New football book titles out this month include El Nino: My Story, the autobiography of Liverpool's
Fernando Torres, Glory Glory, Andy Mitten's interviews with Manchester United stars of the 1990s
and 39 Days of Gazza, the sad story of Paul Gascoigne's ill-fated time in charge of non-League
Kettering Town.
Name: Andoni Goikoetxea, nicknamed The Butcher of Bilbao
Club career: Athletic Bilbao, Atletico Madrid
Position: Centre-back
Why so hard? The Butcher of Bilbao earned his nickname for an infamous scything
tackle from behind on Diego Maradona, who was playing for Barcelona at the time.
Denilson and Diaby were key complementers to Arsenal's defensive and attacking side of the game,
helping the Gunners to a 3-0 win.
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In his playing days (and even now as the boss of Selecao), Brazil midfielder Dunga
always seemed to be playing with the metaphorical middle finger up at his critics.
Big FryBy Barry Fry and Phil RostronPublished by Collins Willow2000, From 1p (Amazon),
978-0002-189491Barry Fry's autobiography is now ten years old, but I thought it would be
informative to return to it as a Nineties period piece - a time capsule shedding light on the
wheeler-dealing of that decade and before.
