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There have been some extraordinary footballers over the decades. But few with a story as extraordinary as Willie Morgan. A Manchester United icon, the Scot fought all the odds to make it to the very top of the English game during its most fascinating and fashionable era, the 1960s and 1970s. But it is not just Morgan's life on the pitch that is so captivating. Born in the tiny mining village of Sauchie, Morgan grew up believing his grandparents were his parents because his real mother had given...

Author Theron Hopkins travels from sweltering summer practices to heated crosstown rivalry matchups to one of the biggest games in the country, the Texas 5A state title game, held in San Antonio's Alamodome, witnessing thrilling wins and devastating losses along the way. Hitting twenty towns in twenty weeks, this story showcases a cross section of America seen through football, from Great Falls, Montana, where the coach borrows five hundred dollars in his own name to purchase weight-training equ...

Following on from the hugely successful Best After-Dinner Sports Tales, yet more rousing and rib-tickling stories from the after-dinner speaking circuit, from some of the biggest names in sport as well as well-known celebrities from the world of entertainment. The book will begin with the cricket world, with stories from Australia, West Indies, South Africa, NZ and the sub-continent, before going on to cover many other sports, with a plethora of contributions from the world of rugby, football, g...

Be inspired by Football Legend, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain! Discover the inspirational story of this top player's journey from, his early life in Portsmouth following in the footsteps of his father, Mark Chamberlain, to his sporting success at school and Southampton Academy and playing on the same team as his idol, Thierry Henry - this football legend is an inspiration to kids everywhere. Football Legends: Young readers will love finding...

Bobby Charlton is arguably the most popular sporting icon this country has ever known and MY LIFE IN FOOTBALL is a fitting celebration of his remarkable career. Combining both his Manchester United and England playing days, the book is structured chronologically and focuses on the key incidents in Sir Bobby's football story - the famous, and the less well-known - illustrated with photographs of the very moments in question. These photographs, many of which have rarely been seen, are accompanie...

Remembered in name but underappreciated in legacy, Forrest "Phog" Allen arguably influenced the game of basketball more than anyone else. In the first half of the twentieth century, Allen took basketball from a gentlemanly, indoor recreational pastime to the competitive game that would become a worldwide sport. Succeeding James Naismith as the University of Kansas's basketball coach in 1907, Allen led the Jayhawks for thirty-nine seasons and holds the record for most wins at that school, with...

It had started so modestly: a few short runs to try and finish the London Marathon. Never again. Until other marathons attracted attention, as did ever-greater extremes... As a mid- to back-of-the-pack athlete, Mark Roe was never going to set records or finish in the top 10%... that wasn't the point. The fitness gained, the camaraderie of fellow competitors and the enjoyment of the outdoors was enough of a reason to compete. But eventually, squeezing training for marathons alongside qualifying a...

In this pictorial autobiography, Brian Johnston, or "Johnners" as he is known to the two million regular "Test Match Special" listeners, offers a summary of the great cricketing moments he has seen and the great players he has known, in a career as a radio and television commentator which spans the whole of the post-war era, in England and overseas, from 1946 to 1990.

The long-awaited memoir of one of Australia's most enduring and inspiring sporting icons. Triple Olympian and wellness entrepreneur Lisa Curry has lived her life in the public eye for six decades. In this very personal memoir, she shares the untold story of being Lisa. A swimming prodigy who became one of Australia's first fitness entrepreneurs, Lisa Curry swam to Olympic fame in the '80s and '90s. With celerity and celebrity, she became in equal parts the darling of women's magazines and tablo...