Jordan Pickford checks his secret water bottle cheat sheet before Mo Salah's penalty for Liverpool in the derby. Gareth Southgate (top left), David Seaman (top centre) and David Beckham watch Sven-Göran Eriksson talk to Tony Blair at 10 Downing Street on the day the Swede had named his 2002 World Cup squad. Last summer, Tyldesley was left coming to terms with a crushing change - the biggest he had experienced in his career. Tyldesley’s memories of working with Brian Clough, Bill Shankly and Sir Alex Ferguson are very different, and they enrich his book. Each chapter is named after an influential player, manager, or commentator who has inspired Clive throughout his career.

England fast bowler David Willey will retire from international cricket at the end of the ODI World Cup as. He has taken the microphone at twenty-two UEFA Champions League finals as well as eleven FA Cup finals. I’ve also resolved to watch Gabriel Clarke’s film about Bobby Robson, which is also plugged by Tyldesley in his book.Don’t be put off by that though as each chapter digresses into many a story and event with the namesake of the chapter being a starting point. I’ve got an illogical dislike of commentators who personalise their work and complain about what they have to watch.

While there is a story there worth telling - a David vs Goliath battle of elite professionals against part-timers - he has found the occasion doesn't serve a purpose given San Marino's determination to sit deep and go in hard on England players to stop them in their tracks, as well as a feeling that broadcasters are forced to tread around egg shells to avoid offending the tiny nation. Hearst UK is the trading name of the National Magazine Company Ltd, 30 Panton Street, Leicester Square, London, SW1Y 4AJ. Tyldesley's passion for his job is no surprise given the journey he has been on with the game as it has evolved - with a front row seat to watch the most epic and agonising matches across the decades. By coincidence I happened upon them last night when I was Googling to see who Mirr Music in Korea make guitars for apart from Reverend. I confess I became so disheartened by the inability of true English football lovers like Graham Taylor and Kevin Keegan to make the earth move for me that I rather welcomed the appointment of an outsider in 2000.This book provides insight into his thought process when it comes to talking in front of TV audiences in the millions. I grew up at a time when Liverpool (and Everton to be fair) were incredibly successful and the soundtrack to my youth was provided by Mr Clive Tyldesley. When only 20% of the players regularly selected by England’s most successful club sides are English, you are not quite at the stage where you can be leaving out Jimmy Greaves or Paul Gascoigne, but Gareth is always looking forward rather than back with his team and squad selections. Within a year, seven or eight of the players that took part in the semi against Croatia in Moscow had been cut from the team or the squad. Ferguson gave Tyldesley his most memorable commentating experience when Manchester United came back from the dead to score two goals in the last few minutes to win the Champions League final against Bayern Munich in 1999.