Football (Soccer)

Fixed breaks new ground as Moses Swaibu becomes the first player ever to write openly about how he helped to fix games, revealing exactly what happens on the pitch when a match is being manipulated.

The insider account of the data revolution that has swept through the modern football world written by one of its key architects, Ian Graham.

Revised and updated with new material from the paperback edition....

""Lucid and wrenching...Forward puts [Wambach's] achievement in context with painful and beautiful candor."" —NPR ""Forward is the powerful story of an athlete who has inspired girls all over the world to believe in themselves."" —Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook COO, New York Times...

They have names like Barmy Bernie, Daft Donald, and Steamin' Sammy. They like lager (in huge quantities), the Queen, football clubs (especially Manchester United), and themselves. Their dislike encompasses the rest of the known universe, and England's soccer thugs express it in ways that range...

PRE-ORDER RISE OF THE VILLANS, GUILLEM BALAGUE'S NEW BOOK, NOW. OUT 25 SEPTEMBER ______________________________ 'I have seen the player who will inherit my place in Argentine football and his name is Messi' Diego Maradona FULLY UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE 2022 WORLD CUP TRIUMPH & MESSI'S TRANSFER TO...

Follow Sam Kerr’s incredible journey from playing Aussie Rules as a kid to becoming one of the world’s greatest athletes, after the Matildas achieved their best-ever result at a World Cup. Sam Kerr is widely considered to be one of the best female footballers of all time. She is famous...

‘Our incredible story under a supreme manager shared in all its glory.’ Jordan Henderson The definitive account of Jürgen Klopp’s astonishing revival of Liverpool Football Club. Liverpool Football Club’s stunning 2020 Premier League title victory deserves a place in the official record...

Whether it's committing to a tackle, being a dad or writing a memoir, if Zach Tuohy goes in, he goes 'all in'.

From childhood to his zenith as a player, Ablett's story is an audiobook about a player without equal.

Anyone doubting that Diego Maradona was more than just a football player had only to witness the outpourings after his death on 25th November 2020....

'BRILLIANT, REVEALS DELIGHTFUL DETAILS ABOUT EMERY' The Times Featuring exclusive interviews with Unai Emery, Monchi, Morgan Rogers and more, this is the behind-the-scenes account of Unai Emery's Aston Villa revolution, from the award-winning bestseller Guillem Balagué. In October 2022, Unai...

Joel Selwood’s remarkable leadership is well-known across AFL football. Selwood will not only go down in history as an icon of the game – a record breaker – but also as a selfless leader. Now, for the first time, Selwood tells his story in his own words....

Sí, Señor celebrates Anfield favourite Roberto 'Bobby' Firmino's cherished years in a red shirt and will remind fans why they fell in love with him in the first place....

Michael Owen's new autobiography will enable him to open up about his football life for the first time and set the record straight once and for all....

Journeying from Abu Dhabi to Newcastle, and onto London, Paris, Moscow and New York in search of the answers, Miguel Delaney follows the threads that surround the allegations of sportswashing and misconduct in the beautiful game.

A WATERSTONES SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025 'EVOCATIVE' The Guardian 'COMPELLING AND BRILLIANTLY CANDID' Daily Mail 'A GREAT BOOK' Jake Humphrey, High Performance Podcast CANDID, RAW AND UNFORGETTABLE, THIS IS JOE COLE'S STORY - A MUST-READ FOR ANY FOOTBALL FAN One of the best players of his era...

Even people who don't know football know Pelé. The best of a generation of Brazilian players universally acknowledged as the most accomplished and attractive group of footballers ever to play the game, he won the World Cup three times and is Brazil's all-time record goalscorer...

Ian Holloway has all the above and more besides. He's been there, seen it and done it in his 40 years as player and manager. In How to Be a Football Manager, Holloway weaves a fantastically rich tapestry of hilarious anecdotes to reveal what being the boss is really like....

This is a high-level overview of the areas that can take a player from being a benchwarmer to MVP. With game-proven methods to score more against any team, this is your manual for success....

Since Klopp's arrival in 2015, Liverpool FC has had unbelievable success, giving the city great cultural value which it has not seen since The Beatles.

I Am Zlatan reveals a rare and ferocious intelligence, willpower and God-given talent most recently exhibited when Zlatan scored all four goals for Sweden in a 4-2 victory against England....

Andrea Pirlo is one of the finest footballers of his generation - a World Cup and Champions League winning playmaker who has redefined his position at the base of midfield....

Here is the ultimate guide from the much loved everyman of English football, Peter Crouch....

Captain, father, leader, a fearless ambassador for the causes he believes in and a world-class midfielder, Jordan Henderson is all of these things—and it is why he is one of the most widely respected players of his generation....