
Roy of the Rovers: The Official Autobiography of Roy of the Rovers
Roy Race
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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Reviews for Roy of the Rovers: The Official Autobiography of Roy of the Rovers
Guardian
Roy Race's nickname has become a standard description of heroic triumphs against the odds... Real Roy of the Rovers stuff.
Irish Independent
This chronicle is consistently superb; hilarious, yet veering at times towards the poignant … comic gold
The Times
it’s all delivered in the rich, full style of the typical football memoir. I looked at Alex Ferguson’s for comparison and there isn’t a cigarette paper between them. It is a glorious achievement.
The Guardian