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What a player and ambassador for the game.
Jeff Powell is a respected sports journalist and was a close friend of England football captain Bobby Moore. These facts bring both positives and negatives to this biography of a very reserved and enigmatic man. On the one hand, the book is easy to read and has benefited from the close cooperation of Moore - his direct contributions are interesting and often revealing. On the other, it is a very one-sided view with little real challenge to Moore's public persona, and often strays into 'purple' j...
No Moore heroes any moreVery true. The game of football misses gentlemen such as Moore, the human race misses gentlemen such as Bobby. I would have liked to learn more about the man, his childhood and his life aside of football. However I understand this work as a true friend's tribute to his hero.
Enjoyed book. Read it on Kindle and there were a few spelling mistakes. Did not realise that Fay Wilson had played in World Cup final of 1966