Lenny Glover - The Autobiography

From the backstreets of South London and the glamour of professional football, to a prison cell in Leicester, the life of Len Glover has been nothing if not eventful.

Now, with a cast-list ranging from Princess Anne, Sammy Davis Jnr, Ava Gardner, and Reggie Kray, as well as sporting legends such as Pele and Franz Beckenbauer, he  tells us his story. Pulling no punches, with either characters or events.

With self-awareness and honesty, the former soccer-star – at one time the most expensive winger in British footballing history – recalls the highs and the lows of his personal and public life.

Shot throughout with quirky observations and humour, Len’s story chronicles not only his rise to fame and fall from grace but the social climate of his times. From the grim fifties and post-war austerity, through to the liberated sixties and troubled seventies, his life – domestic, professional, and illegal – is laid bare.

To many people, Len Glover was, and remains, a legend. Once described as the greatest uncapped winger in the world, he played against and alongside some of the world’s greatest players. His thoughts and interactions with those players are enough on their own to supply his story with interest.

In tandem with his life away from the football pitch those thoughts and interactions are transformed into something more than just a mix of the humorous, the tragic, and the truthful.

The most apt description springing to mind being: “Riveting”.

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