Yellow Jersey Press

  • A fan for all seasons

    £18.99

    What do you do when your world changes in an instant? For Jon Harvey, it meant turning to the thing that had given him support, joy and a lifetime of memories: sport, in all its myriad sublime and ridiculous forms. A kaleidoscopic twelve months took him from London Olympia to ancient Olympia, from rugby balls to Rubik’s Cubes, Wimbledon tennis to Wimbledon greyhounds, Monaco to Frimley Green, Roger Federer to Martin ‘Wolfie’ Adams, and much, much more. ‘A Fan for All Seasons’ is a celebration of a life shaped by sport and the ultimate season ticket.

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  • They Don’t Teach This

    £14.99

    Most people would describe Eniola Aluko as a high-achiever. She’s been a star of women’s football for over a decade, with over 100 England caps and 33 goals and a list of honours as long as your arm. Given that her childhood hero was Atticus Finch, it was only natural that she went on to achieve a first class honours degree in law and studied for the New York bar exam while playing in the States. She’s a volunteer champion for UN women, was the first female pundit on Match of the Day and a star analyst for ITV at the Russia 2018 World Cup. Despite all of these phenomenal achievements, Eni is perhaps most well-known as the player at the centre of the racism row which forced the FA into an embarrassing apology and knocked England manager Mark Sampson from his post. This book tells her story.

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  • Unbreakable: The Woman Who Defied the Nazis in the World’s Most Dangerous Horse

    £16.99

    Lata Brandisová was a truly inspiring woman: a shy countess who achieved the seemingly impossible. Not only was she the first woman to win the toughest horse race in the world, she was also the first woman to even take part. She had to fight a ferocious battle against prejudice simply to get to the starting line. She then showed repeatedly that she was tougher and better than the best male jockeys of her day. She won her greatest victory at the age of 42, in circumstances of extraordinary historical drama, on the eve of the Second World War, in a desperate showdown with Nazi Germany. Some believe that, by defeating the feared horsemen of Himmler’s SS cavalry, she provoked Hitler into war. And that, remarkably, is only part of the story.

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  • Bolt Supremacy

    £18.99

    Of the ten fastest 100 metres times in history, eight belong to Jamaicans. How is it that a small Caribbean island has come to almost totally dominate the men’s and women’s sprint events? This book opens the doors on a community, where sprinting dominates conversations and interactions; where the high school games are watched by 35,000 screaming fans; where identity, success, and status are forged on the track, and making it is a pass to a world of adoration and lucrative contracts.

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  • Blood Horses

    £12.99

    One evening late in his life, veteran sportswriter Mike Sullivan was asked by his son what he remembered best from his three decades in the press box. The answer came as a surprise – ‘I was at Secretariat’s Derby, in ’73. That was – just beauty, you know?’ John Jeremiah Sullivan didn’t know, but he spent two years finding out, journeying from prehistoric caves to the Kentucky Derby. The result is ‘Blood Horses,’ a wise, humorous memoir exploring the relationship between man and horse and the relationship between a sportswriter’s son and his late father.

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