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This book is a must for those of you who remember the 'good old days' of English football, or at least the days when Colin Todd started playing. It is essentially an autobiography of one of the best defenders Derby County and England ever had.
The book reveals Colin's early days at home with frost on the insides of windows, something I think many people of around his age can relate to. Times were hard for Colin, as they were for many others but Colin had a talent and a great love for football.
Toddy relives every step of his long journey from Chester-le-street to the present day. A story full of ups and downs. His time with the Rams was mainly a time of ups, brought to the club by Brian Clough and eventually signed by him again many years later for Nott's Forest.
Colin gives an account of every game of note through out his playing career, without ramming detail after detail down the readers thought. You feel as though you are going on a journey as you read and there are no times when it becomes bogged down and heavy to read. You wait in anticipation for the next page and as most people know some of the clubs and experiences Colin has had, you somehow get the feeling you are there with Colin as he tells of some unknown details of his personal career.
Derby County, or people that have been associated with the club features strongly throughout the book. With Colin sharing managerial posts along side Bruce Rioch, Roy McFarland and Jim Smith. Brian Clough as previously stated signed Colin twice, proving how "Old Big Ed" rated Colin Todd.
The book was hard to put down and for those statistical nuts among you there is a concise record of all of Mr Todd's club games from Sunderland to Luton Town. At the rear of the book.
Colour photographs and black and white early pictures are scattered throughout the book, many personal and most unseen before.
So that's it, a book to be added to any Rams or football lovers collection. At £16.99 it is a cheap price to pay as a present for Fathers day (don't forget it's this Sunday 15th June). Copies available from any good book shop.
If you would like to win a copy of this excellent hard backed 208 paged book come back to the site tomorrow for an easy to win competition based on the article above (read it carefully)...