9-3 Posted 3 January, 2014 Share Posted 3 January, 2014 Two books out now telling all about life as a footballer unknown author. Who is he, Pompey ex? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie Posted 3 January, 2014 Share Posted 3 January, 2014 Some seem to think it is Dave Kitson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 3 January, 2014 Share Posted 3 January, 2014 http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?46732-The-Secret-Footballer#.UscvjbS8wl0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stardustonmyfeet Posted 3 January, 2014 Share Posted 3 January, 2014 In the first book he describes a bemusing incident in the closing stages of a derby match, where the supporters of the losing side chose to hold onto the ball rather than return it for the throw-in. Maybe I'm biased because I've read enough to assume that the vast majority is written by Kitson but I instantly thought back to our 2011-2012 derby matches in the Championship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 3 January, 2014 Share Posted 3 January, 2014 Forecast. Tommy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smirking_Saint Posted 3 January, 2014 Share Posted 3 January, 2014 Forecast. Tommy. Cant be, its secret footballer not pretend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWD Posted 3 January, 2014 Share Posted 3 January, 2014 I read his first book and Dave Kitson just didn't work for a number of reasons. For some reason I always imagine it being Scott Parker - he talks about being involved in both ends of the table and starting in the lower leagues which would fit. His kids seem the right age too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_Ash Posted 3 January, 2014 Share Posted 3 January, 2014 If you have followed the website whoisthesecretfootballer it is 75% Dave kitson and the other 25% Dave kitson telling other footballers stories. Deffo kitson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted 3 January, 2014 Share Posted 3 January, 2014 There's something about a Danish journalist proving it somewhere by asking Kitson a load of questions which give it away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwsaint Posted 4 January, 2014 Share Posted 4 January, 2014 Already a thread on this. Fairly sure that it is Dave Kitson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
There when Franny scored Posted 4 January, 2014 Share Posted 4 January, 2014 (edited) There's something about a Danish journalist proving it somewhere by asking Kitson a load of questions which give it away http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/video-the-secret-footballer--has-this-crafty-danish-journalist-exposed-dave-kitson-as-the-anonymous-author-9024314.htmlhttp://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/video-the-secret-footballer--has-this-crafty-danish-journalist-exposed-dave-kitson-as-the-anonymous-author-9024314.html sorry, link doesn't seem to paste. Just google "Dave Kitson Secret Footballer". Third hit Edited 4 January, 2014 by There when Franny scored link not working Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Sanchez Posted 4 January, 2014 Share Posted 4 January, 2014 Gaston Ramirez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deano6 Posted 4 January, 2014 Share Posted 4 January, 2014 Gaston Ramirez. Good player, him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldbarbarian Posted 4 January, 2014 Share Posted 4 January, 2014 its Dave Kitson. I have read both books which are both decent reads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Mikey Posted 5 January, 2014 Share Posted 5 January, 2014 I'm half way through the 2nd book and although the (Pompey) fans protesting outside the training ground is a massive giveaway it's Kitson, plus the move to Stoke is pretty evident - there is also so much that doesn't fit. As others have alluded to, it must be collection of stories and not just the ones he actually says are his mates. Things like won trophies and played for a big club in Premier? Kitson's won a Div 1 medal and that's it. I wouldn't say Reading and Stoke are big clubs, just like I wouldn't say we are either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miltonaggro Posted 5 January, 2014 Share Posted 5 January, 2014 It's the Skate Scum legend that is Kitson, the useless ginger cabbage... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Balls Posted 6 January, 2014 Share Posted 6 January, 2014 I'm half way through the 2nd book and although the (Pompey) fans protesting outside the training ground is a massive giveaway it's Kitson, plus the move to Stoke is pretty evident - there is also so much that doesn't fit. As others have alluded to, it must be collection of stories and not just the ones he actually says are his mates. Things like won trophies and played for a big club in Premier? Kitson's won a Div 1 medal and that's it. I wouldn't say Reading and Stoke are big clubs, just like I wouldn't say we are either. Heard that a few stories/facts are thrown in to throw people off track. Never read it myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huffton Posted 3 October, 2014 Share Posted 3 October, 2014 Been reading the second book the last couple of days. if it is Kitson, he's gone right up in my estimation for trying to single handedly bankrupt the stinking cesspit down the road. Although I can't think which of the many many chairman it could have been singing songs about him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokyo-Saint Posted 3 October, 2014 Share Posted 3 October, 2014 Read the 2nd book last week, it is kitson. I'm guessing the manager he and the others tried to get sacked is Appleton. He has a very high opinion of himself considering what an average footballer he was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambosa75 Posted 3 October, 2014 Share Posted 3 October, 2014 How can it be Kitson? He never got an Englad call up did he? Seemed to remember he was a full international wasnt he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_Ash Posted 3 October, 2014 Share Posted 3 October, 2014 It is Kitson. The secret footballer states he was on the verge of an England call up by Capello but he changed his mind and then went on a bender. I worked out that the manager who threatened him after he scored against them was Steve Cotterill, who also he talks about as crying in the dressing room when off to another club and leaving them in the sh1t. When he went off to Forest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokyo-Saint Posted 3 October, 2014 Share Posted 3 October, 2014 The stoke player with the boring boat story is Beattie as well right? Also the manager who holds a grudge was Pullis? The 2nd book was not that great really apart from the SOS Pompey making banners at the training ground chapter, that was lols. