Stan Bowles: The Autobiography

by Stan Bowles

Stan Bowles was one of the greatest players of the golden age of English football, the 1970s. But like many of his contemporaries, he was probably as famous for his exploits in the bar or at the race track. Packed with irreverent and entertaining anecdotes, the book covers the ups and downs of Bowles' career, his childhood in Manchester, his early days at Man City, his heyday at QPR, and the unhappier times at Forest and Leyton Orient. A candid, and frequently hilarious tale of a life at the bar with the cream of 1970s British football, Stan  The Autobiography is an unflinching account of Stan's struggles and successes.

304 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2004

Reviews

[Charles James · Rating 3 out of 5]

Stan Bowles autobiography reminds me of the quote by George Best "I spent my money on Booze and Women and wasted the rest " .Stan's worldview is the same provided you put Gambling first and instead of women. The first part of the book details his love of gambling and his all consuming habit .
Stan has an unusual knack of pulling off a defeat from the jaws of victory . At Man City he breaks into the first team and managed to alienate his manager , when he is in the England squad he refuses to play in one international because he upset about being substituted in the previous game and finally gets in a strop about not being selected to play in a testimonial game prior to the European Cup Final and gets dropped from the Nottingham Forrest European Cup winning side .
One can only sympathise with his long suffering family as they come last on his list of things to provide for .
However he does have the ability to paints very vivid descriptions of the characters he dealt with during his footballing career .