This book is well worth the read and I recommend it. Even famous and well off people suffer, after all we are all human. It is people like Paul McGrath who have brought about the awareness of mental health. Paul suffered in silence and it was not until way after he had retired he bucked up the courage to lay it all out in the open. Suicide attempts and chronic up and down emotions hampered what was a really good football career. Paul played most of his football back in the 1980's and 1990's and experienced racism when it was prevalent in our beautiful game at the time. Paul suffered with deep depression a feeling that I can relate to, and he was also a functioning alcoholic. He was a stalwart of a player both at defending and a creative ball playing defender. Paul was a great centre back for both Aston Villa and Manchester United and also international football for the Republic Of Ireland. Paul McGrath's story is a harrowing tale of deep depression. I have read many football autobiographies.
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