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Paul Davis
- Arsenal and After
- Narrated by: Gary MacDonald
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
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Summary
Paul Davis's story takes us on a journey through almost 50 years at the very top in football: a leading player's take on an extraordinary and memorable period in Arsenal's history, during which the club and football changed radically and forever around him.
Davis won titles and cups with Arsenal but, to do so, had to battle against career-threatening injuries and to handle the frustrations and injustices of the worst kinds of club and dressing room politics. His subsequent experiences as a coach and as a coach-developer have been just as challenging, just as emotionally charged, and just as significant. It's a life story worth the telling, that's for sure.
Paul Davis: Arsenal And Afteroffers more than just a fascinating football story. Paul's mom, Ruby, arrived in England from Jamaica in the late 1950s, as part of the Windrush generation. She brought up Paul and his sister, Sandra, on her own, on a council estate in Stockwell, South London. Much of the Davis family history was – and still is – a mystery to Paul, who never knew or knew anything about his father. He was already a senior player at Arsenal before he discovered he had siblings: the three children Ruby had left behind in Kingston when she'd struck out for a new life in England, thirty years before.
As a teenager, Davis was often the only black player wearing Arsenal colors. As often as not, he'd be the only black player on the pitch. With that came challenges: racism in football and beyond in the early 1980s was undiluted and unapologetic. The fight for recognition – for opportunity and for change – has been part of the Davis story ever since. His own emotional experiences are the lens through which he now looks back on everything he's achieved as a player, as a coach and as an educator.
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- larry gold
- 15-04-24
the Arsenal stuff
love Paul grew up watching him and Rocky and Michael. but found this book 40% Arsenal and the rest family and racist stuff. I understand he feels badly treated to this day and reading between the lines about Liam Brady is not good. but for me he went over the same points over and over again
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- Amazon Customer
- 17-12-22
Dreadful , below average , skip it
Paul, you didn't play for England due to the fact you sneaked up and sucker punched a player, when no one was looking, breaking his jaw just because he was being over physical in the match with you.
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