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Not for Me, Clive

Stories from the Voice of Football

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Not for Me, Clive

By: Clive Tyldesley
Narrated by: Clive Tyldesley
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Shortlisted for the 2022 Sports Book Awards

Football changes everything. It changes how we feel, how we think, how we behave. It turns us into someone else. 

You love your team first. It's tribal. Except I did love something else. I loved the idea of commentating on my team, on every team. I loved it even more than my team. I ditched the girl next door for the diva on the silver screen. 

Like all true romances, it was irrational and intoxicating, it was tangled and foolish, it became addictive and occasionally heartbreaking and it kept on changing. 

Two United goals inside two minutes changed it in 1999. A teenage Evertonian called Rooney twisted the plot in 2002. Three Liverpool goals in less than six minutes changed everything again in 2005. Hello, hello. 

Moments. Mere blinks of wide eyes. Football happens in heartbeats. Meeting those moments is my job. Seeing them, saying them, spelling out the difference they have just made. It's all I've ever wanted to do. Probably all I can do. 

Spending time in the company of the 'greats' of football like Sir Alex Ferguson, Bill Shankly, Brian Clough and Sir Kenny Dalglish has changed everything for me and probably for you, too.

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Critic reviews

"This is really good. Raw, funny and revealing on football, on Ferguson, Clough, Dalglish and worth getting for the Roy Keane selfie story alone. Emotional on his ITV exit. Talent like Tyldesley's appeals to all ages." (Henry Winter)

"Started reading this and couldn't stop...wise and entertaining on the big names and games. Clever work." (Paul Hayward)

"Clive Tyldesley's brilliant, emotive commentaries became the soundtrack to matches that will stay with the fans for the rest of their lives." (Oliver Holt)

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A fantastic read/listen written with honesty and integrity. Some fascinating stories about the greats of our game, written and voiced by one of our best commentators. What’s not to love?

Definitely for me, Clive.

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loved this Audiobook and love listening to Clive. Funny, informative and a joy to listen to. Wholeheartedly recommend this book.

Voice of Football

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Absolutely brilliant book, full of stories and thoughts on the game and guidance for budding commentators too.
And all read in Clive's inimitable style.
Cannot recommend this highly enough, in fact J was recommending it after a couple of chapters!!
As he says, it's a shame they didn't pay him more for more juicy gossip but it's actually not needed.
Give your ears a football treat

A superb memoir

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So much I didn’t know about the great commentator Clive. Should still be hearing him at England games. A senseless decision from ITV. The books are so much better when actually read by the individual.

A great listen

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An excellent walk through football by a still top communicator. Clive paints colours of football and references the dark tones that are developing in the world today. A must read for not only sports fans but all that are interested in the dying art of good communication. Enjoy.

Always a voice worth listening too

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