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Added Time :Surviving Cancer, Death Threats and the Premier League

3.97 ( 79 Ratings by Goodreads)
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Added Time :Surviving Cancer, Death Threats and the Premier League

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Published: 17 September, 2013
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Television has taken us inside the Premier League, into the lives of its players and managers, as never before but what is it really like to be a referee in modern English football, trying to control a bunch of millionaires and their stressed-out leaders? Then getting home to find out you have made a mistake and been identified in millions of households as public enemy number one? To be issued with death threats on social media by football 'fans' who say they hope your cancer returns? ADDED TIME takes you where no other book has gone - inside the dressing rooms on match days, into the intense tunnel and on-field conversations and confrontations between officials and the game's participants. It chronicles the highs and lows, joy and pain, and reveals the human face of that man in the middle. Mark Halsey also lifts the lid on surviving the internal politics, personalities and intrigue of top-flight refereeing, on altercations with Sir Alex Ferguson and earfuls from Wayne Rooney. Running through Halsey's powerful and poignant story is his brave battle with throat cancer, through surgery and gruelling treatment, after which the popular Halsey returned to the top.It granted him no immunity from the dangerous stresses that can beset the modern referee, however - stresses that included those death threats. What kept him going for 17 years at the top? Strength of character, a loving family - and the unlikely friendship of a man supposedly the enemy of referees: one Jose Mourinho. FOREWORD BY JOSE MOURINHO
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Long-listed for British Sports Book Awards: Autobiography/Biography of the Year 2014

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Type Book
ISBN13 9780992658519
ISBN10 0992658519
Number Of Pages 296
Item Weight 1000 g
Product Dimensions 156 x 234 x 26 mm
Publisher / Reseller Floodlit Dreams Ltd
Format paperback
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"Mark Halsey has been one of our finest referees and has an inspirational story that goes beyond football." DAVID MOYES, Manchester United manager. "A top referee and a top man. Mark always brought a smile to a game and remembered that crowds had come to see the players." STEVEN GERRARD, Liverpool and England captain. "I admired Mark's courage and conviction that he would beat his cancer. He came back to give high-quality performances that won regular praise from managers and players. He did it his way and demonstrated great communication skills that were appreciated by many involved in our great game." KEITH HACKETT, former head of Premier League referees. RUNNER-UP BEST BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY, BRITISH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2014.

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Author's Bio

MARK HALSEY was the longest-serving full-time professional referee in the English game when he retired at the end of the 2012/13 season after a career that took in three seasons officiating in the Football League and a remarkable 14 in the Premier League. He is now a refereeing pundit with the BT Sport TV channels. IAN RIDLEY is the author of 10 football books, including the No. 1 best-selling Addicted with the former Arsenal and England captain, Tony Adams. He was named Sports Journalist of the Year in the British Press Awards 2007.

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