Transformed: Football, Faith & Me [FIRST EDITIION]

Primus, Linvoy; Jeffs, Peter

Verlag: Legendary Publishing, Hants, England, 2007

Beschreibung

As new condition dark blue boards with gold spine lettering contained in an as new condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket. Includes Author Dedication; Acknowledgments; Foreword by Gavin Peacock; Introduction; Index; and A Message from Linvoy. Illustrated with a section of color photographic plates. "Linvoy Primus is the most popular player at Portsmouth Football Club. Here he tells the inspirational story of his life in football and of how, through his conversion to Christianity, he triumphantly overcame dissillusionment, lack of self-belief and numerous rejections so that his own life and performances were totally transformed. In parallel, Portsmouth Football Club has undergone its own transformation. In this must-read autobiography Linvoy also tells the compelling and intriguing inside story of the club's promotion to the Premier League and subsequent establishment at the highest level in English football." -- from the rear outer jacket. "He's improved as a player one million percent." -- Harry Redknapp. "Man mountain Linvoy excelled in 2006/07. The stopper enjoyed the joint highest overall rating of any defender." - Sky Sports dot com. "A Man Transformed. A Football Club Transformed. Linvoy Primus was 26 when he moved to Portsmouth, a club struggling in the second tier of English football. He had previously been playing out his career in the lower leagues for Charlton, Barnet and Reading, with his footballing and personal life unfulfilled as he struggled with a crippling lack of self belief that had been fueled by rejection, mistrust and disillusionment. After a couple of his wife's friends invited the Primus family to a local church Linvoy's fortunes were to be changed in a remarkable way when he decided to commit to Christianity. This book tells the story of how he believes his faith in God transformed his life and performances such that he played a key role in Portsmouth's triumphant ascent to the top level of the English game and went on to become a top Premiership footballer, scooping a host of awards from the fans along the way. In a modern game where the quintessential footballer is feted with money and fame and portrayed arrrogant, dishonest and pampered, Linvoy's story provides the perfect antidote. Off the field he has become a popular figure in the local community with his tireless work for disadvantaged young people through his charity 'Faith and Football', and he also tells the stories of his own fascinating overseas missions to help vulnerable children in Nigeria and India. This is the compelling story of Linvoy's own remarkable conversion and his subsequent life as a Christian fottballer in the Premiership, together with, for the first time, the inside story of Portsmouth Football Club's parallel transformation to become one of the top ten teams in the country." -- from the inner front jacket flap. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 006536

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Transformed: Football, Faith & Me [FIRST ...

Verlag: Legendary Publishing, Hants, England

Erscheinungsdatum: 2007

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: As New

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New