{"product_id":"playmaker-my-life-and-the-love-of-football-9780008495374","title":"Playmaker: My Life and the Love of Football","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e'On the pitch he was a magician' - Arsène Wenger\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eThe first full autobiography from former footballer and England manager Glenn Hoddle\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlenn 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\u003eOften 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 \u003cem\u003ePlaymaker\u003c\/em\u003e, 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\u003eFrom 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 - \u003cem\u003ePlaymaker\u003c\/em\u003e is a life lead through football, and an autobiography of one of the game's most admired, thoughtful and respected personalities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e HarperCollins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/29\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780008495374\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.08w x 0.79d","brand":"Glenn Hoddle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42547760693429,"sku":"9780008495374","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_417b8dc6-6134-452b-a7ef-c9587843a75a.jpg?v=1670336768","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/playmaker-my-life-and-the-love-of-football-9780008495374","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}