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sotonist Posted 3 October, 2014 Share Posted 3 October, 2014 Heard that a few stories/facts are thrown in to throw people off track. Never read it myself. yeah he nicked a few stories from other footballers either to throw doubt on his identity or just to have stories to tell. most of it matches kitson and if it's not him it's someone who borrowed his answers from very public interviews to use in the book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cellone Posted 3 October, 2014 Share Posted 3 October, 2014 Is it Kitson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 3 October, 2014 Share Posted 3 October, 2014 Ali Dia ? I mean, it must have been a secret, because no-one else thought he was a footballer .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simo Posted 4 October, 2014 Share Posted 4 October, 2014 No one cares (do they) ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldridge Posted 4 October, 2014 Share Posted 4 October, 2014 Jack Colback is a secret footballer (just not the main one). He did an anonymous 'ask me anything' a year ago on the /sp/ board on 4chan of all places, but the anoraks eventually figured out it was him. Made an amusing comment about Pardew which is even more funny now that he plays under him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMikey Posted 4 October, 2014 Share Posted 4 October, 2014 Coincidentally I just read his first book on Wednesday, and all signs pointed to Kitson apart from a couple of things that didn't quite fit in - I guess it makes sense to include things in there to throw people off the scent but when he talks about players at P*mpey looking up to him "because I pronounce the letter 't' in words" it could only be that lanky ginge. I do enjoy the bits where he has a go at the Skates though, talking about confronting fans (the bestest fans in the world btw) who wanted him to forgo his paychecks. Some lols in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokyo-Saint Posted 4 October, 2014 Share Posted 4 October, 2014 Think you read the 2nd book there S&M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMikey Posted 4 October, 2014 Share Posted 4 October, 2014 Blast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokyo-Saint Posted 4 October, 2014 Share Posted 4 October, 2014 I thought the first book was a lot better but at that time I didn't know it was kitson and thought it was someone half decent like Danny Murphy. Good marketing from kitson though, there is no way I would buy and read one kitson autobiography let alone two but I did with the SFootballer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eelpie Posted 4 October, 2014 Share Posted 4 October, 2014 Forecast. Tommy. In that case it's all fiction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LozzaTheSaint Posted 5 October, 2014 Share Posted 5 October, 2014 Enjoyed the first book and recently read the second whih is not as good - slightly off topic but I've just read 'Triggs - the autobiography of Roy keanes dog' best football related book I've read. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itchen_dan Posted 5 October, 2014 Share Posted 5 October, 2014 Which one is the first one? Tales of the secret footballer or I am the secret footballer? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LozzaTheSaint Posted 5 October, 2014 Share Posted 5 October, 2014 I am the secret footballer is the first one. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marino Posted 7 October, 2014 Share Posted 7 October, 2014 Disappointed with the first book, nothing juicy in there unlike some of the auto b's. Won't be bothering with the 2nd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a1ex2001 Posted 7 October, 2014 Share Posted 7 October, 2014 Disappointed with the first book, nothing juicy in there unlike some of the auto b's. Won't be bothering with the 2nd. For me that's the point, people are always putting attention seeking look at me stuff in biographies but this is trying to tell it how it really is nobody talks about the crap and the negative when there name is attached to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killers Knee Posted 8 October, 2014 Share Posted 8 October, 2014 In the 2nd book "Tales", it quite interesting where he meets an agent who has the job description for a manager position at a South Coast Club. It certainly sounds like a gig at Saints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 8 October, 2014 Share Posted 8 October, 2014 It is Kitson. The secret footballer states he was on the verge of an England call up by Capello but he changed his mind and then went on a bender. I worked out that the manager who threatened him after he scored against them was Steve Cotterill, who also he talks about as crying in the dressing room when off to another club and leaving them in the sh1t. When he went off to Forest. http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/dave-kitson-lined-up-for-england-721841 - some of the "Kitson for England under Capello" evidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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