Sport & Sport Biography

John Feinstein / Caddy for Life : The Bruce Edwards Story (Hardback)

   Beyond golf's polished surface there lies a world not often seen by the average fan. The caddy sees everything - the ambition, the strategy, the rivalries, the jealousies - that occurs behind the scenes. Award-winning John Feinstein,...

Bill McLaren / Rugby's Great Heroes and Entertainers (Hardback)

 Bill McLaren's career as a rugby commentator spanned 50 years and earned him enormous respect. He is therefore well placed to choose his all-time favourites from the world of rugby in this collection. His powers of description and huge depth of...

John Scally / Legends of Irish Rugby (Hardback)

   Based on exclusive interviews with 40 celebrated players, past and present, Legends of Irish Rugby is a veritable who's who of the sport. The top personalities of the Irish game take you behind the scenes to offer a unique perspective on...

Ian Poulter / No Limits : My Autobiography (Hardback)

   Ian Poulter is one of golf's most charismatic figures, with an appeal extending way beyond his sport. Here he tells his inspirational story, from his early rejection as an Spurs youth player, right through to his match-winning contributions...

Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh / From Dun Sion to Croke Park : The Autobiography (Hardback)

   Memoir by well known Irish radio sports commentator. Author works for RTE and is a household name in Ireland. The book will cover his childhood growing up in Kerry, his years as a teacher and the past forty odd years as a GAA (Gaelic Games)...

Sam Torrance / Out of Bounds : Legendary Tales From the 19th Hole (Hardback)

 Sam Torrance is British golf's greatest personality. Well known and loved for his insights and anecdotes in his commentary, he divulges tall tales from the great, the good and the not-so-good in the world of golf, from Ryder Cup clinching moments...

International Football Book No 2 - Souvenir Press 1960 - Illustrated Vintage Football

With features on the European Cup, article by Matt Busby, and contributions by Alfredo di Stefano, Danny Blanchflower, Tom Finney Brian Glanville and many more.  With black and white photography throughout. Lacks the original dustjacket, but...

Sue Evison / Wayne Rooney : England's Hero (Large Paperback)

 He?s the most talented striker in Britain ? if not the world ? today. He has been likened to football legend Pele and has burst onto the international scene with a blistering performance in Euro 2004. At just 18 years old he has given his...

Jonathan Eig / Ali: A Life (Large Paperback)

 SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR PRIZE.SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR.THE BRITISH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR.WINNER OF THE PEN/ESPN AWARD FOR LITERARY SPORTS WRITING.THE TIMES...

Tipperary GAA Yearbook 2010 - Blianiris PB Illustrated Gaelic Games

Ronnie Whelan / Walk On: My Life in Red (Large Paperback)

 Ronnie Whelan was a mainstay of the iconic 1980s Liverpool FC side that won six League Championships, two FA Cups, three League Cups as well an unforgettable European Cup. Under the management of Kenny Dalglish, Whelan and his club team mates,...

Norman Freeman / Classic Hurling Matches: 1976-91 (Large Paperback)

 Hurling is one of the world's great field sports and this book is one of two titles which contain accounts of a selection of games from 1956 to 1991. This book reflects the variety of hurling itself. Some, like the Tipperary-Cork Munster Final of...

Eoin Murphy / Munster Rugby (Large Paperback)

 Rugby in Munster has grown from a minority sport to a hugely popular phenomenon, and now has a team that encapsulates the spirit of the province. The intensely fought Heineken Cup has propelled Irish rugby onto the European stage with this team...

Marcus Stead / Brian O'Driscoll : The Biography

 Brian O'Driscoll is the explosive captain of the 'golden generation' of Irish rugby and a renowned genius on the field. One of the top outside centres in the game, O'Driscoll first became captain of his country in 2003 and his phenomenal record...

Nick Faldo / Life Swings : The Autobiography

   Nick Faldo's remarkable memoir tells the story of the obsessive teenager who grew up to be the greatest golfer this country has ever produced. Along the way there have been arguments with the press and fellow players, three marriages, and...

Sam Torrance / Sam The Autobiography Of Sam Torrance

 Sam Torrance is one of the most popular and charismatic golfers in the world. He has spent the last three decades at the top of the professional game, but it is his exploits in the Ryder Cup that are truly astounding. As a player, he is famous for...

