BOTHAM
MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY
with Peter Hayter
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Published in hardback in 1994 by Collins Willow
First published in paperback in 1995
Revised edition 1998, 2000, 2001
Copyright © Newschoice Ltd and Ian Botham 1995
The Author asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work
The publishers wish to thank the following for providing photographs: Allsport, BBC, Benson and Hedges, Kathy Botham, Lincolnshire Chronicle, Patrick Eagar, Hayters, Graham Morris, Pacemaker Press and Thames Television
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Source ISBN: 9780002189590
Ebook Edition © JANUARY 2017 ISBN: 9780007388844
Version: 2017-01-18
To Kath, Liam, Sarah and Becky and to the rest of my family, my friends and the cricketing public all over the world who have supported me throughout the years
CONTENTS
9 Sex, Drugs and Rock ’n’ Roll
15 These Feet Were Made for Walking
19 The Worst Team in the World
Beefy’s Fantasy Cricket Selection
Say the name Ian Botham to me and the first thought I have is not of ‘Beefy’ the great cricketer but of a magnificent friend, full of love for people, full of support and ready to give you everything he’s got.
That’s the Ian Botham I have been lucky enough to know since we first met as youngsters at Somerset back in the early 1970s before travelling around the world and playing cricket for and against each other for more than 20 years.
And that’s the same Beefy I’m lucky enough to know today, now that