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His GBP2.5m capture from Dutch side Willem II proved to be one of the shrewdest deals not only in Liverpool's history, but that of the Premiership. Now, as the charismatic Finn celebrates a decade with British football's most successful club, Oh Sami Sami - an official club publication - marks the occasion in glorifying detail. Charting his progress from the Finnish leagues through to the club he supported as a child, this 84-page glossy tribute takes you on a journey of over 700 career appearan...

The 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil (TM) Official Book is an authoritative and comprehensive preview of world football's greatest tournament. Packed with stunning photography and expert analysis of each team, its star players and its prospects in the finals, this is essential reading for football fans everywhere. The book also features a guide to each of the stadiums and host cities, a history of the World Cup and a tournament progress chart that can be filled in as the competition progresses. No oth...

King Power Stadium, countdown to kick off. Out on the pitch a lone brass player sounds the haunting Post Horn Gallop, for 80 years the home players' entrance tune. Spines tingle. Air is gulped into opposition lungs. Game time, time to begin the chase. Burning fox eyes peer down from between the decks of one of the stands. On the stadium's outside wall a royal blue LCD display says #Fearless. Welcome to Leicester City. They were always a club with a difference but in 2015-16 they created a story...

Soccer heads abound in New Zealand, and to an even greater degree overseas. Everybody is an expert when it comes to their knowledge of the world's biggest sport. This book will challenge the best - from question-setter Billy Harris, a former New Zealand International player.

'If David Lloyd-George was the most charismatic person I ever laid eyes on, Matt Busby was the most charismatic I have known, when he was the manager of Manchester United and I was a reporter travelling with the team.'Keith Dewhurst first saw United play in 1946. Ten years later he was writing about them for the Manchester Evening Chronicle. Half a lifetime later, he looks back on a passion that helped to shaped his life.On his journey from the terraces to the press box and then on to the game's...

*****Shortlisted for International Autobiography of the Year in the Telegraph Sports Book Awards 2021WINNER OF 2019 DANISH SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR'Brutally candid.' - The Guardian'An extraordinary, granular depiction of a young football star's life.' - The Daily Mail'One of the best books I've read about being a Premier League star.' - Piers Morgan'An excellent read with some incredible stories.' - TalkSPORT Breakfast Show'One of the best football books I've read for a very long time.' - Sam Pil...

Football is, in Pele's words, 'the beautiful game' . Eduardo Galeano has written a series of football epiphanies from the global history of football when the rays of light have glittered from the passion of the game. As world music is to two-dimensional Stock, Aitken and Waterman pop so Eduardo Galeano's football writing is to Motty's commentary. Galeano searches out the mystical and the bewitched, the romance and the emotional destitution of the greatest game in the 20th-century world...

Fulham last made the headlines in the mid-seventies when George Best and Rodney Marsh turned out at Craven Cottage. Following the dark days of the eighties, Mohamed Al Fayed has breathed new life (and a substantial amount of cash) into the club, and, following the initial success of Kevin Keegan, Jean Tigana (the ex-French international and successful Monaco manager) has taken Fulham up to the Premiership for the first time. The 2001/02 saw Tigana's men reach the semi-finals of the FA Cup and ad...