10 football legends' autobiographies every fan must read

Every football fan in the world years for the chance to experience what their idols through both on and off the pitch. From glorious victories, to winning championships, to the darker times of fighting relegation, and dressing room controversies. This is then coupled with the hugely attractive glitzy lifestyle that footballers live off the pitch. Fans all over would give anything to get a taste of this.While that is sadly next to impossible, all hope isn’t lost. The closest we can get to experience that footballing life with all its highs and lows is by living it through the pages of our favourite footballer’s autobiographies. Through surprisingly frank and earnest commentaries given to us by our idols, we have the opportunity to better understand the life of a footballer and truly experience the roller-coaster ride of a life that they live.Here are the 10 footballer autobiographies that every football fan should read. 

#10 Blessed: The Autobiography George Best

George Best will forever remain football’s original rock star. The Northern Irishman talks about how he was spotted by one of Matt Busby’s scouts in Northern Ireland and initially scoffed at the opportunity of joining the Red Devils.

While the first half the book deals with his playing days at Old Trafford and his eventual rise to superstardom, the second half is what makes this autobiography so special.

Best’s struggles with alcoholism were no secret to the public and in Blessed, Best elaborates on his struggles with brutal honesty. It becomes an engrossing and ultimately sad tale of how a certain kind of lifestyle took its toll on a footballer but not before establishing himself as one of the best of all time.