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The Great Adventure: Al-Fayed's Rollercoaster Ride with Fulham FC is the fascinating tale of Mohamed Al-Fayed's remarkable 16-year reign as the owner of Fulham. The flamboyant Harrods owner bought the famous old London club in a GBP6.25 million deal in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorTony Adams was born in 1966 in Romford, Essex. He signed for Arsenal as a schoolboy in 1980. At just 17 years and 28 days, he made his Arsenal debut, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915343307Author Dan PeelFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Sona BooksPublisher Danann Media Publishing LimitedWeight(grams) 748gDimensions(mm) 262mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909360624Author Wayne BartonFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Empire Publications LtdPublisher Empire Publications LtdWeight(grams) 0g

Rangers in the 1980s chronicles the fortunes of the club during one of the most turbulent, transitional decades in their history. The story is told by the players of the era, who recount their routes to Ibrox, memories of their time with the club, and...

Luis Suarez was a young boy already in love with football by the time his family moved from the countryside to Uruguay's capital, Montevideo. The guile and trickery of the street kid made an impact with the country's biggest club, Nacional, before he was...

Jungian psychology of football is a new and cutting edge approach being applied by Champions league teams and used in youth football training. Implications for the wider role of football organisations in society as models for the diagnosis and management...

Frank Barson's life story is one of hardship and hard-won fame, his tough tackling and prowess in controlled aggression earning him a reputation that lives on today. Rising from the factory floor to become a footballing giant, Barson lifted the fortunes...

As Marcelo Bielsa's interpreter, Salim Lamrani was his right-hand man throughout his first season in charge of Leeds United. As a privileged witness to that remarkable 2018/19 campaign, Lamrani tells the inside story of how the club came within a hair's...

Meet Raheem Sterling, Ultimate Football Hero. 'It was 14 November 2012. This was the biggest day of Raheem's life so far - after all, you only made your England debut once.'. Sterling is the exciting tale of a boy who followed his passion and became...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911121626Author Stuart CarringtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Dark RiverPublisher Dark River

Shortlisted for the 2023 Illustrated Sports Book of the Year The ideal gift for football fans Pairing epic sports photography with articles from The Times and The Sunday Times archive, this volume brings...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781953563705Author Ray WalkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Hrp HousePublisher Hrp HouseWeight(grams) 191gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 7mm

Champions Under Lockdown is the third book in the Red Odyssey series. It tells the story of an extraordinary season from the perspective of the terraces. After their epic 2018/19 season, in 2019/20 Jurgen Klopp would target Liverpool's first league title...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913454579Author James SarfasFormat PaperbackPage Count 154Imprint Obex PublishingPublisher Obex PublishingWeight(grams) 172gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm...

This is the definitive, unique account of the disaster in which 96 men, women and children were killed, hundreds injured and thousands traumatised. It details the appalling treatment endured by the bereaved and survivors in the immediate aftermath, the...

'A man who had such a huge impact on my career and so many other young players at West Ham United. I highly recommend this fantastic read.' FRANK LAMPARD JR'This man passed on the West Ham DNA to the best generation of academy graduates to come through...

'A gripping account' Sunday Times'We want to show to the world that we are alive. That we are strong. Not just us - the whole of Ukraine. We are continuing to play. We are continuing to win.' Darijo SrnaShakhtar Donetsk have not played in their home...

THE NO.1 BESTSELLER!'I read it in one sitting, it's a superb book' Eamon Dunphy, The Stand 'An astonishing expose' Martin Ziegler, The TimesOver the course of fifteen years, John Delaney ran the Football Association of Ireland as his own personal...

In this book you will discover the truth-that Homo passiens is the missing link in human evolution. That Homo sapiens is a recently arrived imposter in the evolution of the genus Homo-a charlatan, a fraud, a villain, a quack! That all the academic stuff...

Burnley's league title victory of 1960 remains one of the most remarkable feats in the history of English football, the club the smallest ever to win its premier title. Despite spending far less than other champions and drawing more modest crowds,...

The definitive account of Leicester City's astonishing rise from relegation certainties to Premier League title winners: the greatest achievement in the modern football era.King Power Stadium, countdown to kick off. Out on the pitch a lone brass player...

The Encyclopaedia of Scottish Football contains thousands of entries, and is recognised as the ultimate comprehensive reference book packed with in-depth information about the history of football in Scotland - as well as hundreds of compelling nuggets of...

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 a time when football and pop culture merged - an era of smoke-filled pubs, when Fray Bentos pies and...

'The good news for those who loved THE ACCIDENTAL FOOTBALLER: this new book is even better. There were times as I read Pat Nevin's account of his years running - or, trying to run - Motherwell, I had to remind myself to breathe. It's a thrilling read -...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781782814184Author Mart MatthewsFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint G2 Entertainment LtdPublisher G2 Entertainment Ltd

There are few football clubs in the world that attract as much interest in the modern game as Chelsea. Whether it is the latest observations from former coach Maurizio Sarri, his successor Frank Lampard, big-money transfer targets, the style of play or...

Football fans love nothing more than to read about their favourite teams. Although this books is aimed at young teenagers they will delight all ages with their mixture of funny and enlightening stories and will give hours of pleasure discovering quirky...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956815590Author Alan HudsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint London BooksPublisher London Books

'England invented football, codified it, became champions of the world in 1966 but humiliatingly then forgot how to play the greatest game of all. England took their eye off a ball they arrogantly thought they owned, allowing other nations to run off...

Rovers Till I Die is the fascinating story of Blackburn's most famous personality, Bob Crompton, a man of humble birth who achieved soaring success in and out of football. Born the son of a beer seller in a town where work was hard and wages poor,...

This is the ultimate guide for any football fan who wants to know everything about the "beautiful game" - from World Cup winners to football skills and techniques.Whether you are a keen player, a lifelong supporter, or an armchair football manager, this...

Crossing the Park: The Men Who Dared to Play for Both Liverpool and Everton casts a spotlight on the players who have turned out for both clubs. Despite less than a mile separating the two teams, only 34 men have worn the colours of both and it's been...

'People didn't talk about the team, they talked about the mob that came with them'Terrifyingly vicious, brilliantly organised, tremendously feared and highly fashionable, the InterCity Firm were the most notorious football hooligan gang the country had...

The phenomenal Sunday Times bestsellerKevin Keegan is one of the greatest players in English football history, famed for his style on the pitch, his relentless ambition and passion for the game.'And I'll tell you, honestly, I will love it if we beat them...

Harry Redknapp spent 15 years at AFC Bournemouth as a player, coach and manager, longer than at any other club in his colourful career in football. Despite this lengthy association, Redknapp's days at Dean Court have featured only fleetingly in his...

Ben Smith: Professional footballer. Recognise the name? Of course you don't. That's because most of Smith's years in the game were spent outside the vaunted, big-money environs of the Premier League - and this sporting memoir is all the more entertaining...

The Netherlands has been one of the world's most distinctive and sophisticated football cultures. From the birth of Total Football in the sixties, through two decades of World Cup near misses to the exiles who remade clubs like AC Milan, Barcelona,...

Scotland's Swedish Adventure is the definitive story of Scotland's journey into their first ever European Championship finals, in Sweden. Having qualified for five consecutive World Cup finals between 1974 and 1990, it was surprising the Scots hadn't yet...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780914640Author David BondFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint DB PublishingPublisher DB Publishing