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  • Published: 10 September 2021
  • ISBN: 9780552177818
  • Imprint: Corgi
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 272
  • RRP: $27.99

Only Here For A Visit

A Life Lived to the Full – from Sporting Glories to Wild Stories




Irreverent, outspoken and wildly entertaining, former footballer and broadcasting legend Alan Brazil shares stories from his life as a player, pundit and much-loved presenter.

'The only book that will give you a hangover' Chris Evans Breakfast Show
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The hilarious, no holds barred autobiography from sporting legend and broadcaster Alan Brazil.

As Alan recounts tales from his extraordinary life, he relives the sporting occasions, radio broadcasts and famously long drinking sessions that have defined his career. He takes readers inside the talkSPORT studio for a behind-the-scenes view of his most memorable interviews, and talks for the first time about the on-pitch rivalries and dressing room debriefs of his footballing career.

With his typically outspoken and irreverent delivery, Alan shares everything from his thoughts on how the sports he loves have changed to his top tips for picking winners (and many losers) at Cheltenham. And he revels in wine-soaked jaunts in the South of France and late-night supermarket sweeps with Ray Parlour - if you can keep up.

Packed full of never-before-told stories, refreshing appraisals, sporting controversy and a cast of larger-than-life characters, this is a brutally honesty and wickedly funny insight into an extraordinary life.

  • Published: 10 September 2021
  • ISBN: 9780552177818
  • Imprint: Corgi
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 272
  • RRP: $27.99

About the author

Alan Brazil

Alan Brazil is a Scottish broadcasting legend and former football player, most notably for Ipswich Town, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United and internationally for Scotland. He played as a forward before being forced to retire due to a recurring back injury.

After retirement, Alan moved into media presentation, initially on television, before a career in radio where for many years he has presented the Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast show on TalkSPORT.

Praise for Only Here For A Visit

A breathless romp, a highlights reel of Men Behaving Badly with a bit of football and broadcasting sandwiched between boozing sessions.

Mail on Sunday

Brazil is a natural raconteur.

The Times

The only book that will give you a hangover.

Chris Evans Breakfast Show

It's fantastic!

Chris Evans

A snapshot of a life well lived.

Daily Telegraph

Life is certainly never dull in the colourdul world of Alan Brazil.

Daily Mail (Scotland)