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Month: December 2019

Book List 2019

Below is a list of the books I have read throughout the calendar year 2019.

1.  Unai Emery El Maestro – Romain Molina
2.  Autobiography Of A Yogi – Paramahansa Yogananada
3.  Walking To Jerusalem – Justin Butcher
4.  The Truth Vibrations – David Icke
5   Dark Matter – Blake Crouch
6   Escape Routes – Johann Christoph Arnold
7.  Unbeatable Mind – Maya Yoshida
8.  Hippie – Paulo Coelho
9.  Zero To Hero The Gareth Southgate Story – Rob Mason
10.  Arabia – Levison Wood
11.  The Richest Man In Babylon – George S. Clason
12.  A Life In Football – Ian Wright
13.  Invincible – Amy Lawrence
14.  American War – Omar El Akkad
15.  Miracles At Work – Emily Bennington
16.  How To Be A Footbaĺler – Peter Crouch
17.  Blood Sweat & McAteer – Jason McAteer
18.  How To Be A Great Dad – Ian Bruce
19.  The World Is As You Dream It – John Perkins
20.  Eastern Horizons – Levison Wood
21.  Stillness & Speed – Dennis Bergkamp
22.  A Different Corner – Richard Brentnall
23.  Get Prepared Now! – Michael Snyder & Barbara Fix
24.  The Roswell Conspiracy – Boyd Morrison
25.  The Enlightened Gardener – Sydney Banks
26.  The Life Plan – Erica Sosna
27.  Paradise & Beyond – Chris Sutton
28.  Self Leadership & The One Minute Manager – Ken Blanchard
29.  Refugee Tales – Edited by David Herd & Anna Pincus
30.  The Beckham Experiment – Grant Wahl
31.  The One Minute Manager Balances Work & Life – Ken Blanchard
32.  The One Minute Father – Spencer Johnson
33.  The One Minute Manager Meets The Monkey – Ken Blanchard
34.  The Silent Guides – Steve Peters
35.  Next – Michael Crichton
36.  Allez Allez Allez – Simon Hughes
37.  He Who Dares…My Genuine Autobiography – Derek Del Boy Trotter
38.  Lights In The Distance – Daniel Trilling
39.  World Peace & How To Make It Happen – Monish Dhawan
40.  Leadership & The One Minute Manager – Ken Blanchard
41.  Hate Me To Know Me – Iggy Mizuh
42.  Playing to Win – A.G. Lafrey & Roger L. Martin
43.  Education & Peace – Maria Montessori
44.  We Can Work It Out – Marshall Rosenberg
45.  Peace Is Possible – Prem Rawat
46.  The Mayan Resurrection – Steve Alten
47.  Walking The Americas – Levison Wood
48.  Even Heskey Scored – Emile Heskey
49.  20 Years Of talkSPORT – Ian Cruise
50.  The Law Of Divine Intervention – Marianne Williamson
51.  After Tomorrow – Gillian Cross
52.  A Shore Thing – Scotty T
53.  The Lazy Guru’s Guide to Life – Laurence Shorter
54.  Gazza In Italy – Daniel Storey
55.  The 80 Minute MBA – Richard Reeves & John Knell
56.  Zero K – Don Delillo
57.  The Barcelona Legacy – Jonathan Wilson
58.  One Minute For Yourself – Spencer Johnson

To me the most profound book from the list is ‘Autobiography of a Yogi’ by Paramahansa Yogananada, a book I should return to in order ro grasp its key insights.

Nearly a quarter of the books I have read this year are about football, five from the One Minute Manager series and three on Levison Wood’s travel experiences.  I find that I am frequently reading different books simultaneously because some are easier to read at work or simpler and more relaxing.

I have a list of books I plan to read and will see how my literary year for 2020 goes.

I wish everyone a good year and if you have read any of the books and would like to comment please take the opportunity.

Until next time…

Prince Albert The End

Earlier this year I wrote about my experience playing for Prince Albert, a team in the Ashford & District Sunday Football League.

My last update had brought me to a crossroads; facing a fight for my place in the starting line up, with increased absences caused by a new job and the responsibility of being a father leading me to consider my options.

I played on, starting and finishing all the remaining games which I was available for including the 2-1 home victory over Mersham Sports which confirmed our place in the District’s top division.  Yet not all was well behind the scenes and in the lead up to the last game two key players departed the club.

In August the manager asked me about my availability for the pre-season friendlies and I informed him not to count on me for the foreseeable future although I wasn’t going to sign for any other team. I would come along to watch a game, get involved and play when I could.

Unfortunately the pre-season games did not go well.  Despite hopes for a squad of sixteen players, only nine players made it for the first game and a similar amount the next.  The following week the manager posted in the group chat that he felt there was no choice but to withdraw the team from the league because it was unable to meet its obligations.  One of the players posted it was a shame but ‘inevitable’.

So after close to 50 years of existence, Prince Albert Football Club was gone and subsequently the decision about what I should do on Sunday mornings had been made for me.  For now at least, my footballing tale had been brought to a halt, gone not with a bang but a whimper.

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