Keeper of Dreams: One Man's Controversial Story of Life in the English Premiership

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Ronald Reng Shaun Whiteside

Keeper of Dreams

One Man's Controversial Story of Life in the English Premiership

Ronald Reng, Shaun Whiteside

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Yellow Jersey Press
15 August 2004

Autobiography: sport; Football (Soccer, Association football)

By far the best soccer autobiography of the year.' Frank Keating, Guardian

Ronald Reng traces German footballer Lars Leese's stratospheric rise from computer software salesman to Premiership goalie, and his equally alarming descent

Plucked from obscurity and playing in one of the most important leagues in the world, Leese experienced in real life what thousands of boys - and men - can only dream of- stepping out of the crowd and onto a Premiership pitch.

At the age of 28, German goalkeeper Lars Leese was catapulted from a minor league football field somewhere near Cologne to a small industrial town in the north of England. Something of a culture shock, certainly, but nothing compared to finding himself in goal for Barnsley playing the mighty Liverpool at Anfield in front of over 45,000 spectators. Reng's narrative is an indispensable antidote to the traditional footballing biography and a unique - and at times shocking - outsider's view of English life. Not since you last read the back pages of the News of the World will you have seen such an accurate picture of life as a Premiership footballer.

'Eye-opening expose of life at an English club' Independent

By: Ronald Reng
Translated by: Shaun Whiteside
Imprint: Yellow Jersey Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 171g
ISBN: 9780224064439
ISBN 10: 0224064436
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 15 August 2004
Recommended Age: From 0 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ronald Reng has been based in London for the last five years as a freelance sports journalist. He has written about English football for, amongst others, the Suddeutsche Zeitung, and Zurich's Tagesanzeiger.