Join us at The Old Woollen as Dave Worthington takes us inside the secret world of a top-tier football scout. Dave who has witnessed 20 epoch-making years of the Premier League has collaborated with Pudsey-born Sports Journalist Phil Dawkes to tell his story and will be chatting to him and ITV Calendar’s Chris Dawkes about his life, career and the craft.
THE BOOK
With a foreword by ex-Bolton and England manager Sam Allardyce, the book is of major interest to all football fans.
Lifting the lid on the dynamic, clandestine, pressurised, sometimes humdrum, often crazy life of a football talent-spotter, in this revealing autobiography we find Dave:
* Unearthing hidden gems for Sam Allardyce to polish at Bolton
* Helping Jose Mourinho spend big as part of Chelsea’s ‘Roman Empire’
* Providing the means for Leicester to shock the world in 2015-16
* Witnessing first-hand at Everton how messy things get when you recruit three faltering number 10s and strikers who don’t score
Few scouts have experienced Premier League history in the 21st century as Dave Worthington has. But then few people have two footballing parents. Fewer still, grow up as one of three brothers who all become professionals; one an England international and great maverick of the game. Even fewer go on to make close to 500 Football League appearances, securing cult status as Dave did at Grimsby.
‘Worthy’ is about the making of a scout and how a unique upbringing, lengthy playing career and lifelong love of the game equipped Dave to judge the best of the best.
Author Phil Dawkes spent 15 years working for BBC Sport online, principally covering football. He has written extensively on the Premier League, Champions League and many more major international tournaments.
Doors open at 7pm.
£18-£30
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