Binding: Hardcover
Description: Pat Spillane is one of the best - known sportspeople in Ireland. Selected for the GA a's Team of the Millennium and winner of eight All - Ireland senior football medals he is one of the greatest Gaelic footballers ever. Yet that isn't half of the Spillane story. He has also been one of the most controversial GA a pundits of all time driving the agenda on The Sunday Game and in The Sunday World for thirty years. His analysis and criticism have been headline news everywhere Gaelic football is discussed and the terms he coined such as puke football have entered the Irish lexicon. Here Pat reveals the sadness of his childhood when his father died; his dazzling football career and encounters with other immortals from Mick O Dwyer onwards; the reality of life as pundit under pressure from managers; and the huge stress of dealing with the machinery of government in the aftermath of his spell with CEDR a the state advisory group on rural affairs. Like the man himself In the Blood is uniquely frank witty honest and revealing and a must - read for GA a fans everywhere.
Title: In The Blood My Life In And Out Of Football
Author(s): Spillane Pat
Publisher: Gill
Barcode: 9780717197521
Pages: 352 Pages
Publication Date: 12/21/2023
Category: Gaelic Football