{"product_id":"murphy-wilson-saint-and-sinner-9781845966669","title":"Saint And Sinner","description":"Nobody has ever been able to ignore Alex Murphy. In a glittering rugby league career stretching over forty years - from schoolboy days playing with St Helens to international success for Great Britain and years of glory as player coach and manager of a host of high-profile clubs including Wigan and Warrington - fame and controversy have always been present: Murphy's row with Wigan chairman and one-time friend Maurice Lindsay when he was accused of trying to strangle him with his own telephone cord; the time Syd Hines head-butted him at Wembley believing Murphy had taken a dive to get him sent off; his two tours including the 1958 'Battle of Brisbane' and how he 'spat the dummy' costing himself a third tour. . . All this and a further fund of tales from the tough world of rugby league is given Murphy's unique treatment in this uncompromising autobiography. SAINT AND SINNER is the tale of how a liittle man reached the summit of his sport and helped other little men along the way. The cocky kid - youngest ever to tour with Great Britain who could have chosen professional football as a career 'if it hadn't been too soft' - is known to millions today as Murph the Mouth: after-dinner speaker TV commentator outspoken newspaper columnist and now holder of the OBE whose love for rugby league has never dwindled.","brand":"Mainstream Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53802246078806,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/murphy-wilson-saint-and-sinner-9781845966669","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}