Football variants and related games Books

Longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Awards 2023 'There was always hope. There was always next season. Inshallah.'Inshallah United is about growing up as a strictly halal Stretford Ender; a devout Muslim and diehard Manchester Red...

Shortlisted for the 2024 Illustrated Sports Book of the YearLaunched as rugby hit fever pitch at the 2023 World Cup, Remarkable Rugby Grounds is the perfect title for the passionate rugby fan who will be astonished at the worldwide reach of their...

*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*This is the remarkable story of a local lad who grew up in the shadow of Upton Park and became ‘Mr West Ham’: a one-club man who lived the dream. A modern footballing legend, Mark Noble is the embodiment of what it means to...

Wayne Bennett, coach of the Brisbane Broncos, is known as one of Rugby League's shrewdest and most innovative managers and motivators. He is also a man of great compassion, courage, tenacity and humour with powerful family ties. In this book, Bennett...

‘On the pitch he was a magician’ – Arsène WengerThe first full autobiography from former footballer and England manager Glenn Hoddle Glenn Hoddle was one of the most celebrated footballers of his generation. A wonderfully talented No. 10 – he formed...

He is Johnathan Thurston. JT, one of the greats, simply the best. His status as one of the greats of rugby league cannot be questioned - an Australian international, Queensland State of Origin and Indigenous All Stars representative. In 2015, he became...

How connection and courage teach us to win - an NRL leadership story, from the history-making coach who pulled off the impossible to inspire, mentor and lead a grassroots club to the pinnacle of performance and become the undisputed champions of the...

There have been histories of Australian football before. There has not been one like Carn. Carn tells the story of the Victorian Football League and its successor, the Australian Football League, from 1897 to the present day, by focusing on 50 of the...

The Immortals of British & Irish Rugby celebrates the greatest players from England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland from the last 60-odd years. Rugby writer John Westerby selects his dream team of 15 players in position then delves into the...

Hardcover and jacket gift book which names a best of the best 15-strong line-up of Australian rugby union players. Each Immortal player named is profiled in a dedicated chapter with career stats and multiple action images. There is also a group of...

Follow Sam Kerr’s incredible journey from playing Aussie Rules as a kid to becoming one of the world’s greatest athletes, after the Matildas achieved their best-ever result at a World Cup.Sam Kerr is widely considered to be one of the best female...

The 1939 Arsenal side is firing on all cylinders and celebrating a string of victories. They appear unstoppable, but the Trojans - a side of amateurs who are on a winning streak of their own - may be about to silence the Gunners. Moments into the second...

Jam-packed with articles, information and images relating to your favourite club, the Official Tottenham Hotspur Annual 2025 is a must for all Spurs supporters. In this Annual, we take a look back at the 2023/24 season, which saw our Men's side compete...

The Official England Annual 2025 looks back on the Three Lions' and Lionesses' performances in 2024/25. We profile top players from the Three Lions and Lionesses' squads and learn more about Head Coaches Gareth Southgate and Sarina Wiegman.Find out about...

The months ahead promise to bring more thrills and spills for both the Men's and Women's Blues teams in The Official Chelsea FC Annual 2025 the best place to discover everything you need to know about the club. We'll meet the managers and players, find...

The Official Arsenal Annual 2025 the best place to discover everything you need to know about the club. We'll meet the managers and players, find out the secrets behind Players of the Year and catch up with your favourites who keep delivering, year...

This fully revised book will bring the famous story of the Lions up-to-date and include a comprehensive review of the 'Covid' tour to South Africa in June/July 2021 as well as a preview of the 2025 Tour to take on Australia.Originally...

Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, Evita and Juan Peron, Augusto Pinochet, and Pablo EscobarSoccer has been the world's most popular sport for the last century and an irresistible game for political and social leaders seeking shortcuts to the hearts of...

From the author of Unsuitable for Females, shortlisted for The Sunday Times Football Book of the Year 2023.With the triumph of England's Lionesses at Euro 2022, the women's game has been in the spotlight like never before, enjoying...

Learn all about the players, characters and teams that shaped rugby and inspired millions. From 19th century innovators to 21st century superstars, the latest book in the Illustrated History of Rugby series examines players who overcame the odds to beat...

'A modern classic...Absolutely riveting and frequently moving.' - The Telegraph'Among the best books ever written on Irish sport.' - Sunday Tribune'Brilliant...Stand Up and Fight is the definitive account. It...

In Unbelievable Underdogs and Rebellious Role Models, James Stafford takes readers on an emotional roller coaster through some of the greatest upsets and shocks in the history of world sport.It features incredible true tales of athletes who have overcome...

