Jimmy Seed, Sam Bartram & Eddie Firmani autobiographies

RedPanda

Just had someone come in my office and put these on my desk having seen them in a pub last night, just needed a £1 charity donation.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/CHARLTON-ATHLETIC-COLLECTION-THREE-AUTOBIOGRAPHIES/dp/0952966808/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1362127619&sr=8-8

Anyone read them? If so, pretty decent I'm presuming? Haven't come across them before, imagine they're a good insight into the football of its time as well as being three legends. Found a tenner walking in too, back of the net.

Henry Irving

The Firmani one is the best IMHO.

All will seem a bit dated in style now but that's part of the appeal.

Well worth £1

SE7toSG3

Sam's book has some nice anecdotes throughout especially tours to South Africa and Canada during the true Glory Days, his lifestyle seems a million miles away from today, missing his own wedding reception (he married the supporters club secretary I think) because we had a game that afternoon for instance.

I think Eddie Firmani's is the best written, what a fascinating character and a shame it wasnt updated with his New York Cosmos time as that would make a good read.

Jimmy Seed for me contained a couple of priceless nuggets about his Great War service, I also have a book he wrote about "modern football tactics" in 1947 which has chapter call "he who hesitates looses"

All in all a lovely little box set that any true addick should own and nice of your mate to leave it for you!

I regret not being old enough to see any of them play but happy to listen to my dad/grandad talking about them, I know there was a Valley Reminisence Group that met in the early 90's and again I would have loved to have sit in.

floydroadfaithfull

U got a Bargain.
Got mine from a charity shop in tonbridge,cost a fiver though!

guinnessaddick

I've got a original box set in the loft somewhere.

Algarveaddick

I have the boxed set, and the original Firmani one.

stonemuse

Algarveaddick said:

I have the boxed set, and the original Firmani one.

same here ... worth having

DaveMehmet

I've got original copies of all 3 of them, left to me by my Uncle, along with a load of old programmes etc.

ThreadKiller

i got mine signed

Henry Irving

SG3, " inside soccer" is the other seed book.

Might be worth serialising some of the tactics etc on here.

Covered End

Henry Irving said:

SG3, " inside soccer" is the other seed book.

Might be worth e mailing some of the tactics etc on there to Chris Powell.

:-)

SE7toSG3

This is the one "He who hesitates has lost the ball!" Is chapter 3