History of Sport

A captivating and moving account of the first England women's football team that took part in the 1971 World Cup - detailing the injustice faced by...

The interconnectedness between sport and colonialism has long been a matter of interest to sport historians. Consequently, a large number of schola...

After first emerging in the 1920s, ladies Gaelic football was soon sidelined; breathless women chasing after a football was just too unladylike for...

Wards of the League is a long-lost tale from pro footballs buried past. Very few people even know that the 1952 Dallas Texans ever existed and play...

From the bestselling author of the Rugby Spirit series With rugby more popular in Ireland than ever before, sportswriter Gerard Siggins celebrates...

Fußball ist heute ein Milliardengeschäft: hochprofessionell, extrem kommerzialisiert und weltweit populär. Bis Anfang der 1990er Jahre steckte er j...

The sweeping story of the American stadium-from the first wooden ballparks to today's glass and steel mega-arenas-revealing how it has made, and re...

'Eye-opening and inspirational . . . An utterly fascinating and gloriously fiery read' FELICITY CLOAKE'A barnstorming book' GUARDIAN'Fascinating . ...

In the fourth book in the acclaimed Turf Wars series, veteran journalist and broadcaster Steve Tongue chronicles the competitive history of footbal...

In the storied history of NASCAR auto racing, American race-car driver Jimmie Johnson is one of the most accomplished and decorated professional at...

An inside baseball memoir from the games first superstar, with a foreword by Chad HarbachChristy Mathewson was one of the most dominant pitchers ev...

Liam O'Callaghan's revelatory Blood and Thunder shows that the rise of Irish rugby is inextricable from the tensions, debates and divisions of pol...

Do you remember the Battle of Old Trafford? Shearer's dream debut hat trick? Or how many goals Haaland scored in his first Premier League season? H...

Girls love bad boys, and it's no different in the world of pro wrestling. Whether it was Jake 'The Snake' Roberts, 'Macho Man' Randy Savage, or Ric...