{"product_id":"rodfather","title":"Rodfather By Collins, Roddy","description":"''There isn''t a funnier sports book this year - there might not be one for the next decade''\u003ci\u003e \u003cb\u003eIrish Times Books of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_________\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe hilarious memoir from the funniest man in football!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRoddy Collins is a football man - now in the sixth decade of a career as a player (at sixteen clubs), manager (twelve clubs) and commentator. And he is a funny man: an unequalled raconteur with a sharp eye for the absurdities of the professional game and spectacular recall. He has made friends wherever he has gone, along with some high-quality enemies. When John Delaney said he could get Roddy a job if he''d just stop criticising him, Roddy replied that he''d ''rather dig holes in the road''.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow, with the brilliant Paul Howard, Roddy puts it all down on paper for the first time - the adventures, the rows and the craic - in what is not only one of the funniest but also one of the most eye-opening books ever written about professional football.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''[It] might be the funniest book written since Roddy Doyle''s \u003ci\u003eThe Van\u003c\/i\u003e . . . There''s a laugh on every page'' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eIrish Examiner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Terrific. You will love it'' \u003cb\u003eJoe Brolly, \u003ci\u003eSunday Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Fantastic. Can''t remember a sports book with so many stories to propel it along. There''s at least three different movies in it'' \u003cb\u003eMalachy Clerkin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Candid tales of football, family and everything in between - just brilliant'' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrish Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A riot!''\u003cb\u003e Brendan O''Connor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''What a life, what a book. I highly recommend it''\u003cb\u003e Tadhg Coakley, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eIrish Examiner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57571521069438,"sku":"NW9780241995242","price":11.67,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780241995242.jpg?v=1783257436","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/rodfather","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}