Book 1

The Rough Diamonds are a close knit team. Kev McGovern, their captain, makes sure they work hard and play hard.

Kev is stunned when he discovers that Dave has to cope with epilepsy. When he suffers a major attack, the victory the Rough Diamonds are so desperate to win, hangs in the balance.


Book 1

Divided We Fall

by Alan Gibbons

Published 9 March 1998

The Rough Diamonds are a close knit team. Kev McGovern, their captain, makes sure they work hard and play hard.

When Kev's best mate, Jamie's world is wrecked by dirty play off the pitch, he's desperate to get everything back to normal.


Book 1

Power Play

by Alan Gibbons

Published 13 July 1998
The sixth book in the "Total Football" series. The Rough Diamonds are a close knit team. Kev McGovern makes sure they work hard and play hard. He doesn't make any allowances. That goes for the new boy Chris Power who's just signed up with the Diamonds. Can he earn a place in their affections when he's living in achildren's home and trying to make sense of what's happened in his life...?

Book 4

Injury Time

by Alan Gibbons

Published 3 June 2010
The Rough Diamonds are a close knit team. Kev McGovern, their captain, makes sure they work hard and play hard. Kev is stunned when he discovers that Dave has to cope with epilepsy. When he suffers a major attack, the victory the Rough Diamonds are so desperate to win, hangs in the balance.

Book 7

Twin Strikers

by Alan Gibbons

Published 10 March 1999
The Rough Diamonds are a close knit team. Kev McGovern, their captain, makes sure they work hard and play hard. The Rough Diamonds are struggling with injuries and loss of form. Talented twin brothers, and new team members, Liam and Conor Savage, should be the answer to all their problems - but could they turn out to be the biggest problem of all?

Final Countdown

by Alan Gibbons

Published 3 June 2010

The Rough Diamonds are a close knit team. Kev McGovern, their captain, makes sure they work hard and play hard.

Kev has lived total football and worked the Rough Diamonds to the top - but will the ghosts from his past come back to haunt him, ruining all their chances and snatching victory from them?


Last Man Standing

by Alan Gibbons

Published 1 February 1999
Right now, John O'Hara feels he's on the verge of losing everything. His family is about to break up. He's dumbstruck when he finds out that his Mum is seeing his teacher, and Dad...well the less said the better. John feels lonely and insecure; none of this is helping his street cred with the lads, and worse still his form on the pitch is really suffering.

Some You Win....

by Alan Gibbons

Published 8 September 1997
'There's me with my mind full of the beautiful game...and what are we really- a bunch of deadbeats...But Kev has a reputation to live up to and when he takes over as captain of the Rough Dimonds he pulls the team up from the bottom of the league,and makes them play to win...every match.

An action packed complete collection of the eight book Total Football series from bestselling writer Alan Gibbons.

This collection contains the following stories:

1. Some You Win . . .
2. Under Pressure
3. Divided We Fall
4. Injury Time
5. Last Man Standing
6. Power Play
7. Twin Strikers
8. Final Countdown


Under Pressure

by Alan Gibbons

Published 8 September 1997
The Rough Diamonds are a close knit team. Kev McGovern, their captain, makes sure they work hard and play hard, but Kev acts swiftly when too many of the lads just aren't playing the game and let pressures off the pitch threaten the team's future.