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    Graeme Le Saux: Left Field

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    A former Southampton, Blackburn, Chelsea and England full-back, the erudite and engaging Graeme Le Saux is far removed from the archetypal British footballer. His distinctive commentary on all the major issues in football, on the pitch and beyond, promises to challenge everyone's perception of the game in this country.

    Graeme Le Saux made an outstanding international debut for Terry Venables' new-look England side in a 1-0 win over Denmark at Wembley in March 1994, becoming the first Channel Islander ever to be capped for England.

    After joining Chelsea direct from Jersey, where he used to spend his Saturdays on his father’s fruit and vegetable stall, his career flourished under the guidance of Kenny Dalglish at Blackburn Rovers where they won the Premiership title in 1994-95. Graeme transferred back to Chelsea in 1997 for a record fee of £5.5 million before joining Southampton in 2003. He retired as a player in 2005.

    In his book, Le Saux addresses the gay slurs that dogged his career – including the infamous Robbie Fowler exposure – how he was vilified by a minority that labelled him a Guardian reader and too smart for football, and life at Stamford Bridge before Roman Abramovich millions changed the club and the game. His thoughtful manner and views on the modern game (he is now consulted for comment regularly by BBC, ITV, Sky and Channel Five) are expanded upon here, with particular focus on the huge amounts of money in top-flight football, players’ agents and the spiralling debts of countless football clubs.

    As a player, Le Saux was always seen as different – someone who broke the mold, an individual with his own agenda who sought more to life than playing 90 minutes of football. His insight into the game is informed by those experiences.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins UK
    Release dateFeb 25, 2010
    ISBN9780007364299
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    Graeme Le Saux was born in Jersey in 1968. He started his career at St Paul's before moving to Chelsea in 1987. In 1993 he switched to Blackburn Rovers where two years later he won the Premier League title. Le Saux was capped 36 times for England; his last appearance came in 1999. He played for his country in the 1998 World Cup. On retiring as a player in 2005 he worked briefly as a pundit for the BBC.

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    • 4/5
      A decent enough read - I thought it would be worth getting despite me not being a fan of any of his teams, as he had a reputation as a bit left field and not your average footballer. And he's not. A good reveal on the neanderthals that used to populate football clubs in the 80s/early 90s. But he does like a moan! The overall impression was that yes he had a hard time in his younger days with team mates, and also attracted stupid speculation about his sexuality just because he didn't read tabloids or turn up for training still drunk (like some ex Chelsea team mates in his early days apparently did) BUT...he does also come across as someone who likes to have an opinion on things and more often than not, it seems to involve him grumbling. But its honest, or appears to be, and is a welcome antidote to the usual "what a good time we all had, everyone was mates with everyone" style of footy autobiog.I enjoyed it on the whole, but with the grumbling its not a book I'd go back to.
    • 4/5
      This is a quality read.I found the book in a $5 bookshop and almost didn't buy it. I'm not a Chelsea, Blackburn or England fan and didnt have a particularly high regard for Le Saux as a player but bought the book because it was cheap and I recalled the Fowler controversy and thought it might be interesting.This is not your average football or sport autobiography. Its not a chronolgical "we played Spurs then we played Villa then we lost to Bolton" type of autobiography. Le Saux is extremely open in his perceptions his thoughts & his feelings. He discusses at length how he felt at the homosexual allegations he had to deal with. He presents an open & honest account of how hard life can be for the budding footballer...the dressing room cliques, the need for acceptance by the other players and how hard it is to be a little bit different - his "difference" being that he was not one to join the "lager lout" culture of young professional footballers.I'm sure there will be a lot of players and managers who are offended by this book....Beckham Ince Batty Eriksson Hoddle & Porterfield are absolutely roasted. And especially Fowler!!!! Le Saux gives his side of the story and he tells it well.I have a couple of hundred football books many of them autobiographys or biographys. This is amongst the best.