Taking Le Tiss
My Autobiography
Matt Le Tissier
First published in 2009 by
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© Matt Le Tissier 2009
Matt Le Tissier asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work
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Source ISBN: 9780007310913
Ebook Edition © AUGUST 2009 ISBN: 9780007341085 Version: 2018-06-18
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To my wife,
my children and my parents
Table of Contents
3 - KNOCKED INTO SHAPE BY THE HAIRDRIER
4 - IT’S STUART PEARCE—‘OH…MY…GOD!’
5 - I GET RON ATKINSON FIRED AND FERGIE HIRED
6 - PUNCH UPS, HANGOVERS AND LADY BOYS
8 - WHY I TOLD SOUNESS, HODDLE AND VENABLES TO GET LOST
10 - HOW TO GET A MANAGER SACKED
12 - ONE DRUNK GAFFER AND A MATCHFIXING SCANDAL
14 - SUBBED BY A FISH UP A TREE or PEOPLE CALLED RUPERT SHOULD NOT RUN FOOTBALL CLUBS
15 - LAWRIE OUT, DAVE JONES IN
By Alan Shearer
I wasn’t surprised when Matt asked me to write the foreword to his autobiography. After all, I did all his work for him when we were teammates so it is only fitting I should help him now. The big surprise is that he hasn’t asked me to write the whole thing—with him adding the one brilliant punchline which people will