Set in Charlotte Bay, a masculine town with a feminine name, the 50,000-word novella unfolds in the week before the local Aussie Rules grand final, where Lucas Walker is expected to lead the Hawks to victory. After a beach party, Lucas's...

In January 2019, England's Red Roses became the first fully professional women's rugby team in the world their abiding mission being to win back the Rugby World Cup. After their narrow defeat against New Zealand in 2017, the formidable squad developed a...

The story of Women's Soccer's fight for equal pay as chronicled by counsel and leader of the USWNT's Players Association.In All Things Being Equal, Rich Nichols-former counsel for Women's Soccer-teams up with USA Today HoopsHype's Sam Yip to detail what...

For three extraordinary seasons at Bayern Munich, Martin Perarnau was given total access around the German super club - to its players, its backroom staff, its board members and, above all, to its manager, Pep Guardiola. In the follow-up to his...

Maggie Alphonsi is not only a national sporting icon, the face of international women's rugby and star player of the England side that won the World Cup in 2014. She is also an inspirational and totemic figure who transcends sport.The compelling story of...

From Socrates to Arthur Montford, via Bovril, Buckfast and, of course, pies, this is a unique journey through the extraordinary world of Scottish football.Packed with anecdotes and observations, Andy Bollen wallows in a nostalgic haze, a time of...

In the 1980s, Neil Hornsby was one of very few National Football League fans in England. Never one to do anything casually, he began keeping hand-written score sheets of every game using his own tracking system. Soon he'd enlisted some fellow British...

When Kenny Albert was growing up, family gatherings sounded a lot like a dispatch from the first all-sports radio station. There was his father, Marv, whose voice shaped the sound of modern basketball, and there too were his uncles Al and Steve-a trio of...

In 2007, at the age of thirty-four, Mike Tomlin was hired as the head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Replacing Hall of Famer Bill Cowher-and two years removed from the team's Super Bowl XL victory-there was immense pressure on the first-year head...

"We're better off for having these men among us."-Wall Street JournalBefore 9/11, the rugby team at West Point learned to bond on a sports field. This is what happened when those 15 young men became leaders in war. Filled with drama, tragedy, and...

Manchester United Classic Kits is 112 pages full of everything a football fan could ever want to know about the most iconic kits to have been showcased by their club. From design to branding, this publication about Manchester United Classic Kits is an...

From 1997 to 2003 England and Australia battled for domination of the rugby world in one of the greatest rivalries the sport has ever known. In The Men in the Arena, William Hill shortlisted authors Peter Burns and Tom English explore every aspect of the...

"Another season - another Villa Annual. And once again, it's packed with everything a young Villa supporter could wish for. There are superb photos and features about your favourite players, including the club's summer signings, a month-by month review...

In-depth reviews of one of the most iconic numbers in world football, including history of the players, historical roots of the club and its relationship with the Number 7 Fully illustrated with images throughout. As well as detailed design and...

In-depth reviews of the most iconic rivalries in world football, including history of the grounds, fans, historical roots of the rivalry Variety of world rivalries, showcasing the broad and diverse range of football contests. Fully illustrated with...

In-depth reviews of the most iconic rivalries in world football, including history of the grounds, fans, historical roots of the rivalry Variety of world stadiums, showcasing the broad and diverse range of football stadiums. Fully illustrated with...

Shortlisted for the2023SportsBookAwardsfor Best Sports Writing of the YearThe British, who are rightly proud of their sporting traditions, are now having to come to terms with the dark, unacknowledged, past of racism in sport until now the truth that...

World in their Hands recounts the remarkable events that led to a group of friends from south-west London staging the inaugural Women's Rugby World Cup in 1991. The tournament was held just 13 years after teams from University College London and King's...

The English rugby team has been scrummaging its way around the rugby fields of the world since 1871.James Stafford's An Illustrated History of English Rugby takes you on a thrilling journey through a century and a half of glory, failure, mediocrity and...

Germany did not have professional players or a national league until the 1960s, yet it became one of the most successful football nations in the world.Tor!(Goal!) traces the extraordinary story of Germany's club and international football, from the days...

This is a complete history of the Welsh rugby union team told by the players themselves.Based on a combination of painstaking research into the early years of the Wales team to interviews with a vast array of Test match players and coaches from the...

The laws of rugby are as extensive as they are confusing, their nuances and interpretations argued over relentlessly by rugby fans around the world and virtually impenetrable to those who are new to the game.In an effort to provide some much-needed...

This is the story of Manchester City's return to the top of English football as well as their journey to their first ever Champions League final as Pep Guardiola's team battle to secure their place in history.Throughout this historic season of...