Football (Soccer, Association football)

  • States of Play

    £12.99

    Journeying from Abu Dhabi to Newcastle, and onto London, Paris, Moscow and New York, journalist Miguel Delaney investigates the allegations of sportswashing and misconduct in the beautiful game. The result is a gripping account of how football has been taken over by the world’s wealthiest businessmen, state-backed corporations, media tycoons and oil-rich oligarchs. Fully updated to cover Saudi Arabia’s 2034 World Cup bid, the Manchester City charges case and the events of the 2024/25 season.

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  • How to Win the Premier League

    £10.99

    This is an insider account of the data revolution that has swept through the modern football world written by one of its key architects, Ian Graham. Between 2012 and 2023, Ian Graham worked as Liverpool FC’s Director of Research. His tenure coincided with the club’s greatest period of success since the 1980s, including winning the Premier League in 2020 – Liverpool’s first league title after an agonising 29 years. Here, Graham reveals the fascinating data that informed some of the club’s most pivotal moments of the past decade, from the appointment of Jurgen Klopp as manager in 2015 to the signing of Mohamed Salah in 2017.

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  • More Than a Shirt

    £22.00

    Football is the world’s most popular sport, and the shirts worn by teams and their supporters are its greatest means of cultural expression. Every year clubs launch new kits with increasingly extravagant marketing campaigns and convoluted explanations of how their designs reflect their history and local community. But football shirts are much more than just a symbol of which club we support. A seemingly innocuous combination of colours, sponsor logos and materials can all reflect the social values, financial struggles and political ideologies of the day, as geopolitical issues increasingly seep into every aspect of the game. Investigative journalist Joey D’Urso has travelled across the globe, combining on-the-ground reporting with unparalleled analysis to collate a list of the 22 football shirts that best explain the modern world.

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  • Fixed

    £20.00

    In 2012, English football was rocked by the biggest match-fixing operation to hit these shores in recent times. An Asian syndicate had infiltrated the Conference South with players being offered vast sums of money to help rig games and net millions of pounds for the fixers. Loyal fans attending matches were oblivious to the fact that outcomes had been predetermined. The remarkable story of how this syndicate was able to take hold of the national sport is told to us by a man who not only played in many of these games, but went to jail for helping to fix them – Moses Swaibu. ‘Fixed’ breaks new ground as Moses Swaibu becomes the first player ever to write openly about how he helped to fix games, revealing exactly what happens on the pitch when a match is being manipulated.

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  • Engulfed

    £22.00

    In forensic detail, ‘Engulfed’ uncovers how the House of Saud zeroed in on the political power of sport to save itself from the PR damage caused by one of the most infamous assassinations in history. It examines how they have bet on sport’s, and especially football’s, extreme polarisation, using it to radicalise whole cities and fanbases, and subvert democratic institutions for faraway political ends. It’s the story of a plot to use sport to wash away the stains of a crime and how a compliant west was easily bought, and sold, in the process.

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  • Chaos in the box

    £14.99

    Football moves so quickly these days that it can be hard to keep track of everything. But fret not, weary traveller: David Squires is here to guide you through the pandemonium. Taking us from 2018 to the 2024 Euro, Squires tackles some of the sport’s most pressing questions: Is Emo José Mourinho doing okay after his latest ride on the managerial carousel? How many more teams will be lucky enough to be bought by ‘benevolent’ billionaires? Will Manchester City ever let anyone else win the Premier League again? And how on earth does FIFA continue to be laughably inept in almost every way imaginable? Drawn from the immensely popular Guardian cartoons, ‘Chaos in the Box’ captures modern football’s most memorable – and ludicrous – moments.

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  • Bring on United

    £22.00

    How Manchester United conquered all, by the players who won everything

    With a foreword by Manchester United assistant manager Ruud van Nistelrooy

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  • Saturday afternoon fever

    £22.00

    A profoundly personal, warmly nostalgic and deliciously funny memoir by the legendary Sky Sports anchorman Jeff Stelling, chronicling a life spent obsessing about ‘The Beautiful Game’ ever since he was a little boy, and underpinned by a deeply rooted love of football and of people.

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  • States of play

    £22.00

    As the 2022 World Cup in Qatar drew to a close, there was a bitter undercurrent to Argentina’s triumph. Throughout the tournament, numerous allegations of sportswashing and financial misconduct had been made against the state of Qatar, moving what had previously been a smaller conversation into the worldwide spotlight. The question had been asked, who really owns and runs football? Journeying from Abu Dhabi to Newcastle, and onto London, Paris, Moscow and New York in search of the answers, Miguel Delaney follows the threads that surround the allegations of sportswashing and misconduct in the beautiful game.

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  • World football records 2025

    £20.00

    ‘World Football Records 2025’ offers lively, fun and fascinating facts and stats from the world of international football. Focusing on all the major world and continental tournaments, national team records, exceptional matches and the stars who made it all possible, this researched annual tells the stories of these key moments and the players and coaches behind them. This edition includes updated stats and facts for all recent major tournaments, awards and international teams.

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  • A family obsession

    £25.00

    With amusing anecdotes, Harry and Jamie reveal the individuals who have set their pulses racing, opened their minds, enriched their football lives and stimulated their respective love affairs with the sport. From childhood idols to role models in young adulthood, from beloved team-mates to bitter rivals, from genius managers to the game’s great mavericks – from Pelé and Maradona to Bobby Moore and Lionel Messi via Steven Gerrard and Pep Guardiola – all are brought to life by two of the country’s most knowledgeable, animated and beloved football obsessives.

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  • Last boy of ’66

    £22.00

    The legendary 1966 World Cup hat-trick hero and now the only living player has the last word on England’s greatest ever football team. Four for England. Three for Hurst. Images of the team celebrating have taken their place in the nation’s photo album. Trophy aloft, smiling into their future. Banksy, George, Jack, Mooro, Ray, Nobby, Ballie, Bobby, Martin, Roger. Geoff’s ten teammates. His old friends. They’ve now all gone. Heroes from an era that is slipping into sepia. But it isn’t all over. Not yet. One of them is still here, and before he goes, Geoff wanted to get down his final thoughts about 1966. He talks about Alf – his vision, his drive, his loyalty. Also his shyness, even awkwardness. About his teammates, about Greavsie – hard workers, team players, cool heads. Geoff tells their collective story, digging below the surface, reflecting on their victory, its impact on their lives.

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