The Farther Corner
£9.99Twenty-five years on from his classic football book The Far Corner, Harry Pearson returns to the north-east to find out what has changed since then
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Shots in the Dark
£9.99Brimming with wisdom and humour, David Kynaston’s diaries written over one football season offer up his most personal take on social history to date. David Kynaston was seven and a half years old when he attended his first Aldershot match in the early months of 1959. So began a deep attachment to the game and a lifelong loyalty to an obscure, small-town football club. Though as he sits down to write his diaries almost 60 years on, he reflects that life might have been simpler if his father had never taken him to that first match at the Rec. A testament to the ways in which fandom gives solidity and security to our lives, particularly in these bewildering and rapidly changing times, ‘Shots in the Dark’ gets to the heart of what it means to be a devoted follower of a sports team.
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The Accidental Footballer
£20.00Pat Nevin never wanted to be a professional footballer. His future was clear, he’d become a teacher like his brothers. There was only one problem with this – Pat was far too good to avoid attention. Raised in Glasgow’s East End, Pat loved the game, playing for hours and obsessively following Celtic. But as he grew up, he also loved Joy Division, wearing his Indie ‘gloom boom’ coat and going on marches – hardly typical footballer behaviour! Placed firmly in the 80s and 90s, before the advent of the Premier League, and often with racism and violence present, Pat Nevin writes with honesty, insight and wry humour. We are transported vividly to Chelsea and Everton, and colourfully diverted by John Peel, Morrissey and nights out at the Hacienda.
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How to Fix Modern Football
£8.99With diving players, abusive fans, feckless agents and the dreaded VAR, football has taken a wrong turn. Now, Chris Sutton, the nation’s most forthright football pundit, takes an unaltered look at 25 aspects of the modern game that need to be changed right away – and offers practical and, at times, controversial solutions. From the standard of referees to the lunacy of the managerial merry-go-round, from shameful racist abuse to exploitative ticket prices and the shocking treatments of ex-players with dementia, ‘How to Fix Modern Football’ leaves no stone unturned.
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Anything is possible
£16.99An inspirational book of life lessons for young people and parents, by England Manager Gareth Southgate. Two summers ago at the World Cup, Gareth’s leadership and his ‘anything is possible’ mind-set helped bring the nation together, leading the England Men’s team to one of their best performances at a tournament in decades. Gareth’s humble, positive and compassionate style struck a chord with youngsters, parents and people of all ages. In this book, Gareth shares his thoughts on how young people can thrive and achieve their own dreams.
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My Life in Red and White: My Autobiography
£25.00Arsène Wenger charts his extraordinary career, including his rise in France and Japan where he managed Nancy, Monaco and Nagoya Grampus Eight (clubs that also play in red-and-white, like Arsenal!) to his 22 years at the helm of an internationally renowned club from 1996 onwards. He describes the unrest that led to his resignation in 2018, and his current role as Chief of Global Football Development for FIFA. He offers studious reflections on the game and his groundbreaking approach to motivation, mindset, fitness and football that was often beautiful to watch.
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Me, Family and the Making of a Footballer
£20.00For the Redknapp clan, football is a family concern; it’s the family business. ‘Me, Family and the Making of a Footballer’ is a deeply moving, heartfelt and beautifully personal account of growing up as the second son of Harry Redknapp, and also an enchanting love letter to football.
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The Age of Football: The Global Game in the Twenty-first Century
£12.99The critically acclaimed global story of football in the twenty-first century.
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Robbie Fowler: My Life In Football: Goals, Glory & The Lessons I’ve Learnt
£20.00The definitive autobiography from Anfield’s favourite son, 25 years after he first signed as a professional for Liverpool. Personal and revealing, Robbie stories come from a life spent inside the game. He invites us inside the dressing room, sharing stories of legendary team-mates like Rush, Owen and Gerrard, his love of the Kop, his greatest achievements and his biggest regrets as well as the money, fame, and the hoopla that surrounds the modern game.
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George Best: A Memoir: A unique biography of a football icon: The Perfect Gift f
£9.99A true hero to fans all over the world, George Best was gifted with footballing skills which turned the man into a legend. However, despite his heroic exploits for Manchester United and Northern Ireland, Best was equally renowned for his chaotic personal life, and he eventually succumbed in 2005 to a long battle with alcohol. There have been many books written about George, but here, Michael Parkinson combines his professional and personal knowledge of George with his classic and much loved writing style to produce a new and interesting biography of a football and cultural icon.
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They Don’t Teach This
£14.99Most 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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How To Be A Footballer
£8.99You become a footballer because you love football. And then you are a footballer, and you’re suddenly in the strangest, most baffling world of all. A world where one team-mate comes to training in a bright red suit with matching top-hat, cane and glasses, without any actual glass in them, and another has so many sports cars they forget they have left a Porsche at the train station. Even when their surname is incorporated in the registration plate. So walk with me into the dressing-room, to find out which players refuse to touch a football before a game, to discover why a load of millionaires never have any shower-gel, and to hear what Cristiano Ronaldo says when he looks at himself in the mirror.