![]() ![]() ![]() Meanwhile, Green had joined the Leicester Mercury as a messenger boy, but that came to an abrupt end after he boasted to a colleague that he knew how the huge printing presses in the basement worked. “In all honesty the first couple of pints after the game were usually to celebrate my survival.” It was in his match-playing days that his understanding of “coarse rugby” evolved. According to one profile he played for “more clubs than Jack Nicklaus”, including Leicester LTC, Leicester Harlequins, and Leicester Thursday. Michael Frederick Green was born in Leicester on Januand educated at Wyggeston Grammar School, where he enjoyed amateur dramatics and even-more amateurish rugby. It was packed with ribald tales such as that of a friend’s tent which collapsed while its occupants were in flagrante, leaving the friend commenting: “It was easier to re-erect the tent than me”, and included chapter headings such as “How to attract women” and “Starting an affair”. The Art of Coarse Sex (1980), subtitled “Or how to love better and die with a beautiful smile on your face”, spoofed the sex-advice manuals that were flooding the market. ![]()
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