Digital Libraries

Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

Spikey - 2 Hard to Handle : The Autobiography of Mike 'Spikey' Watkins

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: United Kingdom; Ashley Drake Publishing Ltd; 2014Description: 256 Pages; PaperbackISBN:
  • 9781902719405
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 796.33 WAT
Summary: One of the most colourful and controversial characters in Welsh rugby history, Mike 'Spikey' Watkins remains the only player since 1882 to captain Wales on his debut, and win. Discarded by Cardiff RFC and banned by the WRU after the infamous 'Hookers Night Out' incident in November 1978, Spikey, who had regularly played for the Wales B team and was understudy to Bobby Windsor, thought his chance of a prized Welsh cap has disappeared. In this brutally frank and hard-hitting autobiography, 'Spikey' Watkins, the loveable rogue of Welsh rugby, lifts the lid on his roller-coaster playing career and explains how he fought back against the 'blazer-brigade' he despised, returned to captain a hugely successful Newport team and finally got the call from the WRU, due to public pressure from the supporters who adored him, to captain his country to victory against Ireland in 1984.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Notes Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Karachi Biography 796.33 WAT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Withdrawn PKLC001379
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Lahore In Store 796.33 WAT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Withdrawn donated to the faislabad festival 2019 PKLC006654
Total holds: 0

One of the most colourful and controversial characters in Welsh rugby history, Mike 'Spikey' Watkins remains the only player since 1882 to captain Wales on his debut, and win. Discarded by Cardiff RFC and banned by the WRU after the infamous 'Hookers Night Out' incident in November 1978, Spikey, who had regularly played for the Wales B team and was understudy to Bobby Windsor, thought his chance of a prized Welsh cap has disappeared. In this brutally frank and hard-hitting autobiography, 'Spikey' Watkins, the loveable rogue of Welsh rugby, lifts the lid on his roller-coaster playing career and explains how he fought back against the 'blazer-brigade' he despised, returned to captain a hugely successful Newport team and finally got the call from the WRU, due to public pressure from the supporters who adored him, to captain his country to victory against Ireland in 1984.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.