Premier League Reading Stars: Footballers Favorite Books
By: Bob | March 19th, 2007
Every year the Premier League Reading Stars – a scheme set up jointly by the Natural Literacy Trust, Arts Council England, Football Foundation and the Premier League to encourage inspire families to read more – releases a list of Premiership players’ favorite books. The list is especially valuable if you are an 8-year-old since that is the apparent reading level of most of the players. There are some exceptions of course and there are some surprises. Who knew that Ben Thatcher could even read? Who knew that Brad Friedel is a fan of poetry? Who could have guessed that none of the players would have selected Wayne Rooney’s autobiography as their favorite book?
Jens Lehmann (Arsenal) – The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini
Steven Davis (Aston Villa) – Back from the Brink, by Paul McGrath
Brad Friedel (Blackburn) – Fantastic Football Poems, by John Foster
Gary Speed (Bolton) – Winter in Madrid, by CJ Sansom
Ben Thatcher (Charlton) – The Tiger Who Came to Tea, by Judith Kerr
Wayne Bridge (Chelsea)- Horrid Henry and the Football Fiend, by Francesca Simon
Tim Cahill (Everton)- My Autobiography, by Shane Warne
Liam Rosenior (Fulham) – Fungus The Bogeyman, by Raymond Briggs
Jermaine Pennant (Liverpool)- Private Peaceful, by Michael Morpurgo
Nedum Onuoha (Man City)- It’s Not About The Bike, by Lance Armstrong
Alan Smith (Man Utd) – What if I Had Never Tried it?, by Valentino Rossi
Chris Riggott (Middlesbrough)- Action Replay, by SW Parry
Steven Taylor (Newcastle) – Tamar, by Mal Peet
David James (Portsmouth) – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, by Mark Haddon
Marcus Hahnemann (Reading) – Without Remorse, by Tom Clancy
Craig Short (Sheffield United) – Angels and Demons, by Dan Brown
Ledley King (Tottenham) – Krindlekrax, by Phillip Ridley
Malky Mackay (Watford) – The Tipping Point, by Malcolm Gladwell
Robert Green (West Ham) – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, by Roald Dahl
Arjan De Zeeuw (Wigan) – The Gruffalo, by Julia Donaldson
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My current favourite is Coleen-My Life with Wayne’s Wallet.
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Sam Doucet (Tottenham) – A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess
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The Arts Council, as well as asking footballers which authors they like, is asking everyone ‘who is the greatest?’ Have your say at http://artsdebate.co.uk
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