Soccer category: 2494 books
Souness
The Management Years
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
One of the most controversial men in football, Graeme Souness tells all in the story of his career in team management.'
by Dean Mansell
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2012
The universal language of football has provided fans all over the world with memories to cherish for the rest of their lives. Football fans are really one of the same animal, that being a devoted die hard bunch who follow their team through thick and thin, one day hoping for that glorious moment that...
Once in a Blue Moon
Life, Love and Manchester City
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2011
Once in a Blue Moon is the story of one man's never-ending affair with Manchester City. It chronicles his childhood growing up in a 1960s Manchester suburb, his awakening to the Blue side of Manchester, and his lifelong passion for the club. More than just another football book, it is an odyssey charting...
Pep Guardiola
The Philosophy That Changed The Game
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Pep Guardiola has become a legend, and in order to understand this legend, it is necessary to see behind the curtain and understand the man who contributes the Guardiola System. Violan draws a complete picture of Guardiola's character and his leadership skills and answers the pivotal question, What can we learn from Pep?
Pelé
A Biography of Edson Arantes do Nascimento
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2014
Pelé! Pelé! Pelé! It was a familiar chant, a chant which had been screamed from the terraces for nearly thirty years. It was October 1977 and the final game of Pelé’s hugely successful career had just finished. As Pelé looked around the stadium, tears were streaming down his face, his emotions...
Working Class Heroes
The Story of Rayo Vallecano, Madrid's Forgotten Team
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2017
Working Class Heroes is much more than the story of a football club. This is the tale of a working-class neighbourhood, its people's relationship with both their team and the outside world, and how they co-exist. Founded in 1924, Rayo Vallecano recently achieved their highest ever position in the Spanish...
by Rob Hadgraft
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2012
Over the past 50 years Luton Town have been rocked by twelve calamities. Each of them threatened the very future of the club. Trouble and strife have become a way of life at Kenilworth Road. But in the summer of 2008 the Hatters suffered a crisis of catastrophic proportions. An unprecedented 30 points...
An Epic Swindle
44 Months with a Pair of Cowboys
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2011
AN EPIC SWINDLE is the inside story of how Liverpool FC came within hours of being re-possessed by the banks after the shambolic 44-month reign of American owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett. It is the tale of a civil war that dragged Britain's most successful football club to its knees, through...
The Romford Pelé
It’s only Ray Parlour’s autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2016
THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER
The Trophies …
The Tuesday Club …
The Prawn Crackers …
Marc Overmars may have given him the nickname, but the Romford Pele is a legend in his own right. Over 16 action-packed years, from a trainee scrubbing the boots of the first XI, to a record-breaking...
Paint it White
Following Leeds Everywhere
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2011
In his dedication to Leeds United, Gary Edwards has no rivals. He has seen every Leeds game since 17 January 1968, home and away. League, Cup and Europe. And pre-season friendlies.* Hell, he even watches the reserves in his spare time. Following Leeds, he's been there, done that and designed the T-shirt....
by John Butler
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2012
An Hillarious look at all things Cockney. Everything from Cockney culture, to a unique look at London’s football clubs and their fans, Learn how to speak Cockney rhyming slang, and enjoy some great Cockney jokes. Page after page of pictures and rib tickling descriptions...
Putting the Boot In
Singapore's S. League
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Illustrious Australian football coach David O’Connor has arrived in Singapore to very little fanfare. His love for the game and desire to develop the tiny country’s fledgling professional league in a big way has seen him accepting terms he’s less than thrilled about—that is, if his contract even...
Leeds United
The Second Coat
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2011
He made you cry with laughter with Paint It White, now the celebrated Leeds-supporting, cartoon-drawing, painting-and-decorating eccentric Gary Edwards is back. It turns out that his first book was only an undercoat and now the story of his crazy life following Leeds needs a second coat.
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Service Crew
The Inside Story of Leeds United's Hooligan Gangs
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2018
Paris, 1975; Chelsea, 1984; Birmingham, 1985; Bradford, 1986; Bournemouth, 1990. Many of the most shocking incidents in British football history have involved the hooligan followers of one club: Leeds United. For 40 years they have run riot across the country, punching their way to international notoriety,...