Ball Games

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2022 'Anyone wanting an example of never being beaten should look at the incredible Francis Be...

Human beings are the only creatures known to engage in sport. We are sporting animals, and our favourite pastime of football is the biggest sport s...

'MASTERFUL' TimeOut'GREAT' Financial Times'ABSORBING' FourFourTwo'THOUGHT-PROVOKING' Independent on Sunday'ENTERTAINING' When Saturday ComesHaving ...

Rhapsody in Blue is a joyous celebration of growing up in the late 1960s and early 70s in the aftermath of England's 1966 World Cup victory. It was...

The Number 1 football series - over 1 million copies sold!Jordan Pickford is the hero goalkeeper whose super-save won England their first ever Worl...

They think it’s all over…it is now, with this comprehensive guide to football shirts through the years. From the obscure to the ubiquitous, The Foo...

For 10 years Gordon Banks was not only England's Number One, but the best keeper in the world - perhaps the best there's ever been.He helped lead E...

Well written and thoughtful. Takes us on a tour of some of Europe's most innovative football thinkers - Financial TimesThe future of football is no...

THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE BIOGRAPHY OF ARSENE WENGER EVER PUBLISHED, NOW FULLY REVISED AND UPDATED TO THE END OF HIS ARSENAL CAREER. When Arsene Wenge...

An absolutely essential book for every modern football fan, about the development of Premier League tactics, published to coincide with 25 years of...

WINNER OF THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER OF THE BRITISH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS FOOTBALL BOOK OF THE YEAR Why does an international foo...

An illustrated exploration of the design, meaning and symbolism of world football club crests.Why is there a devil shown on the crest of Manchester...

'SPORTING HISTORY AT ITS BEST' Daily Telegraph'A TERRIFIC READ AND A WORTHY TRIBUTE' FourFourTwo'VERY WELL WRITTEN AND RESEARCHED' Nostalgic Gooner...

Perhaps no football manager has ever had his personal life dissected as thoroughly as Sven-Goran Eriksson. Yet the man that monopolized the British...

1992: The Birth of Modern Football brings to life the key events from one of the most important years in football history. After the huge success o...

Big Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised has been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Prima...

Was Alabama's Crimson Tide in 2020 the greatest team of all time? The squad went 13-0 in a pandemic year, scored a combined 107 points against SEC ...

What turns a winning team into a dynasty? For many, legitimate dynasties are teams that not only won two or more titles but combine personality, su...

The story of Giannis Antetokounmpo's extraordinary rise from poverty in Athens, Greece, to superstardom in America with the Milwaukee Bucks-becomin...

As a rookie head coach leading a franchise that, though on a steady climb upwards, had largely been dismissed by the sports media, NBA fans had low...

From 1912 to 1916, a group of baseball players from Hawai i barnstormed the U.S. mainland. While initially all Chinese, the Travelers became more m...

The book is devoted to the phenomenon of football in the Balkans. It provides an interdisciplinary perspective on the political instrumentalisation...

Winner Stays On journeys into the heart of English football using FA Cup fixtures to plan the route.This unique adventure takes us across the entir...

Sixty Years of the World Cup is a personal, nostalgic, fun and frank reflection on the author's six-decade association with football's biggest show...

A gift from the Creator that is where it all began. The game of lacrosse has been a central element of many Indigenous cultures for centuries, but...

The San Francisco Giants won the World Series in 2012, their second championship in two years. Acclaimed Sports Illustrated and Major League Baseba...

The story of how one small boy's near impossible dream became a reality. Growing up in poverty in the austere 1950s Fife coalfield, Tommy Hutchison...

As a cricketer, Frank Worrell mesmerised spectators with his stylish play, his elegance and his classy strokes – an artist in a realm replete with...

In Winning in Both Leagues J. Frank Cashen looks back over his twenty-five-year career in baseball. Best known as the general manager of the New Yo...

The San Francisco Giants won their third World Series in five years in 2014, and Championship Blood: The 2014 World Series Champion San Francisco G...