Episode 11: Steve Claridge - Tales from the Boot Camps
Who better to follow Diego Maradona than the Aldershot Hotshot Steve Claridge?
Probably most famous for scoring the goal that got Leicester up to the Premier League in 1996, football's fruit and veg man played for 24 (by our count) clubs in a career that spanned four decades. Throughout that period, he traveled around in battered cars as he commuted from his parents house in Portsmouth to clubs all over the south and southeast, earning himself a reputation for tardiness and for having the filthiest boots in football.
Written in 1997, Tales from the Boot Camps is the first of Claridge's books and covers the years right up to that promotion winning belter at Wembley in 1996.
The Dynamo Football Bookclub
The Dynamo Football Book Club is the podcast for football fans who love a good read.
Each week, we dive into books by and about footballers — from autobiographies and biographies to ghostwritten epics and hidden gems. If Vardy’s vodka, Maradona mayhem, or the Cruyff kidnapping are your thing,, we’ve got you covered. We read em, so you don’t have to (although some of em you really ought to).
The episodes are not tied to the match day cycle and can be listened to any time and in any order. Expect a lively chat, deep dives and a good old larf, har har.
🎙️ New episodes every week.
⚽️ Great for fans of football history, sportswriting, player memoirs, and podcast book clubs.
♬ Music by the wonderful Darragh Fenlon.
*formerly the Ademola Bookmen Podcast.
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