- Published: 15 August 2011
- ISBN: 9781409021865
- Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 432
I'm Not Really Here
- Published: 15 August 2011
- ISBN: 9781409021865
- Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 432
His tale is one of incredible neglect, which makes for fascinating reading on a sporting, but mostly human level.
The Sports Diaries
...an astounding football autobiography.
The Guardian
Best football autobiography ever? Unquestionably
Metro
His memoir - I'm Not Really Here - spares nothing in the raw details of what Lake endured. A football read even more harrowing than an England player's World Cup diary
Sport
I'd be frightened to put a price on his head these days ... Paul was as good a young player as I've ever worked with.
Howard Kendall
It was like having one of your mates playing for City. He would've captained England. No question. He was - and remains - one of us
Noel Gallagher
It's the best book I've read for a long time....Beautifully, powerfully written, it is particularly raw and unsparing...
Oliver Holt, The Mirror
Paul Lake was the most gifted in the group of young players who brightened Manchester City up for fans in the 1980s who were pining for the glory days to return...his is an inspirational human story
David Conn, The Guardian
Without question, he is the best young player I have ever worked with
Mel Machin
You would class Paul in the top bracket. I always likened him to Colin Bell - he had that great ability to get up and down the park.
Tony Book