Sport & Sport Biography

Gary Neville / Red: My Autobiography

   No player has been more synonymous with the glory years of Manchester United Football Club over the past two decades than right-back Gary Neville. An Old Trafford regular since he attended his first match at the age of six, captain of the...

Colm Cooper / Gooch - The Autobiography (Hardback)

 'The greatest Gaelic footballer of all time.' Pat Spillane When Colm Cooper retired from inter-county football in 2017, he left behind a remarkable legacy. The holder of five All-Ireland medals and eight All-Stars, he was Kerry's stand-out forward...

Kieran Donaghy / What Do You Think Of That : My Autobiography (Hardback)

 Kieran Donaghy has been one of the most influential, charismatic and successful Gaelic football players of the last dozen years, winning four All Ireland senior medals and three All Stars as well as being Footballer of the Year. Brimming with...

Shay Given / Shay: Any Given Saturday : The Autobiography (Hardback)

 Entertaining and revealing life story of popular Premier League goalkeeper who is Irish football's second longest serving player.     All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all...

Harry Redknapp / A Man Walks On To a Pitch

   `When a man walks on to a pitch there's always a chance something magic can happen, that's what keeps us coming back...'In A Man Walks On To a Pitch, Harry shares a lifetime's experience of obsessing over football, during which he has seen...

Alan English / Stand Up and Fight : When Munster Beat the All Blacks (Large Paperback)

 When it comes to rugby union, one team has always stood a lock forward taller than the rest. To their opponents of the 1920s they were 'the Invincibles', to generations of British and Irish players they were literally indomitables - to the rest of...

Eoin Hand / First Hand : My Life and Irish Football (Large Paperback)

 From 1980 to 1985, Eoin Hand managed one of Ireland's greatest generations of players. The team barely missed out on the 1982 World Cup and despite having come closer than any previous manager to qualifying, Hand endured intense criticism from the...

Henriques, Barry - (Editor) Kilkenny GAA Yearbook, 2017 - PB Annual

208 pages, large format paperback , fully illustrated in colour throughout . the 27th edition of the yearbook edited by Barrie Henriques.  A standard county GAA yearbook, with full detauiled coverage of all leagues, matches and competitions, and a...

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

 THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Beautiful & significant ... Tackles grief with honesty' DAWN FRENCH 'Very important and moving book' ALASTAIR CAMPBELL 'Tender, heartbreaking ... An extraordinary and unforgettable book. *****' HEAT * * * * * * 'When...

Donald McRae / Winter Colours : Changing Seasons in World Rugby

   Through intimate interviews with the sport's greatest contemporary icons, Donald McRae examines how rugby is played and revered in different countries. In this new and updated edition of a sporting classic, Martin Johnson, Brian O'Driscoll,...

Anon / I Am The Secret Footballer : Lifting the Lid on the Beautiful Game

   This updated edition of the bestselling and wildly popular I Am the Secret Footballer features a new introduction and an additional chapter. The anonymous writer of the Guardian's 'Secret Footballer' column gives Premier League fans an...

Mike Tyson / Undisputed Truth : My Autobiography

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Lauren St John / Seve : The Biography

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George Best / Hard Tackles and Dirty Baths : The inside story of football's golden era

 We were the first generation to have to deal with the modern stardom of football. Some handled it better than others' George Best Written in the months before he died, Hard Tackles and Dirty Baths is George's farewell letter to the great...

Chris Bonington / Ascent

 BRITAIN'S GREATEST CLIMBER.'He is the David Attenborough of mountaineering . . . Bonington's most personal memoir yet.' The Times.'This is a compelling tale of fortitude and endurance.' - The Sunday Times'He is the icon of British climbing.' The...

Packie Bonner / The Last Line: My Autobiography

   Irish national hero, a Celtic great and their most-capped player, Patrick 'Packie' Bonner is a goalkeeping legend.He was Jock Stein's last signing for the club when he left his native Donegal for the city of Glasgow in 1978, where Packie...

Nick Ward / Left For Dead

 The second edition of the Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year is updated with a new chapter describing Nick's eventual completion of the Fastnet Race thirty years after his first, ill-fated attempt. The world-famous Fastnet Race takes yachts from...

Joe Calzaghe / No Ordinary Joe

 IT WAS past three o'clock in the morning when Joe Calzaghe experienced the sweetest validation of his professional life. Victory over Jeff Lacy, a 28-year-old American compared to a young Mike Tyson because of his power and "take-no-prisoners...

Patrick O'Reilly / Rala : A Life in Rugby

   Irish rugby as you've never seen it before -- from the man who got the job every rugby lover would love to have.'Rala has a gift for making people feel at ease and special at the same time' Paul O'ConnellPatrick 'Rala' O'Reilly has been...

