaps, of the fans' quixotic search for a messiah.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cu\u003ePraise for Klopp:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'An elegiac memoir [and] a love letter to the great man himself.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Delightful . . . perfectly captures the man's endearing likeability.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eAnthony Quinn was born in Liverpool in 1964. 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The Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of Klopp, a funny and insightful look at one of Britain's greatest and strangest football greats.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe was stranger than he knew - than any of us knew.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEngland captain. Mercurial competitor. Pop star manqué. The Face of Brut 33. Pioneer of the footballers' perm. Twice winner of the Ballon d'Or. Kevin Keegan owned the 1970s. We had never seen his like before. There appeared to be nothing he could fail at.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTracking his career from youth-team player at Scunthorpe to the England manager's job, by way of Liverpool, Newcastle and Hamburg, Keegan considers the extravagant highs of a football man who touched the game with genius, who was never sacked and who came within an ace of triumph as a manager. A story of almost and maybe, of excellence and of failure, it is a story too, perhaps, of the fans' quixotic search for a messiah.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePraise for Klopp:\u003cbr\u003e'An elegiac memoir [and] a love letter to the great man himself.' The Times\u003cbr\u003e'Delightful . . . perfectly captures the man's endearing likeability.' Mail on Sunday\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eAnthony Quinn was born in Liverpool in 1964. From 1998 until 2013 he was the film critic for the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eIndependent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. 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