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"After an astonishing career-first in Scotland, and then over 27 years with Manchester United Football Club, Sir Alex Ferguson delivers Leading, in which the greatest soccer coach of all time will analyze the pivotal leadership decisions of his 38 years as a manager and, with his friend and collaborator Sir Michael Moritz, draw out lessons anyone can use in business and life to generate long-term transformational success. From hiring practices to firing decisions, from dealing with transition to...

A footballer of genuine, dynamic majesty, Frank Lampard is an East End boy who has become a West End star, hailed by fans, players, and managers worldwide as a goal-scoring genius. An all-action man, he is already established as a bona fide legend in the game. Written by acclaimed biographer Douglas Thompson, this upbeat and fascinating book chronicles Frank's inspiring, triumphant journey to worldwide fame.

Having achieved an against-the-odds promotion from the Championship in the 2013/14 season, hopes were high amongst Burnley FC's supporters that the "biggest underdogs in the history of the Premier League", as Sean Dyche put it, could "make the impossible possible" and negotiate their way to survival in the world's wealthiest and most competitive league. With no wins and just four points and five goals from their opening 10 fixtures, the Clarets initially struggled to get to grips with the demand...

Don Megson was one of the best English fullbacks of his generation, and in this book, he recounts many of the most memorable moments from his thirty year career in football as a player and manager. Best remembered for the seventeen years he spent at Sheffield Wednesday, Don made his professional debut in 1959 at the relatively old age of twenty three. Over the next decade, he marshalled the Owls to five consecutive top six finishes, captained them to the 1966 FA Cup Final, and travelled the worl...

This is the story of the Dons, marking the centenary of Aberdeen Football Club and seeking to capture all the colour, high drama and excitement which has made Pittodrie Stadium a focal point of sporting interest and enthusiasm in the North-East of Scotland. Established in 1903, Aberdeen FC ran for 43 years before a trophy was acquired. However in 1978, the arrival of Alex Ferguson meant the transformation of a provincial Scottish club into the number one team in Europe. For eight years Aberdeen...

Immortalised in Sir Matt Busby's 1968 European Cup winning team, Alex Stepney became the bedrock of Manchester United for the next decade. Alex began his career as a teenager with non-league Tooting and Mitcham United before signing professional forms for Millwall. Earning huge plaudits at 'The Lions', Alex was spotted by Tommy Docherty who signed him for First Division Chelsea only for Manchester United to pay 'The Blues' a world record fee three months later to make him an integral part of the...

As a football fan, there are those seasons which remain indelibly inscribed in the memory. Simply unforgettable. The 2006/07 season remains one of those for fans of West Ham United. A season that began with such promise: Alan Pardew signed two genuine world-class players ahead of the kick-off, but little did the Argentinian pair of Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano know they joined a season-long relegation battle. Roll forward to the business end, and with nine matches left to play the Hammers...

From the thousands of matches ever played by Swansea City, stretching from their early days at the Vetch to their wonderful Premier League era, here are 50 of the club's most intense, emotional and thrilling games of all! Expertly presented in evocative historical context, and described incident-by-incident in atmospheric detail, Swansea City's Greatest Games offers a terrace ticket back in time, taking in everything from their first ever game against Cardiff and Toshack's rampant rise to their...