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BOOKS

Life with Gazza and Venables

The Limping Physio:A Life in Football by John Sheridan,Amazon, £15

EVER wondered what goes on behind the scenes at a top football club?

Veteran physiotherapist John Sheridan has seen just about everything since he entered the professional game with manager David Pleat’s exciting Luton Town team 43 years ago.

When Pleat moved to Tottenham, Sheridan moved with him, later retaining his role under Pleat’s successor, the former England manager Terry Venables.

In 1991, Sheridan was reluctantly thrust into the spotlight when he nursed Paul Gascoigne back to fitness after a horror tackle in the FACup Final left Gazza’s career hanging in the balance.

Despite playing an integral part in the rehabilitation of one of England’s greatest players, Sheridan has remained silent –until now. For the first time he describes what really happened during this traumatic period and how it left him fighting for his sanity.

As a teenager, Sheridan fractured his femur in three places and caught osteomyelitis – an infection of the bone –in hospital. It left him with a limp for the rest of his life.

In his book, Sheridan speaks candidly about his time in the sport and reveals how he battled anxiety to enter the harsh world of professional football with a disability.

Beating the bottle

Finding Your Sober Bubble by Darren Taylor, Amazon, £7.99

FATHER-of-two Darren Taylor tells how he pulled himself back from the brink before alcohol ruined his life.

Part memoir, part selfhelp guide, his book chronicles his upbringing where heavy drinking was normalised.

The business development manager had his first taste of alcohol in his early teens, and quickly learned one was never enough.

In 2006, Darren’s drinking worsened. He said: “My mum died from cancer, I got married, my wife was pregnant and I had final exams for my Open University degree.

“It was just too much and I seriously upped the ante on my drinking” . Continuing to binge drink, and despite marrying childhood sweetheart Emma, Darren’s work and home life suffered.

In 2014, he left his high pressure job in Germany, which his wife believed was fuelling his drinking, for fear she would leave him.

But Darren started to suffer from anxiety and his drinking got worse.

He tried counselling andAAmeetings, but only when working with an NLP practitioner did he begin to kick the habit. ARIES (March 21-April 20)

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