Paul Parker

Authors:

By Paul Parker, Pat Symes

Format:

Hardback

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Football, Biography, Paul Parker, Fulham FC, Queens Park Rangers FC, Manchester United FC, England

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Further Details

• Published: 30th Apr 2006
• ISBN: 1905449461
• Pages: 226
• Photos: 60
• Size: 234mm x 156mm

From the Publisher:

Paul Parker is a genuine legend at all three of his main clubs, Fulham, QPR and Manchester United. Now he has published his long-awaited autobiography.

England manager Bobby Robson described Paul as a player who 'leaps like a salmon and tackles like a ferret.' His positional sense helped snuff out the threat of the world's top strikers as he wrote his name into football's history books with his dazzling displays in the Italia 90 World Cup. The night England lost the semi-final to Germany on penalties saw Paul intrinsically involved in both goals in a game which will go down in football history.

At the time he was captain and one of the most high-profile players of a buoyant QPR team. He later won a host of medals with Manchester United as Sir Alex Ferguson built a dynasty on the defence of Bruce, Pallister, Irwin and Paul Parker. In his autobiography Paul relives the years of struggle against racism which brought him to the top level of English football, reveals how he saved Fulham Football Club from extinction, how he was hounded out of QPR and why he refused to sign for Arsenal and Spurs.

Never one to shirk an opinion, Paul discloses his thoughts on everything from bungs to racism, from the proliferation of England caps in the modern era to having a winning mentality and also tells bundles of stories about the many personalities within the game with whom he has worked including Sir Alex Ferguson, Sir Bobby Robson, David Beckham, Roy Keane, Eric Cantona, Paul Gascoigne, Bobby Gould, Trevor Francis and Malcolm MacDonald.

With a foreword by Sir Alex Ferguson, Paul Parker: Tackes Like A Ferret will entrance fans of all Paul's clubs, plus a much wider audience who still hark back to that night in Turin when England so nearly reached the World Cup Final.