Book Reviews

THE BOY DONE GOOD

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The Late Tackle Magazine Team
2 June 2025

Gary Lineker: A Portrait of a Football Icon, by Chris Evans, published by Bloomsbury Sport, Price: £15.99

CHRIS Evans’s biography of Gary Lineker provides a fascinating insight into one of football’s most popular characters.
Lineker led the itinerant life of a footballer with Leicester, Everton, Barcelona, Tottenham, Grampus Eight and England before becoming the accomplished presenter of Match of the Day and other sports broadcasts, a successful entrepreneur and owner of sports podcasts.
After establishing a reputation as one of England’s greatest ever goal...

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