Gary mabbutt autobiography featuring
This tells the story of Gary Mabbutt's football playing career and it ends in Nothing about his life after that time..
Starting in the same team as Steve Perryman, Gary Mabbutt adopted his captain's loyalty and determination to serve Tottenham Hotspur with great distinction.
A young midfielder with Bristol Rovers, Mabbutt was persuaded to leave his home town for London by Bill Nicholson, who took a shine to this versatile and athletic player, making a mockery of the diabetes that he suffered from. Signing in the summer of 1982, Gary made his debut in the FA Charity Shield, making an impressive start among a lot of bigger names in the team.
Initially, he was a box to box player, who scored the occasional outstanding goal and his control of volleyed shots made him the best at this skill in the club. Covering lots of ground, with a prodigious leap to win headers, Mabbutt soon established his value to the team.
For four years Mabbutt played a variety of positions and was not a regular in the sid