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Kenny Sansom. To Cap It All
CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
FOREWORD
KNOWING ME, KNOWING KENNY
BORN TO BE LUCKY
KIDS ON THE BLOCK
DOING THE LAMBETH WALK
ELAINE, FAMILY LINKS AND LOVE
THE TWO E’S
MY MUM
‘I’VE COME TO COLLECT YOU, KENNY’
THE EAGLES
‘GLAD ALL OVER’
TERRY AND KENNY
RED-CARDED
THE TEAM OF THE EIGHTIES
OH! WHAT A NIGHT! CRYSTAL PALACE V BURNLEY (1978–9 SEASON)
ELAINE AND TERRY
CAR TROUBLE
THE BETTING SHOP – THE SANSOM BROTHERS BECOME BOOKIES
LEAVING THE EAGLES
LAND OF HOPE AND GLORY
RON GREENWOOD
IF THE CAP FITS: ENGLAND V WALES (23 MAY 1979)
ENGLAND V BULGARIA
A BAD NIGHT IN BASLE
JOINING ARSENAL
THE BRADY BUNCH
DARK DAYS
THE TERRY NEILL YEARS
A TALE OF TWO CLUBS
THE DON HOWE YEARS
London Colney
Rotterdam
ARSENAL AND A SUN REPORTER GET NAKED AND TOMMY CATON GETS TWO DOGS
BOYS WE’VE LOST
INHABITING AN EMOTIONAL WASTELAND
1982 WORLD CUP, SPAIN
ENGLAND V FRANCE (WE WON 3–1)
THE FABULOUS BERNABÉU
ENGLAND MATCHES
MEXICAN HEARTBREAK
ENGLAND V ARGENTINA
THE SUN SETS AND A NEW DAY BEGINS
ENTER GEORGE ‘THE STROLLER’ GRAHAM. RESPECT AND FEAR
THE NEW GAFFER
ARSENAL ARE BACK! ARSENAL ARE BACK! AND WE’RE GOING TO WIN THE CUP!
ARSENAL V SPURS: WEMBLEY, HERE WE COME!
LITTLEWOODS CUP FINAL: SUNDAY, 5 APRIL 1987
GET OFF MY BED, ROCKY – AND SHUT UP, VIV!
POOR OLD SPURS – AGAIN
THE HEADLINES ARE BIG AND REFLECTING MY FRUSTRATION
THE END FOR ME AT ARSENAL AND ENGLAND. EURO 1988 – A DISASTER
HIGHBURY – GAME OVER
I MESSED WITH GEORGE
TONY ADAMS IS SKIPPER
MY STORIES OFF THE PITCH
THE BLUE LIGHT OF THE LAW
A FUNERAL
SHOWBIZ SHENANIGANS
HONG KONG PHOOEY
SELLING SEX IN INDONESIA
MEMORIES IN MUSIC
HOLIDAYS
WHITE CHRISTMAS
Christmas 1986 – a child is born. Christmas Eve
Christmas Day
Boxing Day, and a new arrival
FOOTBALLERS BEHAVING BADLY
Montechoro madness: 1987, with Arsenal
Puerto Banús: Spring 1988
Colorado
A MEMORABLE TREAT
CLOSER TO HOME
CAB DRIVERS AND ME AND BOBBY MOORE
SAMANTHA FOX OR FATIMA WHITBREAD – YOU CHOOSE
SAMANTHA FOX LOVES ARSENAL
GOING NORTH OF WATFORD
MY BEST EVER MATCH AT HIGHBURY
EVERTONIAN HUMOUR
ALL OVER THE PLACE
WEST LONDON
COVENTRY
CHERTSEY TOWN AND DOWNGRADING
GLENN ROEDER – A STRANGE DEFEATIST ATTITUDE
SUPER KEV
ARSENAL FOOTBALL VILLAGE IN SPAIN
TONY ADAMS – A SPORTING CHANCE
TONY ADAMS – LOST BOY TO WISE MAN
PETER KAY
THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
REHAB, AND ‘WHO THE HELL IS KENNY SANSOM?’
CHECKING IN
FIRST NIGHT, AND A NEW DAY
INSANITY
HI, I’M KENNY, AND I’M AN ALCOHOLIC
GOING HOME
THREE INNOCENT KIDS
KATIE AND OASIS
STAYING STRONG
CHINA AND THE SOCCER PRINCE
A SHOT IN THE DARK
KENNY ‘CHAIRMAN MAO’ SANSOM
THE SOCCER PRINCE
ELAINE GETS A BUZZ
MUM SEEKS ANOTHER CHINAMAN
THE FINAL OF SOCCER PRINCE
BALANCING ACT
MY CAPS
INFORMATION FOR ADDICTS
IN PRAISE OF KENNY
Copyright
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This book is dedicated to Elaine, Natalie, Katie, Harry, Mum and Lucky.
Foreword by Terry Venables
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In panic I threw a glance in the direction of the other lads desperately hoping for I don’t know what. Help? But they seemed to be engrossed in their own business of card playing and continued to be unaware of my dilemma.
I found a newspaper I had no interest in and hid behind it for the remainder of the long and painful journey, and was mightily relieved when it was time to alight. With internal dialogue like ‘Just keep yourself to yourself, Kenny boy,’ I checked into my room. But Peter was there again. ‘Who are you rooming with?’ he asked with that special glint he gets in his eye when he’s up to mischief.
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