The Rodfather: Inside the Beautiful (Ugly, Ridiculous, Hilarious) Game

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· Penguin · Narrated by Roddy Collins
4.4
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Roddy Collins is a football man - now in the sixth decade of a career as a player (at sixteen clubs), manager (twelve clubs) and commentator. And he is a funny man: an unequalled raconteur with a sharp eye for the absurdities of the professional game and spectacular recall. He has made friends wherever he has gone, along with some high-quality enemies. When John Delaney said he could get Roddy a job if he'd just stop criticising him, Roddy replied that he'd 'rather dig holes in the road'.

Now, with the brilliant Paul Howard, Roddy puts it all down on paper for the first time - the adventures, the rows and the craic - in what will be not only one of the funniest but one of the most eye-opening books ever written about professional football.

© Roddy Collins & Paul Howard 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

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4.4
7 reviews
Ultan Schmultan
April 7, 2023
Brilliantly written and read - I've so much time for both men, had high hopes, and it didn't disappoint. Man United could do worse!
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mark Geoghegan
March 20, 2023
that was brilliant listen - Rod is an absolute character a good all round decent skin
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Lar M
December 31, 2022
Excellent, really enjoyed it.
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About the author

Roddy Collins (Author)
Roddy Collins grew up in Cabra, on the north side of Dublin. In his long career as a player and then manager, he was often injured, many times sacked, and constantly on the move - but somehow always on the right side of football history. Now a beloved pundit and football personality, Roddy Collins lives in Dublin with his family.

Paul Howard (Author)
Paul Howard is a journalist, author and comedy writer best known as the creator of the No 1 bestselling Ross O'Carroll-Kelly series. He has won a record four Irish Book Awards and is a former Irish Sports Journalist of Year and Irish Newspaper Columnist of the Year.

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