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  • Sit Down and Cheer

    A History of Sport on TV

    by Martin Kelner ...
    Series series Wisden Sports Writing
    Television and sport is the ultimate marriage of convenience. The two circled each other warily for a while - sport anxious the sofa-bound might spurn the live product, TV reluctant in a limited channel world to hand over too much screen time to flannelled fools and muddied oafs.But they got together, and stayed together, for the sake of the money, and now you cannot imagine one without the other. ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Sit Down and Cheer

    A History of Sport on TV

    by Martin Kelner ...
    Series series Wisden Sports Writing
    Television and sport is the ultimate marriage of convenience. The two circled each other warily for a while - sport anxious the sofa-bound might spurn the live product, TV reluctant in a limited channel world to hand over too much screen time to flannelled fools and muddied oafs.But they got together, and stayed together, for the sake of the money, and now you cannot imagine one without the other. ... Read more

    $9.69 USD

  • When Will I Be Famous?

    by Martin Kelner ...
    When Will I Be Famous? is about a world of entertainment; a twilight world far from the bright lights of the West End. Among the pages of Showcall, an annual index of artistes and attractions, there is an army of hopefuls waiting for their big break. Some may be on the verge of a big break; for others, the big break came and went years ago. What they all have in common is that they are out there, ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

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  • Manchester United: The Biography

    The complete story of the world's greatest football club

    by Jim White ...
    75 MILLION FANS.AN ANNUAL INCOME OF MORE THAN £500 MILLION.AND A STORY THAT HAS NEVER FULLY BEEN TOLD - UNTIL NOW.'A wonderfully entertaining history' Sunday Telegraph'When historians 1,000 years from now try to fathom the cult of Manchester United Football Club, White will be a good place to start' Financial Times<st... ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • A 1950s Childhood

    From Tin Baths to Bread and Dripping

    by Paul Feeney ...
    Do you remember Pathé News?Taking the train to the seaside?The purple stains of iodine on the knees of boys in short trousers?Knitted bathing costumes?Then the chances are you were born in or around 1950. To the young people of today, the 1950s seem like another age.But for those born around then, this era of childhood feels like yesterday. This delightful collection... ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • We Are the Damned United

    The Real Story of Brian Clough at Leeds United

    by Phil Rostron ...
    Brian Clough's forty-four-day tenure as manager of Leeds United in 1974 is one of the most infamous episodes in British football history.While the bestselling The Damned United was a fictional account of Clough's short-lived but controversial reign at the club, We Are the Damned United reveals the true story, as told by the players he managed at the time.It includes candid contributions from ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • David Jason: My Life

    by David Jason ...
    The long-awaited autobiography of one of Britain's best-loved actors.Born the son of a Billingsgate market porter at the height of the Second World War, David Jason spent his early life dodging bombs and bullies, both with impish good timing. Giving up on an unloved career as an electrician, he turned his attention to acting and soon, through a natural talent for making people laugh, found himself ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • John Giles: A Football Man - My Autobiography

    The heart of the game

    by John Giles ...
    'The dream was football . . .'John Giles had a gift. At the age of three, he could kick a ball the way it was supposed to be kicked. And he knew that every hour that passed without kicking a ball was an hour wasted.'It was the same dream that most of the kids had at that time . . .'In A Football Man, Giles tells the story of a dream pursued and realised beyond his wildest imaginings, from his ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • A 1960s Childhood

    From Thunderbirds to Beatlemania

    by Paul Feeney ...
    Do you remember Beatlemania? Radio Caroline? Mods and Rockers? The very first miniskirts? Then the chances are you were born in the or around 1960. To the young people of today, the 1960s seems like another age. But for those who grew up in this decade, school life, 'mod' fashions and sixties pop music are still fresh in their minds. From James Bond to Sindy dolls and playing hopscotch in the ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Football Extreme

    The craziesy, funniest and most bizarre facts from the world of football

    by Rob Crossan ...
    The Beautiful Game -- we all love it, but it can sometimes leave us scratching our heads in disbelief or open-mouthed in wonderment. Football Extreme is a collection of the craziest, funniest and most extreme things ever to have happened in the world of football. From the FA Cup to the World Cup, Football Extreme is packed with bizarre facts and figures, amazing stories and incredible footballing ... Read more

    $5.39 USD

  • A Matter Of Opinion

    by Alan Hansen ...
    Football is a game of opinions. Alan Hansen knows this only too well. In his long, distinguished career with Liverpool he faced some fierce public criticism from the media. Now the boot is on the other foot and Hansen himself earns a living as one of football's most outspoken and popular pundits.Hansen's autobiography is as uncompromising as the man himself. Looking back at fourteen victorious ... Read more

    $17.89 USD

  • Still Standing

    The Savage Years

    by Paul O'Grady ...
    THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Funny, forthright and sharp as a knife . . . O'Grady writes just as he speaks.' Daily MirrorLilian Maeve Veronica Savage, international sex kitten, was born on the steps of The Legs of Man public house, Lime Street, Liverpool on a policeman's overcoat. Her mother, the lady wrestler Hell Cat Savage, had no such luxuries as gas and air. She just bit down on the policeman ... Read more

    $12.79 USD