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  • By: Peter Crouch
  • Narrated by: Peter Crouch
  • Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (3,194 ratings)

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How to Be a Footballer

By: Peter Crouch
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Summary

**A Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year**

**Shortlisted for the National Book Awards**

**Longlisted for the Telegraph Sports Book Awards Autobiography of the Year**

You become a footballer because you love football. And then you are a footballer, and you're suddenly in the strangest, most baffling world of all. A world where one team-mate comes to training in a bright red suit with matching top-hat, cane and glasses, without any actual glass in them, and another has so many sports cars they forget they have left a Porsche at the train station. Even when their surname is incorporated in the registration plate.

So walk with me into the dressing-room, to find out which players refuse to touch a football before a game, to discover why a load of millionaires never have any shower-gel, and to hear what Cristiano Ronaldo says when he looks at himself in the mirror.

We will go into post-match interviews, make fools of ourselves on social media and try to ensure that we never again pay £250 for a haircut that should have cost a tenner. We'll be coached and cajoled by Harry Redknapp, upset Rafa Benitez and be soothed by the sound of an accordion played by Sven-Goran Eriksson's assistant Tord Grip. There will be some very bad music and some very bad decisions.

I am Peter Crouch. This is How To Be A Footballer. Shall we?

©2018 Peter Crouch (P)2018 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

'Very funny on almost every page, wonderfully self-deprecating and very sharp on the ludicrous behaviour of the modern player' - Sunday Times

'The funniest man in British sport' - Metro

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Who knew Crouchy was funny!

Loved this audible. Crouchy tells you so many funny stories about himself and his team mates, whilst giving you lots of interesting insights to life as a footballer.

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Just brilliant

First book I've completed for years!!

I couldn't stop listening, it helps that it's narrated by the man himself

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Great

Journey to Liverpool went by in a flash listening to this. Peters a funny story teller, definately recommend.

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great

absolutely loved it, really funny, going to purchase more books from Peter Crouch right now

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Had me laughing out loud

Absolutely loved it. It wouldn't have been the same if Peter hadn't of narrated it.

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good read

loved the content,
rate crouchy as a player and a person.
he has me in stitches.

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Simply Incredible

There just is not anything else to say, I couldn't finish this quick enough! Crouchy do the Robot!

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Amazing!

This audio book is a hilarious way to start the day!
Please pick this audio book!
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Funniest Footballer Ever!

absolutely hilarious story telling from a true but subtle character of the footballing world. Truthful, revealing stories which are never negative to fellow pros this book is perfectly written and read by Peter Crouch.

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Great Book!!

A very enjoyable book. Opens up the life of a footballer.... The ups, the downs, the laugh's and the outrageous! Peter narrates it brilliantly, making it feel like he's telling you the stories down the pub, Well worth a read!

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