Ockley Books: 13 books

From the Mighty Magyars to the Lisbon Lions, football's history is littered with teams that mattered. Here you can read the story of fifty of them, from Sheffield FC forming the first football club to Spain's World Cup winning side of 2010. Along the way there are trips to Italy, Brazil, Uruguay, Scotland,...

As it approaches its 140th birthday, Test cricket remains the most rich, complex and beguiling sport of all. However, it is under pressure like never before. Eclipsed by the heady glamour of Twenty20, compromised by poor administration and struggling to escape a decade of corruption scandals, five-day...

Stuart Fuller has spent the best part of the last decade watching football around the world. As the author of 'Passport to Football' he wrote the original guide to watching the game abroad and this is his follow up, 'The Football Tourist'. Each chapter details a trip taken, beginning with a lost weekend...

A comprehensive history of the Football League Play-Offs from their relatively troubled conception to the current day boom. Born in English football's darkest hour, it has now become home to the richest match in sport. From the exquisite agony of losing to the unadulterated high of success, this is the Agony & the Ecstasy.

Can you name the three World Cup winners who have also won the Golden Boot outright? What did Just Fontaine received for his feat of scoring 13 goals for France in the 1958 tournament in Sweden. Who went on to win the World Cup despite losing their first match? In which two World Cups have there been...

Modern football is brilliant, and yet it is also utterly rubbish. For every part of the beautiful game that reminds us why we love it, there's another to drive us up the wall. Half-and-half scarves, designated singing sections, goal music and open letters - the list is endless. Football's...

It's the match-day routines and the walk to the ground. It's the ebullient youngster going to their first game and the jaded dad who's seen it all before. It's swapping stickers in the playground and attempting to recreate that astonishing goal in the park with friends. It's the ecstatic high of being...

Football is the world's game. Wherever you are on earth, there will be a group of players, a ball and a pitch. Stuart Fuller has set out to find as many as possible. In this second volume, Stuart casts the net wider than ever before, taking in games on four different continents. Be it popular European...

Throughout history British coaches have made their presence felt across the world. From helping humble teams become the super clubs we know today to tactical innovations as the game grew nation by nation, the British had a huge hand in shaping football's early global history. In the modern age they...

'Are you really trying to tell me you haven't heard of Peter Legend?' asked Peter Legend, incredulously.I had to admit that I hadn't. And I like to think I know a bit about cricket.Three of us had travelled down to Budmouth to take a brief from Peter personally. He wanted to see what a big London agency...

When does a hobby become an obsession? At the start of yet another football season, long-suffering Chester supporter Steve Hill makes his traditional tongue-in-cheek pledge to do The Card every game, home and away. However, this time it is different. This time he means it... One man, 50 matches, 15,000...

From the days of folk football to the digital age, from Match of the Day to Fever Pitch and from soccer specials to lads mags, From The Back Page To The Front Room tells the story of how the media and football have developed together and become almost indistinguishable.

Barnet Away by Tom Widdicombe, a wander through one man's love affair with football and the effect it has on his relationships to those around him. With contributions from Henry and Josh Widdicombe, Barnet Away is a charming look at football's power to shape our friendships and lives in ways we don't...