Who really broke Marcus Stewart’s jaw? What is it like to receive death threats from Norwich City fans? And is it really possible not to have an argument with Jim Magilton?

These are just some of the burning questions which have circulated during the past decade at Ipswich Town.

There are many more of course. Some printable, others best left for discussion in the pub.

Every football supporter wants to know the truth about their club. Whether it’s what their favourite player eats for breakfast, wears under his shorts during a match or how many training ground punch-ups have taken place?

And the truth only seems to come out when said players have hung up their boots (where exactly, is the one thing which never seems to be revealed) and released a book.

The popular former Town defender Fabian Wilnis has struck upon a rare commodity – the autobiography of an Ipswich Town footballer from the last 15 years.

But it’s not that reason alone which makes Full English worth reading. Wilnis, who was aided by the Gazette’s Matt Plummer, has answered all the questions. He has opened the dressing room door and let the average fan in to see what an Ipswich Town footballer does with his life.

Even those who are not avid Town fans and have merely taken a passing interest in the goings on at East Anglia’s biggest football club will find this a revealing and engaging read.

Being sleepy Suffolk, do not expect copious tales of rock and roll excess, or Gary Croft and Danny Haynes-style trouble with the law. Do expect a number of bust-ups with managers George Burley and Jim Magilton, the reasons for Ipswich’s fall out of the Premier League in 2002 and plenty of anecdotes which paint colourful pictures of the many team-mates he has played with – from Sito dressed in a Batman outfit, to the wrestling Scandinavian pair of Thomas Gaardsoe and Hermann Hreidarsson.

Rather than simply airing his dirty laundry in public, Wilnis’ views are forthright but balanced.

And instead of going down the route of most footballers’ book offerings, with repetitive match-by-match information, Wilnis takes a deeper look at life as a footballer, for which credit must go to both him and Plummer.

Having experienced promotion, relegation, scoring the winner against Manchester United, European football and managerial changes, there isn’t much Wilnis hasn’t done in his career.

But it is the chapter on his season with Grays Athletic of the Blue Square Premier League which is the biggest eye-opener, with Wilnis swapping the comfort of Portman Road for the madness of non-league football, where he finds himself eyed by team-mates as a way of loaning money without using a bank.

The book closes with a chapter written by wife Juliette, which reveals what it is like to be a WAG and is a worthwhile addition.

Wilnis was always a popular figure with Town fans and his good-guy persona is not damaged by this honest account of his career.

This is a unique insight into life at Portman Road and one which deserves to be read.