Troy Deeney: Redemption: My Story

The book was honest and forthright and gave an insight into Troy’s personality and character. Also he was very open in his opinions and relationships that he had with various managers and coaches. A really enjoyable read

This is a very honest biography by footballer Troy Deeney who doesn’t try to pull any punches and tells it straight from the heart.Troy Deeney spent most of his career at Watford where he became a bit of a folk hero leading them in his formidable style. But there is so much more to this story and the man himself, he has not had the easiest of rides and would admit to causing some of the difficulties. Normally when you read biographies of footballers they are full of behind the scenes gossip and lots of stories you are already aware of. But this one is different, yes there are some football stories as you would fully expect but we are told of his experiences being raised on a large council estate in Birmingham by his hard working mother while his drug dealing father was in and out of prison.Troy Deeney had things tough and life was no easy ride. For me it was the stories of his life before football in Birmingham that made great reading. In spite of all the negative energy surrounding him, Troy managed to pull through and was rewarded with a life in football where he managed to lead unfashionable Watford to an FA Cup Final as well as twice gaining promotion. Having become a hero for Watford he is now finishing his career with his and my hometown club Birmingham City.This is a very entertaining read that is a little different from many of the football legend biographies currently doing the rounds.

lovely book and easy to read and get alexa to read it to you

Look forward to reading it

This is a good book and insight into Deeneys life on and off the pitch. Would be 5 stars if his publisher or proof reader done their job as the amount of spelling mistakes is a joke.

Very honest about his upbringing. Glad he’s working through things and sorting his head out. The book explains a lot about the persona that is portrayed.Seems like a solid guy.

I would’ve given this three stars till the last chapter. It was at this point he demonstrated, in my opinion, his racist views, when ironically and quite correctly, expressing anger at racism. He seems a very bitter man, full of self-pity. The first 15% of the book is him searching for sympathy for a poor upbringing.He needs to realise this situation is not that uncommon.He’s clearly a violent hot-headed man with a criminal past - I think he’d benefit from some help.

As a watford fan I’ve nothing but respect for Troy, gave 100% and cared and that’s all a player can do. To be fair I think I’d heard 90% of the stories already but highly enjoyable read.