Alec Stewart's Cricket Companion

When Alec Stewart blistered a century in his 100th Test, the sheer length of the standing ovation from a packed Old Trafford crowd confirmed that he had already become a national institution. He went on to represent England more times than Botham, Boycott, Gooch, Gower and every other great that the game has ever produced. Having recently decided to bring his playing days to an end, T…

Bob Wilson's Ultimate Collection of Peculiar Sporting Lingo

Have you ever flashed at a googly in the corridor of uncertainty while on a sticky dog? Maybe you've seen someone hit a mulligan out of the screws to grab a birdie at Amen Corner, or had to deal with a falling leaf from God while trying to survive the Group of Death? The world of sport has its own language, wonderfully rich in strange words and phrases, whose origins often stretch back centuries.…

Bobby's Open: Mr Jones and the Golf Shot that Defined a Legend (HARDBACK)

  The inspirational story of a golfing legend and one of the game’s defining contests  The year: 1926. Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club is hosting the world’s oldest and most prestigious golf tournament – The Open Championship. A stellar field of players has assembled from both sides of the Atlantic hoping to claim victory, including Walter Hagen, Harry Vardon an…

Crashed and Byrned: The Greatest Racing Driver You Never Saw (HARDBACK)

WINNER OF THE 2008 WILLIAM HILL IRISH SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 'I challenge you to put it down. It might just be the greatest book you've never read.' Simon Arron, Daily Telegraph 'I'd be amazed if you didn't enjoy this book.' F1 Fanatic   'One of the most extraordinary sporting autobiographies you are likely to come across' Andrew Baker, Daily Telegraph 'Forget Senna and Sc…

Crashed and Byrned: The Greatest Racing Driver You Never Saw (PAPERBACK)

THE WILLIAM HILL IRISH SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2008 The thrilling, warts-engine-oil-and-all autobiography of the only racing driver Ayrton Senna ever feared  the 200mph flawed genius of Tommy Byrne. 'One of the most extraordinary sporting autobiographies you are likely to come across & I challenge you to put it down. It might just be the greatest book you've never read.' Daily Telegraph …

Crashed and Byrned: The Greatest Racing Driver You Never Saw (PAPERBACK)

Crashed and Byrned is the no-holds-barred award-winning autobiography of a poverty-stricken Dundalk kid’s rise to become the only racing driver Ayrton Senna ever feared – and how it all went wrong from there.   It's raw, passionate, and – with Tommy’s knack of telling it like it is – not for the faint-hearted.

Creating Classics: The Golf Courses of Harry Colt

'For those who want to read about, learn about or simply look at some great courses Peter Pugh's and Henry Lord's study of the architect HS Colt is an absorbing pleasure.' Lawrence Donegan, Guardian 'A superb record of the man and his work... a delight to read, and a perfect way to whet the appetite of any Colt fan looking at the pleasures of the courses yet to be played... An unqualified recom…

Family: Life, Death and Football: A Year on the Frontline with a Proper Club (PAPERBACK)

  No one likes Millwall. They don’t care. But what does it really take to be a part of this team, or a supporter?   A self-published bestseller and British Sports Books Awards 2011 nominee, Michael Calvin’s Family provides a unique glimpse into the soul of a real football club. Award-winning sports writer Calvin follows Millwall through an emotional promot…

Football Freaking: Surreal Sums Behind the Beautiful Game

Did you know that Estonia once managed to beat Scotland without even turning up? That the Cote d'Ivoire has the most expensive team? And why Dutch defender Winston Bograde is paid twice what Real Madrid pays Beckham, Ronaldo and Zidane combined? Gary Rimmer's unique Number Freaking technique unearths the real truth behind the beautiful game. Discover: How many German police officers awai…

Foul Play: What's Wrong with Sport

A Chinese man watching a football match runs out of a burning building with his TV set in his arms, leaving his wife and child to fend for themselves. A French tennis coach drugs his children's opponents, causing one death. An England supporter, upset at his team's exit from a football tournament, stabs a Russian student for 'sounding German'. What is it about sport that makes people behav…