Alex Ferguson / Alex Ferguson : Six Years at United (Hardback)

 A biography of the football manager Alex Ferguson, concentrating on the six years he has spent in charge of Manchester United. Beginning his time there in the shadow of Sir Matt Busby, he led them to success in the 1990 FA Cup and the European Cup...

Eamon Dunphy / Strange Kind of Glory : Life of Sir Matt Busby and Manchester United (Hardback)

 This biography of Sir Matt Busby is, in many ways, also the story of Manchester United and the parallel rise and fall of English football over the last 50 years. The book contains revelations about the Munich Air Crash and the strained relationship...

Bill McLaren / The Voice of Rugby : My Autobiography (Hardback)

 As well reliving the highlights of his illustrious career as a commentator, Bill talks of the game today and his regrets that rugby went professional. He is a fierce critic of what this has led to and fears for the future health and safety of rugby...

Pele / Pele: The Autobiography (Hardback)

 Even people who don't know football know Pele. The best of a generation of Brazilian players universally acknowledged as the most accomplished and attractive group of footballers ever to play the game, he won the World Cup three times and is...

Andre Agassi / Open : An Autobiography (Hardback)

 He is one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court - but from early childhood Andre Agassi hated the game. Coaxed to swing a racket while still in the crib, forced to hit hundreds of...

Ian Thorpe / This Is Me : The Autobiography (Hardback)

 Ian Thorpe's achievements in the water are nothing short of phenomenal. He has won a record-holding eleven World Championship titles and ten Commonwealth Games gold medals. He has broken twenty-two world records and won five gold, three silver and...

Sean Kelly / Rule 42 and All That (Hardback) GAA

 From boyhood days in his local GAA field at Kilcummin, Co. Kerry, to the office of President of the GAA, Sean Kelly reflects on how he came to lead one of the most dramatic, debate-provoking changes in modern Ireland - opening the doors of Croke...

Tony McCoy / The Real McCoy! : My Life So Far (Hardback)

 At the age of only 22, Tony McCoy is already Champion Jockey, defeating established stars like Richard Dunwoody. This book traces his life from his childhood in County Antrim to his wins at Cheltenham and Aintree and holding the record for the...

Kieron Fallon / Form : My Autobiography (Hardback)

 THE SPORTS BOOK AWARDS INTERNATIONAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE YEARKieren Fallon was one of the world's greatest jockeys, but his career was littered with controversial incidents. Now, in his powerful and honest autobiography, he tells all.'The most...

Peter Stringer / Pulling the Strings : My Autobiography (Hardback)

 When Peter Stringer played youth rugby, he was so small that people told his parents he shouldn't be allowed on the pitch. Fortunately for Munster and for Ireland, they paid no attention. Over 200 provincial caps and 98 international caps later,...

Darren Clarke / An Open Book - My Autobiography (Hardback)

 A golfer loved for his courage and charisma, Darren Clarke has the crowds behind him.They know he is a warm, funny raconteur who likes a Guinness, who both works hard and plays hard. More important, they know that this man pulled himself up by his...

Sean Og O Ceallachain / Giants of Gaelic Football : 50 All-Time Greats (Hardback)

 Because of their successes, the premier football counties occupy a very prominent position in the book. Not forgotten, however, are the large numbers of great players who did their counties proud on representative teams but sadly never achieved...

Philly McMahon / The Choice (Hardback)

 When Dublin footballer lost his older brother John in 2012, it brought to an end a painful decade, during which John had slipped from the family circle into a deteriorating cycle of addiction. The effects were personally devastating, but amidst the...

David Beckham / My Side - The Autobiography (Hardback)

 With endless newspaper column inches devoted to one of the most talked about men in the world, it seems that we know everything there is to know about David Beckham. Or do we? This is Beckham's life story in his own words. The book deals with his...

Marcus Trescothick / Coming Back to Me : The Autobiography (Hardback)

 A true-life sporting memoir of one of the best batsman in the game who stunned the cricket world when he prematurely ended his own England career. Trescothick's brave and soul-baring account of his mental frailties opens the way to a better...

Ian Botham / Head On - Ian Botham : The Autobiography (Hardback)

 Ian Botham, voted the cricketer of the 20th century by the fans, was a genuine all-rounder who, when on form, was simply unstoppable. In his miraculous early career, he broke all the records such as: the fastest ever all-rounder to achieve the...

