Sport & Sport Biography

Denis Brien / All the King's Men: A History of the Hindmarsh Cricket Club, 1857 to 1897 (Large Paperback)

All the Kings' Men  teases out the social impacts of cricket in the new colony of South Australia and, in particular, the western suburbs of Adelaide, providing insights into the hardships that the...

Graham Scambler / Sport and Society (Hardback)

This succinct, comprehensive account of the contemporary sociology of sport starts by tracing the key "moments" in the transition from premodern to modern sport. It gives detailed accounts of the...

Eimear Ryan / The Grass Ceiling (Large Paperback)

What is it like to be female in a male-dominated sporting world? If you play with the boys, more people pay attention - but you get treated like an alien. Playing with other girls or women means you...

Roddy Collins / The Rodfather: Inside the Beautiful (Ugly, Ridiculous, Hilarious) Game

The hilarious memoir from the funniest man in football!Roddy Collins is a football man - now in the sixth decade of a career as a player (at sixteen clubs), manager (twelve clubs) and commentator...

Andrew Robertson / Robbo: Now You're Gonna Believe Us: Our Year, My Story - Liverpool FC

Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool Football Club were champions of England, Europe and the World. 'Robbo: Now You're Gonna Believe Us' is the inside story of their record-breaking season as seen through the...

Rory Best / My Autobiography

Extraordinary . . . great fun' Barry Egan, Irish Sunday Independent'A wonderful story . . . vivid and comprehensive.' Stephen Jones, Sunday Times''Throughout it all though there is a feeling of...

Davy Fitzgerald / At All Costs

The story of one of Ireland's most recognizable and polarizing sports figures, in his own words. Davy Fitzgerald is an All-Ireland winning hurler and manager who established a reputation as one of...

Bill Elliott / The Golf Bag Buddy

Humorous guide to the rules of golf, along with different forms of the game -Hundreds of betting and gambling variations as well as fun side bets -Handy, portable format The book that every golfer...

Davis Miller / Zen of Muhammad Ali: And Other Obsessions

This collection features Davis Miller’s celebrated trilogy of award-winning Muhammad Ali pieces, including the classic “My Dinner with Ali,” together with a provocative new essay called “The Yin and...

Clare GAA Yearbook 2014 - Bliainiris an Chláir PB Illustrated Gaelic Games

The CLARE GAA Yearbook, 2014 published by Clare County Board, Ennis.  180 pages, large format paperback, very good , apart from bumped crease to lower corners . Full colour photography throughout,...

Max Davidson / Fields of Courage: The Bravest Chapters in Sport

From Jackie Robinson to Billie Jean King, a cavalcade of sports heroism celebrating virtues that transcend winning and losing  Explaining why athletics, at their best, can be so inspirational, this...

Guenther Steiner / Surviving to Drive : A Year Inside Formula 1

People talk about football managers being under pressure. Trust me, that's nothing. Pressure is watching one of your drivers hit a barrier at 190mph and exploding before your eyes...'Guenther Steiner...

Jonathan Wilson / Two Brothers - The Life and Times of Bobby and Jack Charlton

The story of Jack and Bobby Charlton, and a family that characterised English football for decades'Gripping' Daily Mail'Wilson is a fine, nuanced writer' TLS'A powerful chronicle' Irish...

Joe Geraghty - Out of Sight : Stories of Ireland's Blind and Vision Impaired Sportspeople - PB -2024

Cian Manning - I Love Me County : Waterford Sporting Stories - PB - BRAND NEW

BRAND NEW  - TRACKED DELIVERY WITHIN IRELAND IS INCLUDED IN THE COST.  Published by History Press, September 2024.  The book's title is from a famous ( and heartfelt) quote from GAA player John...

Josh Hamilton & Tim Keown / Beyond Belief : Finding the Strength to Come Back (Hardback)

Josh Hamilton was the first player chosen in the first round of the 1999 baseball draft. He was destined to be one of those rare "high-character " superstars. But in 2001, working his way from the...

Ian Wright / My Life in Football (Hardback)

Ian Wright, Arsenal legend, England striker and TV pundit extraordinaire, is one of the most interesting and relevant figures in modern football.His journey from a South London council estate to...

George Hamilton - The Nation Holds its Breath - HARDBACK

  ‘David O’Leary is entrusted with the responsibility of taking the penalty that could send Ireland to the quarter-finals of the World Cup. This kick can decide it all.

Steve Duno / Guide to Playing Golf

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Taking up Golf (Hardback)

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Dylan Hartley / The Hurt (Hardback)

'Rugby is great for the soul but terrible for the body.'Rugby hurts. It demands mental resilience and resistance to pain. It explores character, beyond a capacity to endure punishment.Dylan Hartley,...

Dean Hayes / Ireland's Greatest: 300 Top Football Heroes (Coffee Table Book)

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David Meek, Tom Tyrrell / Sir Alex Ferguson: The Official Manchester United Celebration of 25 Years at Old Trafford (Coffee Table Book)

The official Manchester United celebration of Sir Alex Ferguson's 25 years as the club's record-breaking manager  Not only celebrating what Sir Alex Ferguson has achieved at United, this fascinating...

Marie Crowe / Behind the Lines 42 : 2021 (Large Paperback)

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Charles Watts / Revolution - The Rise of Arteta's Arsenal (Large Paperback) - 2023

The inside story of Mikel Arteta's astonishing transformation of Arsenal November 2019. Unai Emery's final game as Arsenal manager sees the Gunners languishing eighth in the league. Appointed in the...

