{"product_id":"tiny-keeper","title":"Tiny Keeper","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe extraordinary story of Steve Death, once the shortest goalkeeper in the Football League – at just 5ft 7in. He was good enough to keep Peter Shilton out of the England Schoolboys side, yet spent his career in Divisions Three and Four and became a lower-league legend.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis tale of a shy genius, record-breaker and maverick covers:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeath’s time as part of the legendary West Ham United academy under Ron Greenwood when he trained and played alongside World Cup-winning trio Sir Geoff Hurst, Martin Peters and Bobby Moore\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow only his lack of height stopped him playing at the highest level\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow he carved out a brilliant career in Divisions Three and Four, playing 537 games for Reading and winning Player of the Year four times, on the first occasion while still on loan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow in 1979 he set a Football League record for the longest run of clean sheets – that record still stands!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHis modest life outside of football, living quietly with his family in a club house at the old Elm Park ground\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExclusive first-hand accounts from West Ham and Reading players, journalists, supporters and family members\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescribed on his debut as ‘an insignificantly built bundle of daredevil energy’, Death played without gloves, caught crosses one-handed and saved penalties instinctively. His remarkable story provides a fascinating insight into the lost world of 1970s lower-league football.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57194876600702,"sku":"NW9781801509510","price":18.42,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781801509510.jpg?v=1778538228","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/tiny-keeper","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}