Mainstream Publishing: 404 books
by Tom Palmer
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
When the Gelderd End sings 'If you're proud to be a Leeds fan clap your hands' you clap your hands . . . but should you?
Leeds United Football Club have one of the worst reputations in the country. For years the fans and players - fairly or unfairly - have been associated with thuggery. In...
Manchester United in Europe
Tragedy, History, Destiny
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Manchester United's quest to win the European Cup was forged amidst the charred remains of an Elizabethan airliner that crashed on take-off at Munich's Riem Airport on 6 February 1958. Twenty-three people died in the tragedy, including eight of the famous Busby Babes. From that moment manager Matt...
Bonetti's Blues
Dundee FC and its Cultural Experiment
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2012
The star Argentiniean striker Claudio Caniggia has described Dundee as 'a football town' and, as the favoured partner of arguably the world's greatest-ever player Diego Maradona, he should know. But why should he care? What was this man doing, plying his trade in Dundee?
Dundee Football Club...
The Double
The Inside Story of Spurs' Triumphant 1960-61 Season
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
'Tottenham Hotspur's reputation around the world was forged by the great double-winning team fashioned by Bill Nicholson, and every Spurs manager since then has lived in the shadow of the great man's achievements over the
course of that amazing 1960-61 season' - from the foreword by Martin Jol
When...
The Iron Duke
Bobby Windsor - The Life and Times of a Working-Class Rugby Hero
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2011
Lions legend Bobby Windsor has enjoyed triumphs beyond the dreams of most international players but has also suffered personal tragedy. His rugby career as the best hooker in the British Isles during the second golden era of Welsh rugby in the 1970s is a turbulent tale of blood and thunder on the...
The Busby Babes
Men of Magic
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2011
On 6 February 1958, a plane took off from a snowy Munich airport carrying probably the finest club side the world has ever known. Moments later, the aircraft crashed, killing some of the most legendary names in British football. This book is dedicated to those players - Roger Byrne, Tommy Taylor,...
Don Revie
Portrait of a Footballing Enigma
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2012
Don Revie was the football man about whom few were neutral. The Leeds United team he created was possibly the finest in the history of English league football, one of legendary endurance, it characters strong and unyeilding. Yet is remained unpopular, for many felt its voracious pursuit of honours...
Gunners' Glory
14 Milestones in Arsenal's History
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
From the all-conquering side of the 1930s to the Double-winning teams of 1971, 1998 and 2002, Arsenal Football Club have been one of the major forces in English football.
Graham Weaver plots the club's progress from their first silverware in 1930 to the present day through the 14 most significant...
Follow, Follow
Classic Rangers Old Firm Clashes
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
For more than 120 years, Rangers and Celtic have vied for supremacy in one of the world's sporting hotbeds. The rivalry between the two teams is among the fiercest anywhere in sport, making an Old Firm derby much more than a football game. Controversy is rarely far away when the Glasgow giants meet,...
Highbury
The Story of Arsenal Stadium
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2012
Highbury - citadel for Arsenal Football Club for over 90 years and home to the memories of over 10,000 matches. In this informative book, Bruce Smith exhaustively chronicles the life and times of the Gunners' home ground in north London, from the site's humble beginnings as college playing fields...
Reliving the Dream
The Triumph and Tears of Manchester United's 1968 European Cup Heroes
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2011
Manchester United are one of the biggest football clubs in the world. Their fame has spread to the most remote corners on earth. The legend grew out of one man's obsession with taking his club to the pinnacle of the European game. Matt Busby was a visionary as well as an exceptional manager, and he...
England's Eastenders
From Bobby Moore to David Beckham
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2012
Bobby Moore lifting the World Cup at Wembley on a July afternoon in 1966. England had triumphed against West Germany thanks to a hat-trick by Geoff Hurst and a goal by Martin Peters. All three heroic players were from West Ham, the most famous club of London's East End. This is an area synonymous...
An Enduring Passion
My Ryder Cup Years
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2011
The Ryder Cup has defined Sam Torrance's life as a professional golfer. He has played with and against some of the greatest golfers the game has ever known, in the biggest and most high-pressure team event in golf.
In An Enduring Passion, Torrance recalls every great moment in the two decades...
Shane
My Story
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Shane Williams has spent almost a decade thrilling the rugby world with his evasive running skills and a box of tricks that has left the best defences grasping thin air, disproving the notion that size matters in modern professional rugby. He's been called the little wizard, the artful dodger and...