'Football is a pleasure that hurts'This unashamedly emotional history of football is a homage to the romance and drama, spectacle and passion of a 'great pagan mass'.
*Everymom Best Book for Early Reading*In this book from the highly acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the incredible life of Leo Messi,one of the worlds most skilled and celebrated soccer players.
*Shortlisted for the Charles Tyrwhitt Children's Sports Book of the Year Award 2025*Travel to Greece and watch Cynisca, a Spartan princess, become the first ever woman to win at the ancient Olympic Games.
Russian billionaire Dmitri Tupolev and a mystery Englishman agree to fix an important match in Russia's favour by intimidating the England goalie, Alex Finn.
The best chants, the funniest nicknames, the greatest headlines and enough little-known facts to keep the average football supporter entertained - and entertaining - for several seasons.
*WINNER OF THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR*Fever Pitch is Nick Hornby's million-copy-selling, award-winnning football classic'A spanking 7-0 away win of a football book.
THE DEFINITIVE, CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED BOOK ABOUT FOOTBALL 'Football conquered the world with its capacity to astonish, and this is its definitive history' The IndependentThere may be no cultural practice more global than soccer.
When Danny Harte finds out there's been an anonymous foreign buy-out of his favourite club, City, he's furious - the fans were about to buy it themselves.
Help your child power up their reading skills and learn all about football with this fun-filled non-fiction reader carefully levelled to help children progress.
Drawing on wide-ranging archival research, this authoritative new history examines the cultural diplomatic role played by British football in international affairs, British foreign policy, and international football during the 1930s.
'Mercenaries', 'cheats', 'destroying the soul of (English) football', 'destroying the link between football clubs and their supporters': foreign football players have been accused of being at the origin of all the ills of contemporary football.
Packed with stunning photography, Eyewitness Football is the perfect guide for any football fan who wants to know everything about the "beautiful game".
This book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of the different environmental strategies adopted in the football world to foster sustainability.
This book examines the ways that nationalist leaders and extremist groups have used football to advance their often-violent ideological narratives and to recruit and radicalise young people.
