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Waterstones in Hull are extremely supportive of Hull & East Riding writers, and carry a stock
of many of the books mentioned on this site. Dean Windass may not be the first Hull writer to
come to your mind. On the other hand, maybe he is.
Whichever, beyond his footballing exploits, and that winning goal to fire Hull City into the Premier League for the start of the 2008/9 season, he has also written a rather excellent autobiography:
"Books on footballers don't come much more
honest that this. Dean Windass has a reputation as a 'hardman' of football. But how many 'hardmen' in football
or outside it would bare their souls about the childhood sadness of their parent's divorce and its impact on them right
into adulthood: the drink, the silent rages . . . and wetting the bed! Deano isn't scared to tell it like it is, which
suggests he is a man comfortable in his own skin. He reveals how he was rejected as a teenage apprentice from Hull City and
how he felt as if his life was over. But whilst working on building sites and frozen food factories, he kept playing non-league
football until a few years later he had a second chance with Hull and this time was taken on. Maybe this is what has inspired
him to work so hard at his craft so that now at 38 he is still playing league footie, scoring goals and, having played for
top clubs all over England and Scotland, he's now back with Hull - a kind of fairy tale ending. I hope I've not made
it sound as if it's all very deep and serious, there are lots of funny stories and Dean's 'up for it' character
shines through. Anyone who loves the real game of football - hard, fast, muddy, sometimes bloody and with flashes of brilliance
- will love this book."
Going back a generation, you have another hero of Hull City, Ken Wagstaff who, with his fellow-striker, Chris Chilton, used to try to ensure that the Tigers scored more goals at one end than their leaky defence let in at the other:
Years after his retirement, Ken Wagstaff remains a massive icon with fans at former clubs Mansfield Town and Hull City. A prolific goalscorer, he terrorised English defences for fifteen years, amassing 303 career goals in 625 appearances. At various times he was tipped for international honours and coveted by top managers including Brian Clough, but England eluded him and he ended up cementing his hero status at Boothferry Park by ending his career there, his partnership with Chris Chilton becoming the stuff of legends. This new edition of the popular 2002 biography, written with Waggy's full co-operation, has been updated to include anecdotes and revelations that have never appeared in print before. |
