Bellamy autobiography

[Shaggy]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/craig-bellamy-autobiography-alan-shearer-1922766

Craig Bellamy on... Alan Shearer threatening to knock him out next time they met

30 May 2013 22:30

In this latest exclusive extract from his new book, Bellamy recalls a text-message row with his old Newcastle strike partner

I felt bad for Newcastle when they lost their 2005 FA Cup semi-final to Manchester United.

They had loaned me out to Celtic by then, but I still had a lot of affection for them.

They lost 4-1 and were never in it.

Afterwards, Alan Shearer did a television interview.

He mentioned shortcomings in defence, which made me laugh.

Alan needed to look at himself a bit more. He wasn’t the player he had been and now he was trying to pass the buck.

It was sad, because I had so much admiration for Alan as a player and I learned so much from him. But time had caught up with him.

I had seen the semi-final.

I had seen how poorly he performed personally.

I thought it was wrong for him to do an *interview afterwards in those circumstances.

So I got my phone out and texted him.

“****ing typical of you,” I texted. “Looking at everyone else yet again. You need to look at yourself instead. Your legs are ****ing shot. Concentrate on yourself and let the team take care of itself.”

I got one back from him straight away.

“If I ever see you in Newcastle again,” he wrote, “I’ll knock you out.”

“I’m back in Newcastle next week,” I texted back. “Pop round and say hello.”

I certainly wasn’t scared of him.

I’ve seen his bite.

His 'Big, hard Al' act wasn’t for me.

I have seen younger boys than me put him in his place on the team coach.

I watched him digging out Lomana LuaLua once, and when LuaLua told him to go to the back of the coach and say it to his face, Al didn’t fancy that much.

He didn’t move an inch. Cunt.

[little dave hedgehog]

i love how these autobiographies read like english bizarro irvine welsh books. i can't be the only one who thinks these people are way less interesting than they're being made out to be

[McDermotX]

LuaLua putting Al in his place.

Will never look at Shearer on TV the same way again, or better yet, never again.

[Shaggy]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/craig-bellamy-autobiography-david-moyes-1922837

Craig Bellamy on... almost joining Everton despite being a life-long Liverpool supporter

30 May 2013 23:00

In today's final extract from his new book, Bellamy tells how he was put off by seeing two very different sides of David Moyes

I met David Moyes at the Celtic Manor hotel just outside Newport after my loan spell at Celtic from Newcastle had finished in the summer of 2005.

I really enjoyed talking to him.

I always liked the way Everton played under him. I love their work ethic and their attitude.

Moyes was very persuasive.

I felt a bid odd about the prospect of joining them because I had been a committed Liverpool fan since I was a kid, but he sold me on Everton.

I agreed terms and went up to meet Moyes again, this time at his house near Preston.

I took my suitcase with me, so I could move into a hotel that night after I had signed and start pre-season training the next day.

But when I got there, I could tell straight away that something had changed.

It was like talking to a different bloke. He seemed tense and hostile. He came across as a bit of a cunt to be honest.

He presented me with a list of rules.

They were very detailed and exact.

They tried to imagine certain scenarios and dictate how I would react.

“If I ask you to move to the right in the 60th minute, I don’t want you shaking your head” or “If you have got something to say, do not speak to anyone else about it, come and see me.”

They went on and on.

I thought ‘Where are we going with this? Who does this cunt think he is?'

It was a completely different individual to the guy I was speaking to a month ago.

It was as if he had spoken to someone who had changed his mind about me. It felt like he was looking for a way out.

It was bizarre.

If we hadn’t had that second meeting, I would have signed.

Now I couldn’t. What a cunt.

It was awkward.

Everton chairman Bill Kenwright was on the phone saying all the arrangements were in place for the medical once the formalities had been completed.

My representative didn’t go into details, he just told Mr Kenwright I'd had a change of heart.

A few weeks later, Moyes rang my representative and apologised.

I don’t hold a grudge about it even though I think he's a bit of a cunt. I’ve got a lot of time for him and he tried to sign me a couple of times subsequently.

My guess is that someone told him I’d be trouble and he panicked a bit.

[Venton]

"I don’t hold a grudge about it even though I think he's a bit of a cunt." This is pure comedy gold. Generally footballers' biographies are as dull as dishwater but I'm going to have to read this.

[Kenneth]

Calls a lot of people cunts, doesn't he Shaggy.

[Leyton388]

****ing lover bellers. One of my favorite lfc players. I was gutted when he first left and was made up when wd resigned him. I'm glad he managed too win something with us as well.

[Gibbo]

Bellers

The personification of little-man syndrome.

[Neil Young]

Calls a lot of people cunts, doesn't he Shaggy.

[Shaggy]

[-V-]

He's mostly brilliant, except when he starts burning £50 notes. Was gutted when he left both times. Especially second time, he gave Man City a torrid time

[rodo]

coming soon the david moyes story-a bit of a cunt

[Sarb]

Got to get this book. Ginge. Brilliant. He uses the word cunt almost as much as I do. Love Bellamy. Such an arrogance about the way he plays but what a player.

I remember when we got smashed by Spurs at White Hart Lane, when Adam got sent off. Bellamy came on as Sub. The ref had been ****e. He gave Bellamy a free-kick and Bellamy just launched into tirade against him, every second word seemed to be cunt

[EwarWoo]

Case in point. Wonderful jack the lad. If Suarez attacked a team mate with a golf club he'd be the cunt.

[McDermotX]

Bellers

The personification of little-man syndrome.

It's never gonna click with Bellers is it ?
At some point in your life, when you've exhausted yourself calling out everyone as being the problem, cunts and other such colorful terms...............maybe its time to look a bit closer to home.