Con Houlihan / More Than a Game : Selected Sporting Essays (Large Paperback)

 Con Houlihan is, quite simply, one of Ireland's finest sports writers. Over a lengthy career, Con has covered many of the greatest Irish and international sporting events, from classic gaelic football and hurling finals to soccer and rugby world...

John White / Manchester United Miscellany (Hardback)

 There is something for every United fan in The Official Manchester United Miscellany. The world-famous club has a widely diverse and amazingly successful history, but this book is neither a history, nor a fan's or collector's guide, nor a...

John Scally / GAA Fun and Games : Quotes, Jokes, Hits and Misses (Hardback)

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John Scally / Raising the Banner: Ger Loughnane, Official Biography (Large Paperback) Clare GAA

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Stephen Roche / Born to Ride (Large Paperback)

 On 6 September 1987, Stephen Roche touched greatness. Victory at the World Cycling Championship in Austria completed a near-unprecedented `triple crown' that included triumphs in the same year at the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia. In April,...

John Scally / No Pat on the Back (Large Paperback)

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Tony Francis / Who Was Hurricane Higgins? (Large Paperback)

 Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins transcended sport in a way very few sportsmen ever have. In this definitive biography, Tony Francis describes how Alex threw himself into life like a man throwing himself off a cliff. No safety net. No plan. No fear. No...

Finbarr McCarthy / Bainisteoir: The Ten Greatest GAA Managers (Large Paperback)

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Wayne Rooney / My Decade in the Premier League (Large Paperback)

 'My Decade in the Premier League' is Wayne's first hand account of his 10 years playing at the highest level in English football - and for the biggest club in the world. This is his inside story of life on the pitch for Manchester Utd; the League...

Seamus McRory - The Voice From the Sideline : Famous GAA Managers - 1997

Paperback,  some minor creases to corners on back covers.  Follows the Gaelic football careers of some of the managers who have contributed to the development of the game in the 30 years up to publication ( 1997) - Seán Boylan, Kevin...

Henry Blofeld / Cricket and All That

 This is a compelling and irreverent account of a sport that originated in 16th century England and was then gradually fed to the British Empire; nowadays, of course England are regularly outplayed by most of the commonwealth countries. The author's...

Lawrence Dallaglio / Dallaglio's Rugby Tales

 In RUGBY TALES, Lawrence Dallaglio recalls with affection and razor-sharp humour, the behind-the-scenes stories that have previously only been shared within the world of international rugby, together with some classics from his rugby-playing...

Jeremy Whittle / Bad Blood : The Secret Life of the Tour de France

 For Jeremy Whittle, there isn't much in life as spectacular as the Tour de France: sweat-streaked, taut and burnished athletes toiling across vast and ancient European landscapes, hundreds of thousands of fans lining the route. And then there are...

Chris Hoy / Chris Hoy: The Autobiography

 Fully updated to include Sir Chris Hoy's incredible, record-breaking golds at London 2012 (making him his country's greatest ever Olympian), this is the story of a sporting legend in his own words.Fully updated to include Sir Chris Hoy's...

Graeme Obree / Flying Scotsman

 The story of a cyclist who took on the world and rewrote the record books. Graeme's story starts with his tough upbringing in Ayrshire, where he found his escape by taking to the roads. He tells the story of how he became a world record breaker,...

David Walsh / Seven Deadly Sins : My Pursuit of Lance Armstrong

 When Lance Armstrong fought back from life-threatening cancer to win the 1999 Tour de France - the so-called 'Tour of Renewal' - it seemed almost too good to be true. It was. Sunday Timesjournalist David Walsh was one of a small group who was...

Celia Walden / Babysitting George

 August, 2003. Celia Walden, a young reporter, receives an unusual phone call from her editor. She is to drop everything and fly to Malta in an attempt to track down a legendary footballer and keep him from the press. George Best, an alcoholic with...

Jamie Carragher / Carra: My Autobiography

 For the Anfield faithful, Jamie Carragher represents everything that is great about Liverpool Football Club, prompting the Kop to sing 'we all dream of a team of Carraghers'. The club's vice-captain, longest-serving player and one of a select band...

Chuck Liddell / Iceman

 The "New York Times" bestseller from the baddest man on the planet?with photos and a brand new chapter. Chuck Liddell is the face of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, and superstar of Mixed Martial Arts -- the fastest growing sport in America. In...

Michael C. DeLisa / Cinderella Man : The James J. Braddock Story

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