The Great and the Good

by John Giles

Ireland's leading football pundit and legend of the game John Giles will look back on more than 50 years of football, at developments in the game from the postwar period to the present day, the great players who drove it forward, the visionary managers and their teams, and the age-old question of what makes a player good and what makes one great.

Genres: Sports, Nonfiction

Hardcover

First published October 1, 2012

Reviews

[Shane Mulcahy]

This book was a massive disappointment. I'm a huge fan of Giles, but this offered very little insight.

[Paul McCormack]

Not the best read

[Mahlon]

John Giles was a key member of the iconic "dirty, cheating" Leeds United sides of the 60's & 70's. That was all I knew about him before I read this book. He is currently a football correspondent for Irish television. He has obviously mellowed with age, but his opinions still have bite. Even though I'll always dislike Giles the player, I was pleasantly surprised to find that I like Giles the Author very much.

Who better to evaluate the greats that have populated the beautiful game, than a great player himself?