Drinks All Round: The Autobiography

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The fee was set by a Football League tribunal and the figure angered Grimsby, who considered his value to be much higher. Despite scoring on his debut against his hometown team, Grimsby, in the Football League Cup, his goalscoring form deserted him at Highfield Road (he failed to score in any of his 15 league appearances in the 1990–91 season, [4] and after a short loan spell with Birmingham City in the autumn of 1991 he began his coaching career in Scotland with Falkirk. Not the most enthralling read but a good account of the life of a good old fashioned English centre forward who had the respect of almost everyone who's path he crossed; a rarity theses days. The former striker only spent 12 months in Glasgow as part of the Graeme Souness revolution at Rangers.

Drinks' was one of the most sought after talents in the British game and reveals for the first time how Grimsby Town blocked his move to some of England's biggest clubs, his goalscoring exploits at Norwich, how he knocked back Manchester United and his anger at being denied a move to Terry Venables' Spurs. The image captures a thrilling moment during a match between Rangers and Airdrieonians on the 29th of July, 1989.Discover the joy of reading with us, your trusted source for affordable books that do not compromise on quality. It won him the Golden Boot for being the division's top scorer as well as the first of two consecutive Norwich City player of the year awards. He then headed north and joined Souness' Rangers revolution until the controversial arrival of Mo Johnston. It ended one of the most famous statistics in football, as it was the first time that Liverpool had lost a league match in which Ian Rush had scored. The intensity and passion radiating from this snapshot perfectly encapsulate the spirit of Scottish league football at its finest.

You may not, except with our express written permission, distribute or commercially exploit the content. He coached and managed Stirling Albion, gaining promotion to the First Division as Second Division champions in 1996, before becoming Montrose manager in 1998.Despite ending the season as the SPL's top scorer, Drinks decided to leave Rangers, a move which was to become one of the biggest regrets of his career. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). The left hand column shows League appearances and goals scored for each club as well as the League record of the club for each season the player was there. The majority of pages are undamaged with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text, but this is minimal. I’ve always had dark eyes ever since I was a kid and within seconds of spotting me Durrant turns to the rest of the boys and says: ‘When the f*** did we sign Chi Chi the Panda?