Gary Lineker

This new biography – the first for 30 years – looks at the phenomenal career of football icon Gary Lineker.

[A] fantastic book about a brilliant life ... immensely readable

Superb ... a brilliant, insightful read from the first page to the last.

I have full admiration for Gary’s career , both as a goal-scoring footballer and tv front man presenter... Neither role is easy and simple.

Gary figured out the secret of goalscoring – where to move, when, and what to do when he got there. Few have grasped it so well.

Chris Evans has done the hard yards on Lineker’s football career , talking to former team-mates, reporters and several football managers, and taking us in some detail through long-forgotten games, a hat-trick here, a goalless defeat there, but faithfully detailing the life of a hard-working footballer at the highest level.

A detailed and well-written biography about the fastest brain in the box.

Full of pace and style, just like its subject, this book is a vivid, nostalgic reminder of Lineker’s greatness as a player in his golden years

An essential read

Skilfully crafted – there is not much more you can ask from a biography

This account is like Lineker the player: fast-paced and never short of entertainment

Evans has written the comprehensive biography of probably the most prominent figure in English football of the last 40 years. Lineker has been in our lives for as long as many of us can remember, and this tells his story brilliantly .

A fascinating insight into one of football’s most popular characters

Chris Evans regularly writes for FourFourTwo , with his work also appearing in the Guardian , the Independent , the Daily Telegraph and other national papers, as well as the BBC Sport and Mail websites. He is the author of How to Win the World Cup: Secrets and Insights from International Football’s Top Managers .