John Scally / 101 Funny Irish Rugby Moments

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Jasper Rees / Wenger : The Making of a Manager (Hardback)

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Rio Ferdinand / Thinking Out Loud: Love, Grief and Being Mum and Dad (Hardback)

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER'A lacerating account ... painful but necessary' EVENING STANDARD'Beautiful & significant ... Tackles grief with honesty' DAWN FRENCH'Very important and moving...

Howard Means / Splash - 10,000 Years of Swimming (Large Paperback)

From man's first recorded dip into what's now the driest spot on earth to the splashing, sparkling pool party in your backyard, humans have been getting wet for 10,000 years. And for most of modern...

Joe Canning - My Story ( Galway GAA) - HB - BRAND NEW

TRACKED DELIVERY WITHIN IRELAND IS INCLUDED IN THE COST The youngest of seven children from a renowned Portumna hurling family, Joe Canning was regarded as a prodigy from the moment he stepped onto...

Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh - From Borroloola to Mangerton Mountain : Travels and Stories from Ireland's Most Beloved Broadcaster - HB - SIGNED

Micheal Ó Muircheartaigh was best known as the voice of the GAA. But his interests and enthusiasms - sporting and non-sporting - went far beyond the fields of Gaelic games. In this 2006 book, the...

Great Moments in Irish Rugby (Coffee Table Book)

Ireland is now playing at the top table in world rugby, with clubs and country considered among the toughest around. It wasn't always like this, and for decades Ireland propped up the bottom of the...

Hayley Kilgallon - Unladylike - A History of Ladies Gaelic Football - GAA - BRAND NEW ( SEPTEMBER 2024)

The first recorded game of ladies’ Gaelic football was played in St James’ Park, Dublin, in 1920. Players competed in ankle-length skirts, watched by a sizeable crowd. But the game was not authorised...

Eric Haughan - Unbeatable - Dublin's Incredible Six in a Row - BRAND NEW - PB

In late August 2014, Donegal's footballers smashed and grabbed an All-Ireland semi-final victory from Jim Gavin's seemingly unstoppable Dublin team. It would be the last Championship game the Boys in...

John Hartson / Please Don't Go: Big John's Journey Back to Life (Hardback)

In Please Don't Go , former Celtic and Wales soccer star John Hartson documents his fight for life after being diagnosed in July 2009 with testicular cancer, which subsequently spread to his lungs...

Alan Shipnuck / LIV and Let Die (Large Paperback)

Alan Shipnuck, the New York Times bestselling author of Phil , returns with a major new work of insider reporting on the battle for the soul of professional golf between the PGA Tour and the...

Stephen F. Kelly / Bill Shankly : It's Much More Important Than That

'Football is not just a matter of life and death: it's much more important than that' - Bill ShanklyBill Shankly was without doubt among the greatest football managers of the post-war era and his...

Peter Schmeichel / One : My Autobiography

'TERRIFIC' - Daily Mail'ONE OF THE UNDISPUTED GREATS' - Sun'Why me? How could a boy from a Copenhagen tower block say I want to be a champion with Manchester United and Denmark and make it...

Harry Pearson / The Far Corner : A Mazy Dribble Through North-East Football

A book in which Wilf Mannion rubs shoulders with The Sunderland Skinhead, recollections of Len Shakleton blight the lives of village shoppers, and the appointment of Kevin Keegan as manager of...

Eoghan Corry / The GAA Book of Lists: Outstanding Facts and Figures From the GAA

In The GAA Book of Lists, Eoghan Corry trawls the archives to find the bizarre, amazing, and the ridiculous, bringing together the things you never knew about Ireland's national sports.     All of...

Robert Beasley / José Mourinho: Up Close and Personal (Hardback)

The gripping biography of one of the most successful managers in the game, José Mourinho, giving a rare insight into Mourinho the man as well as Mourinho the manager.José Mourinho is undoubtedly one...

Phil Mickelson, Donald T. Phillips / One Magical Sunday (Hardback)

The author chronicles his 2004 Masters win, revealing early influences, and offering a glimpse into his personal life and relationships.     All of our books are second hand, and while you may not...

Iain Carter / The Majors 2015: The Thrilling Battle For Golf's Greatest Trophies (Hardback)

With a foreword by Padraig HarringtonThe four majors are the most exciting and important events of the golfing calendar. The Masters, US Open, The Open and the PGA: these are the tournaments by which...

Bill Lee, Jim Prime / The Little Red (Sox) Book: A Revisionist Red Sox History (Hardback)

Inspired by Chairman Mao's infamous Little Red Book , “Spaceman” Bill Lee offers an off-the-wall revisionist history of baseball's most colorful franchise, the Boston Red Sox. In addition to...

Raymond Smith / High Rollers of the Turf (Large Paperback)

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Matt Walker / Europe United ( 1 Football Fan. 1 Crazy Season. 55 UEFA nations (Large Paperback)

As seen on BBC Football Focus and BT Sport...'One man and his quest to see a game in every UEFA nation in one season' Paul Doyle, Guardian EUROPE UNITED follows Matt Walker's unprecedented challenge...

Margaret Lantry / Racing Reflections: The Life and Times of Irish Racing People (Large Paperback)

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Matt Le Tissier / Playing in the Hole (Hardback)

No one can dispute that football has provided some of the funniest quotes (intentionally or not) in the history of sport. This is a comprehensive collection of these comic offerings. It includes over...

Chris Eubank / Eubank: The Autobiography (Hardback)

The full and frank life story of one of the greatest British boxers of modern times, whose unique mix of eccentric personality and strong moral values have made him a role model to thousands of fans...

Philip Derriman / Our Don Bradman (Large Paperback)

Biographical essays on the noted cricketer Don Bradman.      All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good...

Roberto Firmino / Si Senor: My Liverpool Years (Large Paperback)

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David Davies / FA Confidential (Large Paperback)

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