George Best / Scoring At Half-Time

   Michael Parkinson: 'What was the nearest to kick-off that you made love to a woman?'George Best: 'Er- I think it was half-time actually'George Best was the first celebrity footballer and to many the greatest British player ever. In Scoring...

Joe Lennon - Coaching Gaelic Football for Champions - Vintage HB 1964 - Rare - Co Down - GAA

This was the first book from former Down GAA player Joe Lennon, - Coaching Gaelic Football for Champions , published in 1964. Lennon captained the Down team in 1968 which won the All Ireland, and was also a teacher, and was the founding member of the...

Sportsfile - A Season Of Sundays 2006 - GAA Photography - Yearbook - 2006 HB - Sport

This 130 page hardback coffee table book (300mm x 300mm) is a collection of images of the 2006 Gaelic Games year by the Sportsfile photographers. With text by Irish Times journalist, Tom Humphries, it is a treasured record of the 2006 GAA season to be...

Chris Bowers / Federer

 Roger Federer is not only one of the greatest tennis players ever to pick up a racket - if not the greatest - but he is one of the global icons of our time. Characterised by a mixture of passion and calmness, a fierce competitor with a regal...

Nicholas Hobbes / Who Would Win a Fight between Muhammad Ali and Bruce Lee? : The Sports Fan's Book of Answers

 Nicholas Hobbes tackles the sports-related questions that thousands of people have debated in front of the TV and in the pub, but for which they have never found a definitive answer. These include:Why do female tennis players grunt?Are English...

Marcus De Búrca - Michael Cusack and the GAA - PB 1st Ed 1989 - GAA Founder - Clare

A first edition, Anvil Press 1989 of Marcus de Búrca's groundbreaking study of Michael Cusack, the Clare born founder of the GAA, and one of the key members of what became known as the Gaelic Revivalmovement ( although not known by this at the...

Donal Keenan / Brothers in Sport GAA (Large Paperback)

 In a game rich with sibling talent and ability, Donal Keenan offers a fascinating examination of some of the game's remarkable family relationships. Profiling some of Ireland's most famous hurling and football brothers, Brothers in Sport provides...

Edmund Van Esbeck - Irish Rugby Scrapbook - Illustrated 1982

Cork born Van Esbeck was the rugby correspondent for the Irish Times since the 1960's, and also wrote the official centenary history of the IRFU .  This is a pictorial history of the highlights in Irish rugby history, centered in particular on the...

Owen McCann / The Liam MacCarthy Cup (Large Paperback)

 First awarded in 1923, Sean Og O Ceallachain and Owen McCann survey every decade since then, recalling many of the most famous All-Ireland hurling finals: * The thunder and lightning final of 1939, played in a monsoon on the day World War II broke...

P. J Browne / Reading the Green : The Inside Line on the Irish in the Ryder Cup (Large Paperback)

   The format of the British and Irish golf was changed in 1979 after a series of disheartening losses to the Americans. That decision saved the Ryder Cup. It became a closely contested event and three decades on it has global television...

Colm Keane / Ireland's Soccer Top 20 (Large Paperback)

 For the first time in history, this one book profiles 20 of the greatest soccer legends drawn from both sides of the Irish border. Written as an accompaniment to the RTE Radio 1 series, the star-studded Ireland's Soccer Top 20 traces the sport's...

Rayvem David Allen / Punches on the Page : A Boxing Anthology (Hardback)

 Boxing by its nature breeds characters and this anthology of epic battles covers a century of gloved combat from the Boston Strong Boy John L. Sullivan to Muhammed Ali, Mike Tyson and Prince Naseem. The names themselves recall the colour and drama...

Guillem Balague / A Season on the Brink : Rafael Benitez, Liverpool and the Path to European Glory (Hardback)

 When Rafael Benitez was appointed manager of under-achieving Liverpool at the start of the 2004-2005 season, the reaction of many fans was 'Who the **** is Rafael Benitez?'. The Liverpool fans had grown used to French manager Gerard Houllier but he...

Christy O'Connor / From Rough to Fair Ways : The Christy O'Connor Jnr Autobiography (Hardback) Golf Ireland

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Richard Dunwoody / Obsessed : The Autobiography (Hardback)

 In his long-awaited autobiography, the most successful National Hunt jockey of all time reveals what it was that took him to the top - and how he managed to stay there for so long     All of our books are second hand, and while you may...

A. P. McCoy / Winner: My Racing Life (Hardback)

 At Sandown Park on the 25 April 2015, riding Box Office, two jumps from home, the realisation hit me. This is it. This is really the end.I was now a matter of seconds away from the moment all the numbers stopped for ever. My career total of...

Owen McCann / The Liam MacCarthy Cup (Hardback)

 First awarded in 1923, Sean Og O Ceallachain and Owen McCann survey every decade since then, recalling many of the most famous All-Ireland hurling finals:* The thunder and lightning final of 1939, played in a monsoon on the day World War II broke...

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...