8 Top football books like Tommy Doc: The Controversial and Colourful Life of One of Football's Most Dominant Personalities by David Tossell

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Tommy Doc: The Controversial and Colourful Life of One of Football's Most Dominant Personalities

By: David Tossell

4.10

Format: 359 pages, Kindle Edition

Tommy ‘The Doc’ Docherty was a combative Scotland international wing-half who became a brilliant bu…

If you liked the football plot in Tommy Doc: The Controversial and Colourful Life of One of Football's Most Dominant Personalities by David Tossell , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. Always Managing: My Autobiography

By: Harry Redknapp

3.92

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

The autobiography of one of the greatest living English soccer managers of his generation From kick… read more

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2. A Confederacy of Dunces

By: John Kennedy Toole , Walker Percy

3.89

Format: 394 pages, Paperback

Here is Ignatius Reilly: slob extraordinary, a mad Oliver Hardy, a fat Don Quixote, a perverse Thom… read more

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"Oh, Fortuna, you capricious sprite!"

-John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces

"Mothers got a hard road to travel, believe me."

-John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces

"The day before me is fraught with God knows what horrors."

-John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces

"Mother doesn't cook, Ignatius said dogmatically, She burns."

-John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces

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3. The Bonnie Dead (DCI Lomond #1)

By: Andrew Raymond

4.47

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

A stolen child. A killer stalking the streets of Glasgow. A troubled detective running out of time.… read more

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4. A Waiter in Paris: Adventures in the Dark Heart of the City

By: Edward Chisholm

4.05

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

An evocative portrait of the underbelly of contemporary Paris as seen through the eyes of a young w… read more

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5. There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History

By: Rory Carroll

4.38

Format: 397 pages, Hardcover

Killing Thatcher is the gripping account of how the IRA came astonishingly close to killing Margar… read more

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6. The Satsuma Complex

By: Bob Mortimer

3.68

Format: 301 pages, Kindle Edition

'My name is Gary. I’m a thirty-year-old legal assistant with a firm of solicitors in London. To des… read more

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"And off she toddled back into the flat, banging Lassoo in the face with the door as he followed behind her. He looked up at me as if to say, 'That's your fucking fault."

-Bob Mortimer, The Satsuma Complex

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7. Barry Hearn: My Life: Knockouts, Snookers, Bullseyes, Tight Lines and Sweet Deals

By: Barry Hearn

4.19

Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition

Out the autobiography of the legendary sports promoter, Barry Hearn.THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'I… read more

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8. Psycho : The Autobiography

By: Stuart Pearce

3.47

Format: 438 pages, Paperback

In an era of superstar prima donnas, Stuart Pearce's total commitment on the pitch earned him the a… read more

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9. Kammy: The Funny and Moving Autobiography by the Broadcasting Legend

By: Chris Kamara

4.30

Format: 342 pages, Kindle Edition

Foreword by Ben Shephard‘Everyone loves Kammy . . . Full of humour and endless blunders’ – The Time… read more

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10. Unbeaten: Rocky Marciano's Fight for Perfection in a Crooked World

By: Mike Stanton

4.20

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Prince of Providence , a revelatory biography of Rocky Marciano,… read more

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11. Get It On: How the ’70s Rocked Football

By: Jon Spurling

4.31

Format: 444 pages, Kindle Edition

A decade after the abolition of the maximum wage, a new generation of footballers and managers beca… read more

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12. Two Brothers

By: Jonathan Wilson

4.27

Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition

The story of Jack and Bobby Charlton, and a family that characterised English football for decades … read more

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13. Test Match Special: Tall Tales – Our favourite stories from the commentary box (and more)

By: Jonathan Agnew

3.56

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Which bowlers did Vaughan lose sleep over? Who played the best pranks on his fellow team-mates? Whi… read more

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14. CLOUGH THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY (REI)

By: Brian Clough John Sadler

4.09

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

The Autobiography [ The Autobiography by Clough, Brian ( Author ) Paperback Nov- 1995 ] Paperback… read more

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15. Overpaid, Oversexed and Over There: How a Few Skinny Brits with Bad Teeth Rocked America

By: David Hepworth

4.10

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The Beatles landing in New York in February 1964 was the opening shot in a cultural revolution nobo… read more

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16. Robbo

By: Bryan Robson

3.72

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Bryan Robson is widely remembered as a fearless and inspirational player and captain, both for club… read more

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17. The Manager

By: Ron Atkinson

3.61

Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition

Ron Atkinson is one of English football’s most recognisable and popular characters, having been inv… read more

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18. Lawrie McMenemy: A lifetime’s obsession

By: Lawrie McMenemy

3.91

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

Lawrie McMenemy’s career in football has seen him cross paths with some of the biggest names in the… read more

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19. Frostquake: The Frozen Winter of 1962 and how Britain Emerged a Different Country

By: Juliet Nicolson

3.44

Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition

On Boxing Day 1962, when Juliet Nicolson was eight years old, the snow began to fall. It did not st… read more

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20. Tommy Doc: The Controversial and Colourful Life of One of Football's Most Dominant Personalities

By: David Tossell

4.10

Format: 359 pages, Kindle Edition

Tommy ‘The Doc’ Docherty was a combative Scotland international wing-half who became a brilliant bu… read more

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21. Hope I Get Old Before I Die: How Rock’s Greatest Generation Kept Going to the End

By: David Hepworth

4.13

Format: 375 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of Abbey Road comes the story of how enduring rock icons like Pink Floyd, Bruce Spr… read more

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4.36

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