Hammer time : me, West Ham, and a passion for the shirt
Dicks, Julian, 1968-2024
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In the sterile and corporate modern game, is there room for the mercurial midfielder or the tough-tackling defender or the pot-bellied goal poacher? Rewind two or three decades and British professional football was stuffed to the gunnels with these 'one-offs': players with bags of talent, yes, but also lorryloads of personality and a hugely relatable quality which meant they'd all be playing Sunday morning park football if they hadn't become professionals. No media training, no filter, no 5% body fat, no cryotherapy chambers, and no quiet nights in with a curly kale salad and a glass of carrot juice. Meet Julian Dicks. Wonderful name, wonderful player, and (alongside Paulo Di Canio), undoubtedly the greatest 'cult figure' to play for West Ham United for a generation. This book is Dicks' romp through his career with West Ham, shot through with all the great anecdotes of life as a pro back then.
Main title:
Hammer time : me, West Ham, and a passion for the shirt / Julian Dicks.
Author:
Dicks, Julian, 1968-, author
Imprint:
London : Headline, 2024.
Collation:
320 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2023.
ISBN:
9781472296597 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
796.33463B DIC
Language:
English
BRN:
2445920