Len ashurst autobiography vs biography

Details the ups and downs of the author's career including his fallout with Brian Clough, rejection by hometown club Liverpool, drinking with Jim Baxter, taking Newport County to a European quarter-final, winning promotion with Cardiff, the pie-selling thief of Ninian Park and surviving a murder attempt whilst manager of an Arabian football team.

No outfield player has played more games for Sunderland than Len Ashurst. In his fascinating autobiography Len details the extraordinary ups and downs of his career, including his fall out with Brian Clough, rejection by his home town club Liverpool, drinking with Jim Baxter, taking Newport County to promotion and a European quarter-final, winning promotion with Cardiff City, the pie-selling thief of Ninian Park and surviving a murder attempt whilst manager of an Arabian football team.

After 458 games at a 'Left Back' for Sunderland, his managerial career took him from Hartlepool through to Gillingham, Sheffield Wednesday, Newport