David Speedie escaped life in a Yorkshire pit to achieve four promotions during an 11-club football career which he describes in a frank autobiography…
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Tour de France memoir ‘The Escape’ wins William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2025
The travelogue written by Pippa York and David Walsh earns its authors the £30,000 top prize; 'The Escape: The Tour, The Cyclist and Me' among seven …
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Highs and lows of ‘miracle’ club Luton Town chronicled in new history book
A book charting Luton Town's mercurial rise from Conference football to the Premier League is reviewed by Eric Brown...…
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Keegan-mania and a club’s identity crisis explored in ‘The Battle for Newcastle United’
A book charting the 40-year obsession of a journalist and Newcastle fan is reviewed by Eric Brown...…
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Several sports journalists on shortlist for 2025 William Hill Sports Book of the Year prize
Miguel Delaney, Donald McRae, Lily Canter and David Walsh among those still in contention for the prestigious award this year; along with the "Bookie …
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A Blue Christmas, a Pink Panther, and colourful memories from an Everton reporter
The story of a regional football journalist who appeared on assignment as The Pink Panther and featured in a pantomime is reviewed by Eric Brown...…
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Duncan Ferguson famously hated sports journalists – his autobiography is worth the wait
Duncan Ferguson breaks his silence about THAT headbutt, serving prison time, rows with management figures and his descent towards bankruptcy in a reve…
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15 on longlist for 2025 William Hill Sports Book of the Year prize
Several renowned sports journalists, including Miguel Delaney, Joey D’Urso and Jonathan Wilson, are in contention for the prestigious award this yea…
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Sensational shot-stoppers and a ‘nasty’ netminder chronicled in new Everton book
A new book on Everton goalkeepers includes four loyal club servants, one who rejected an England World Cup call and another jailed after making sensat…
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Heroes and villains feature in new Leeds United history book looking back at the 1970s
Controversial, aggressive and downright dirty were just some of the descriptions of Don Revie's Leeds United examined in a new history of the club rev…
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