Association football (Soccer)

Soccer is the most popular sport in the world.

There is no sporting event more popular than the World Cup.

On a July afternoon in 1999, this country's proudest moment in soccer occurred in Pasadena, California.

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR THE BEST SPORTS WRITING OF THE YEAR AWARD AT THE 2026 SPORTS BOOK AWARDSA GUARDIAN SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025A WATERSTONES SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025'This is a marvellous football book, although it is much more than that.

At the age of 21, Kylian Mbappehas already established himself as a legend.

An icon of English football, Harry Kane has been tearing up the Premier League for years.

Paul Canovilles story is one of extreme racist bigotry, shattering career-ending injury, a decline into drug abuse, battles against cancer, family tragedy and a determination to beat the odds.

In the vein of Hotel Babylon and Confessions of a GP, The Secret Player will fascinate footballs fans with its wealth of insider knowledge and willingness to talk, albeit anonymously, about the inner workings of the game.

Steven Gerrard is a genuine Liverpool legend.

Colin Shindler has previously written of his deep love for Manchester City in the bestselling Manchester United Ruined My Life and three other previous books.

The factual, concise and first-choice guide for the real fan.

Nicknamed 'the Ledge' on account of his legendary status, John Greig has been voted the greatest Ranger of all time by the fans and his statue stands outside Ibrox.

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Rangers have won 53 League Championships, more than any other club in the world.

In We Are Celtic Supporters Richard Purden examines what created the culture, ideas and beliefs around Celtic football club.

Late on a winter's night in 1976 at the age of 5, I lay awake in bed, absolutely petrified.

One of Celtic's greatest ever strikers, Stevie Chalmers epitomised the exciting attacking football with which Celtic took Europe by storm during the 1960s.

A warm and highly entertaining account of Dietmar Hamman's personal story, The Didi Man was a Sunday Times bestseller on hardback publication.

Ever wondered how a transfer deal is done?

The factual, concise and first-choice guide for the real fan.

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Throughout the 70s and early 80s English football hooligans wreaked havoc throughout England and Europe until the authorities decided that enough was enough.

Mourinho is a beautiful illustrated book which is both a sumptuous celebration of The Special One's managerial career so far, and an enigmatic insight into his unique brand of football wisdom and philosophy.

Jimmy Bullard may not have had the perfect hair-do, his Granada Ghia may not have been the flashiest of cars, and he definitely didn't have a string of Page 3 girls trying to sell kiss and tell stories about him to the tabloids.

Bill Struth is the most celebrated Manager in the history of Rangers Football Club.

Following on from We Are Celtic Supporters, Richard Purden tackles a variety of subjects in his second book Faithful Through and Through.

We had a dream.

Meet the WAGS: Louise, Tara, Jodie and Pattii and get ready to find out what really happens in extra time when; you gatecrash the players' Christmas party, only to find that the 'no women allowed' rule doesn't extend to every modelling and call girl agency in town; your best friend's nanny does a kiss 'n' tell, exposing a string of lies and affairs that you have suspected all along anyway; your close friend wakes the kids up at 2am to go looking for Daddy - only to find him in the middle of a nightclub getting down and dirty with a prostitute; you confide your biggest secret to your new best friend - only to find it front page news the following day.

'When The Kop is roaring it really is like having a twelfth man out there on the pitch.

Idealistic, passionate and scientific, Ars ne Wenger led the modernisation of English football.

Inprove your knowledge!

Wembley, 30 July 1966 Geoff Hurst completes his hat trick England are the World Cup champions.

Now also a new documentary film written and presented by Peter Hooton, The Boot Room Boys - BT Sport April 2022.

From Ronnie Radford to Wayne Rooney, John Motson's knowledge and passion for football are unrivalled.

In 1991, the collapse of the USSR seemed to signal the death of the Russian football industry, as the money, the players and the fans left.

From the makers of the UK's best football magazine!

From the makers of the UK's best football magazine!

From the makers of the UK's best football magazine!

Dennis Wise is one of the best-loved British footballers in the Premiership.

75 MILLION FANS.

Football isn't a matter of life and death,' Bill Shankly once famously said, 'it's much more important than that.

The autobiography of football icon Jimmy GreavesJames Peter 'Jimmy' Greaves was one of the greatest footballers to have graced the English game, a goalscorer of legendary prowess.

Charles Burgess Fry, known as C.

WINNER of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2015In the last two decades football in Britain has made the transition from a peripheral dying sport to the very centre of our popular culture, from an economic basket-case to a booming entertainment industry.

Football fans love lists: league tables; starting 11s; performance statistics.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZEFEATURED IN THE OBSERVER'S SPORTS WRITERS' BOOKS OF THE YEAROn 15 April 1989, 96 people were fatally injured on a football terrace at an FA Cup semi-final in Sheffield.

Celtic:A Biography in Nine Lives, takes its structure from nine key individuals associated with the club since its inception, and touches on aspects of that person's life to explore key themes in the club's history.

'The hero is the creature other people would like to be.

'Truly heroic' Daniel Craig'A completely brilliant thing, to benefit so many' Nicole Kidman'Powerful and deeply moving' Andy Burnham'An epic journey .

A young Sikh footballer reaches out across the generational divide to help a lonely old man in an uplifting story from acclaimed author Bali Rai.