Book cover for Fore! What do you mean it's only a game ? by Martin Johnson

Fore! What do you mean it's only a game ?

2023 Released
192 Pages
3-4 Hours
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AfnilISBN 9782805208614

Martin Johnson, started his career with the South Wales Argus, progressed to the Leicester Mercury, was former cricket correspondent of The Independent, sports feature writer of the Daily Telegraph and multi-faceted writer for The Sunday Times. Here is a festival of golfing anecdotes as possibly only he could lay down in text. A rare and exceptional journalistic talent who completed this work right up to the moment he succumbed to an ugly illness. Known mainly in cricket and rugby circles, he covered a multitude of sports from Drag-racing and heavy- weight boxing all the way to synchronized swimming and Shoveha'penny. A unique talent widely appreci- ated in the world of journalism, leaving most of us laughing all the way to the box of tissues. Yet, it was not only cricket for Jonno. He loved his golf and rugby, and during his time at the Daily Telegraph (1995-2008) he brought his withering prose to all subjects. He once suggested during the height of the Mad Cow outbreak (BSE disease) in the 1990s, that the temperamental Colin Montgomerie was suffering from 'Boiling Scotsman Eruptus.' Martin made sure that life was never dull and will be sorely missed.

Martin Johnson

Martin Johnson has achieved all there is to achieve in rugby since making his England debut in 1993. He has captained his club, Leicester, to all the major honours, winning four successive league title (1999-2002) and two European Cups (2001 and 2002); he led England with huge success, including winning the 2003 Grand Slam and the 2003 World Cup, gaining 84 caps, and captained the British Lions on their last two tours. Johnson retired in 2005 and was appointed as England team manager in 2008. He was awarded the CBE at the beginning of 2004.

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