{"product_id":"9780008495350_playmaker-my-life-and-the-love-of-football","title":"Playmaker: My Life and the Love of Football","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘On the pitch he was a magician’ – Arsène Wenger\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe first full autobiography from former footballer and England manager Glenn Hoddle\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlenn Hoddle was one of the most celebrated footballers of his generation. A wonderfully talented No. 10 – he formed part of the great Spurs teams of the early 1980s and cut his teeth in the blood and thunder of an England team that prioritised aggression over creativity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOften seen as a player ‘out of time’, Glenn was a playmaker in the purest sense. A creator and a goal scorer, he rose through the Tottenham youth academy – playing under Keith Burkinshaw and crossing paths with the likes of club legends Bill Nicholson and Danny Blanchflower – before going on to play in Monaco under the tutelage of Arsène Wenger. In \u003cem\u003ePlaymaker\u003c\/em\u003e, he looks back on his rise as a prodigious young footballer and talks at length about his career that took him from cleaning the cockerel at White Hart Lane to managing the England football team at a World Cup.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom scoring in an FA Cup final to winning the league in France; from revitalising Chelsea in the early 1990s, to managing the fall-out after David Beckham’s infamous sending off at the 1998 World Cup; from surviving a near fatal cardiac arrest at the age of 61, to continuing to work within the game he loves – \u003cem\u003ePlaymaker\u003c\/em\u003e is a life lead through football, and an autobiography of one of the game’s most admired, thoughtful and respected personalities.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Glenn Hoddle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47285323858069,"sku":"9780008495350","price":14.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008495350.jpg?v=1776992128","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008495350_playmaker-my-life-and-the-love-of-football","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}