They Dont Teach This, Eniola Aluko
They Dont Teach This, Eniola Aluko
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They Don't Teach This

Author: Eniola Aluko

Narrator: Eniola Aluko

Unabridged: 8 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/29/2019

Synopsis

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First class honors law degree. 102 appearances for England women’s national football team. First female pundit on Match of the Day. UN Women UK ambassador. Guardian columnist.

All of these achievements belong to Eni Aluko, who, with her forthcoming memoir They Don't Teach This, is keen to share her experiences, aiming to inspire readers to be the best possible versions of themselves. Aluko was appointed UN Women UK ambassador with a focus on promoting gender empowerment in 2016, and in October 2018 she was named by Marie Claire as one of ten Future Shapers Award Winners, recognising individuals who are changing women’s futures for the better. She is currently playing football for Juventus in Italy and writing a weekly column for The Guardian.

They Don’t Teach This steps beyond the realms of memoir to explore themes of dual nationality and identity, race and institutional prejudice, success, failure and faith. It is an inspiring manifesto to change the way readers and the future generation choose to view the challenges that come in their life applying life lessons with raw truths of Eni’s own personal experience.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Paul on July 02, 2023

A honest, open and powerful portrayal of her career by England and Chelsea (amongst other clubs) star Eniola Aluko, and the lessons she has learned. Throughout it her strong religious faith shines through, with the epigraph from 1 John 4:4. Around 40% of the book deals with the hostility she faced un......more

Goodreads review by Malcolm on July 26, 2021

I’m not a big fan of the sports biography – so many function as puff and promotional pieces for athletes who’ve done well in the world of corporate sport and finish up reinforcing the individualist, gendered and racialised hierarchies of that widespread social practice that has such power. They all......more

Goodreads review by Mandy on July 04, 2024

Audiobook read by the author. Interesting story but felt it dragged in places.......more

Goodreads review by JP Round on May 04, 2020

Goes from the exuberance of a youth loving football through a successful career into some challenging times. Insightful and enjoyable.......more

Goodreads review by Chris on February 04, 2020

Ok, so, overall I feel tight giving this book only 3 stars. It was well written and engaging, and I’d recommend a read. Most significantly it ‘deep dives’ into the women’s game in an interesting and insightful way, and made me realise how naive I was about some of the disparity between the men’s and......more

Quotes

They Don't Teach This is a fascinating examination of her multiple identities – British and Nigerian, a girl in a boy's world, footballer and academic, a kid from an estate with upper-middle-class parents, a God-fearing rebel… Aluko does not hold back – and few people from the football establishment emerge with their reputation intact Guardian

They Don’t Teach This pays homage to a fantastic career and extraordinary life so far in Aluko’s own words. The book will undoubtedly bring to fruition the legacy she has worked hard to build… Eni Aluko grows from strength to strength… Raw, honest and unapologetic Give Me Sport

An eye-opening account The Times

They Don’t Teach This…perfectly sums up striker Eniola Aluko’s struggles against her former employers at the FA…a painful battle for the truth Guardian, *Books of the Year*

[They Don’t Teach This] is hugely motivational and shows what it takes to be a world-class athlete… Aluko is open and honest Daily Telegraph

There is plenty for readers to get stuck into in this autobiography – a book that reminds us, if nothing else, that some things are bigger, more important than what happens on the field NB

Awards

  • William Hill Sports Book of the Year
  • Telegraph Sports Book Awards
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