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No outfield player has played more games for Sunderland than Len Ashurst. In this book, Len details the extraordinary ups and downs of his 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, failing as manager at his beloved Sunderland, the pie-selling thief of Ninian Park and surviving a murder attempt whilst manager of an Arabian football team. After 458 games for Sunderland, his managerial career took him from Hartlepool through Gillingham, Sheffield Wednesday, Kuwait and Newport to Cardiff before returning to his beloved Roker Park and taking the team to Wembley. But it wasn't all a bed of roses. Len fell out with Brian Clough over his role in the injury which ended Clough's stellar playing career, leading to Len refusing to play in Old Big 'ead's testimonial match.He also presided over difficult times at Sheffield Wednesday as the club almost suffered relegation to the Fourth Division and saw Sunderland slide out of the top flight under his tenure. The highs and lows of his career provide an undulating backdrop for tales of the many personalities with whom Len has worked, including Tommy Tynan, John Aldridge, Paul Bracewell, Malcolm Allison, Gary and Dave Bennett, Charlie Hurley, Phil Dwyer, Bob Hatton and Jim Montgomery. Throughout the history of the Premier League Len has been deeply involved in its evolution, including being instrumental in the foundation of the Premier League academies.As a Match Delegate he has witnessed many notorious incidents including the fight between Newcastle team-mates Kieron Dyer and Lee Bowyer. In this book Len controversially reveals the many issues which he feels face the FA in righting th e wrongs they have created in the modern game. "Left Back In Time" looks back at a remarkable career which has spanned six decades.

Len Ashurst has spent over 50 years working in football, first as a left-back with Sunderland for whom he holds the record number of appearances for an outfield player, then with Hartlepool, Gillingham, Sheffield Wednesday, Newport County, Cardiff and Sunderland as a manager, then coached abroad and finally worked as a match delegate for the Premier League since the scheme's inception in 2003.