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The Rodfather By Roddy Collins

The Rodfather by Roddy Collins


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The Rodfather Summary

The Rodfather: Inside the Beautiful (Ugly, Ridiculous, Hilarious) Game by Roddy Collins

The hilarious memoir from the funniest man in football!

Roddy Collins is a football man - now in the sixth decade of a career as a player (at sixteen clubs), manager (twelve clubs) and commentator. And he is a funny man: an unequalled raconteur with a sharp eye for the absurdities of the professional game and spectacular recall. He has made friends wherever he has gone, along with some high-quality enemies. When John Delaney said he could get Roddy a job if he'd just stop criticising him, Roddy replied that he'd 'rather dig holes in the road'.

Now, with the brilliant Paul Howard, Roddy puts it all down on paper for the first time - the adventures, the rows and the craic - in what is not only one of the funniest but also one of the most eye-opening books ever written about professional football.

The Rodfather Reviews

There isn't a funnier sports book this year - there might not be one for the next decade * Irish Times Books of the Year *
Terrific. You will love it. Raw and tender and wild and honest, it will captivate you . . . great stories pack the pages * Sunday Independent *
A rollercoaster ride and a great read. It's hard not to love Roddy Collins after reading The Rodfather -- Tadhg Coakley * Irish Examiner *
Excellent and hilarious * Second Captains *
Hard to imagine there'll be a more entertaining sports book for quite a while * Irish Times *
A riot! -- Brendan O'Connor
Fascinating and hilarious. Starts with a bang and never falters. Anarchic and wonderful -- Joe Brolly
Fantastic. Can't remember a sports book with so many stories to propel it along. There's at least three different movies in it -- Malachy Clerkin
Candid tales of football, family and everything in between - it's no surprise The Rodfather's memoir is just brilliant * Irish Independent *
A big man, with big emotions, and a big life . . . a fascinating read * Sunday Independent *
What a great book The Rodfather is. A walk on the wild side of football - and a few other games - terrifying and yet massively entertaining. Paul Howard is the best writer in the country -- Declan Lynch
Really fabulous * Pat Kenny Show *
[The Rodfather] might be the funniest book written since Roddy Doyle's The Van . . . There's a laugh on every page * Irish Examiner *

About Roddy Collins

Roddy Collins grew up in Cabra, on the north side of Dublin. In his long career as a player and then manager, he was often injured, many times sacked, and constantly on the move - but somehow always on the right side of football history. Now a beloved pundit and football personality, Roddy Collins lives in Dublin with his family. Paul Howard is a journalist, author and comedy writer best known as the creator of the No 1 bestselling Ross O'Carroll-Kelly series. He has won a record four Irish Book Awards and is a former Irish Sports Journalist of the Year and Irish Newspaper Columnist of the Year.

Additional information

GOR013585751
9780241995242
0241995248
The Rodfather: Inside the Beautiful (Ugly, Ridiculous, Hilarious) Game by Roddy Collins
Used - Like New
Paperback
Penguin Books Ltd
2023-05-18
336
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The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins

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