On Days Like These: The Incredible Autobiography of a Football Legend

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For David Goggins, childhood was a nightmare--poverty, prejudice, and physical abuse colored his days and haunted his nights. He oversaw the Republic of Ireland reaching the Euros in 2016, when they made it to the second round for the first time in their history.

I wasn’t yet born or old enough to witness his exploits as a player (2 league titles and 2 Champions League titles with Nottingham Forest under the legendary Brian Clough and a stellar showing for Northern Ireland in the 1982 World Cup in Spain), but I have witnessed his exploits as a football manager who overachieved at every team that he has ever managed. Addressed in green ink on yellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are swiftly confiscated by his grisly aunt and uncle.That he was able to produce trophy-winning teams and teams capable of playing intelligent, attacking football without compromising on their grit and graft despite the meagre resources available to him, is testament to his footballing intellect, coaching and man-management qualities. Not your usual unintelligent oaf of a player boasting of his escapades, before ending up in the bankruptcy court as they livein a rented studio flat in Sadsville. The Greatest Secret, the long-awaited major work by Rhonda Byrne, lays out the next quantum leap in a journey that will take the listener beyond the material world and into the spiritual realm, where all possibilities exist.

Written with his trademark honesty and humour, this is one of the best sports autobiographies of all time and a must-read for any fans of the beautiful, glorious game. His account of tracing Lien and telling her story is a searing exploration of two lives and two families.The only disappointment was that as his career progresses, particularly into management in the premiership, he doesn’t go into more depth when describing many of the characters in the dressing room, the make-up of the club and the characters involved. Being a supporter of one of the clubs managed always makes for an interesting read, but the rest of the book is just as interesting. In Love Is Not Enough, Mark’s first Audible Original, you’ll follow five real people over the course of six months as they navigate f--ked up romantic situations, ranging from dating app addiction to marital affairs to absurd fantasies.