Back From the Brink: The Autobiography

by Paul McGrath

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Irish Book Award (Sports Book, 2007)

British Sports Book Award (Autobiography, 2007)

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This book describes the extraordinary life story of the Irish international soccer player Paul McGrath. It describes his tragic upbringing in a Dublin orphanage and how he managed to overcome these obstacles to become one of the most widely respected and admired footballers in the English Premier League.
Unfortunately for him it also charts how the internal demons from his upbringing caused him to bring him to the brink of ruin through alcoholism.

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Paul McGrath is Ireland’s best loved sportsman and also its least understood. An iconic football presence during a professional career stretching over 14 years, he played for his country in the European Championship finals of 1988 and the World Cup finals of 1990 and 1994. But, behind the implied glamour of life in the employ of great English clubs like Manchester United and Aston Villa, McGrath wrestled with a range of destructive emotions that made his success in the game little short of miraculous.

It is not just a football story. It is an extraordinary human story that is certain to surprise with its candour.

It may well be the most candid sports book ever written.

(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:06:07 -0400)

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