Top 10 Sport including Special Offers

February 2005

1. We are Tottenham
2. McCrae's Battalion
3. The Gaffta Awards
4. The Real Mackay
5. Real Footballer's Wives
6. The Greatest Footballer You Never Saw
7. The Fashion of Football
8. Rock of Gibralter
9. The Barnsley Whale
10. Give Me a Ring

NUMBER THREE IN THE TOP TEN SPORTS BOOKS
The Guardian, 27 Sept 2004

'You might expect a book focusing on supporters' thoughts called WE ARE TOTTENHAM to carry a subtitle like "Grumbling on the Shell" rather than "Voices from White Hart Lane". But Martin Cloake and Adam Powley's review of Tottenham's 2003-04 season is an unexpectedly light-hearted and amusing read, as well as being an acute summary of Tottenham's most recent campaign of low points.'
The Sunday Times

'Funny, opinionated and boasting a foreword by Hunter Davies, the book is a tribute to fans' commitment, energy - and patience.'
Time Out

'Mainly whining voices, but that's underachievement for you...'
Four Four Two

'What Jack Alexander gives us is an intriguing and often moving history...Alexander's book is full of absorbing stories. He claims that it was 16 years in the writing and I believe him. Judging by the footnotes, appendices, bibliographies and acknowledgements his research was extraordinary.'
Scottish Sunday Herald

'meticulously researched work about the Heart of Midlothian players and supporters...it is an outstanding counterpoint to the excesses of modern Premiership stars.'
The Times

 

'We all love a good chuckle at the howlers blurted out by TV and radio commentators and pundits. There's a great collection in this book, many that could change listening and viewing habits.'
Shoot Monthly

'a highly amusing tour through the verbal vagaries of the language known as football-speak. Ordered as a mock awards ceremony, the book breezes on gusts of guff through the absurd utterances of pundits, presenters, managers and commentators.'
The Times

 

'This is a book which Dave Mackay's contempories will enjoy as much as subsequent generations keen on understanding a little more about the heartbeat behind their respective club's halycon days...Just as the press always mentioned 'square-jawed', 'barrel-chested', 'hard-tackling', and 'fearsome' when penning reports about Dave Mackay, THE REAL MACKAY will become inseparable from comments such as "that's a cracking book!" Spurs Monthly

'The story of the Hearts, Tottenham and Derby legend who inspired all three sides to the championship.'
Four Four Two

'If you need your faith in football restored read The Real Mackay.'
The Sunday People

Every player who pulled on the royal blue of Everton Football Club was somebody's hero. But when the final whistle blew, it was forgotten that the players went home to resume their own family lives.

REAL FOOTBALLERS' WIVES provides a unique insight into the lives of the team's footballing heroes, as told by the women who loved them. Steadfast and loyal, the unsung contribution of the wives is woven into the history of this great club, but until now their stories have remained untold.

'These magnificent women, who made many personal sacrifices for their husbands glory, now share their personal, touching and unique recollections that would otherwise have been lost in the mists of time.'
When Skies Are Grey.com, the Everton Fanzine

'Robin Friday was mad for it two decades before hell raisers Oasis were even a twinkle in their record company's eye...But entertaining though his life story may have been, dying alone aged 38 in 1990 suggests Friday was sad for it rather than mad for it.'
The Daily Star

'For bassist Paul 'Guigsy' McGuigan, the past few months have been split between the hype and furore surrounding the continuing exploits of the band, and his lower key research into the life of one of the most remarkable footballers ever to grace the British game...Guigsy enjoys talking about Friday; more than Oasis, more than anything in fact.'
Four Four Two

'a bible for the fashion-conscious football fan.'
The Times

'a history of football stars and what they wear.'
Shoot Monthly

'a fascinating study of how Becks has both defined his own fashion and effortlessly tapped into the urban culture recognised by huge segments of modern British youth ... THE FASHION OF FOOTBALL is a unique and interesting guide to the trends followed by and, in some cases, set by footballers and fans over the last 40 years.'
Four Four Two

'Despite the author receiving no assistance from Ferguson, Magnier or their employees, he has produced a concise account of a complex saga. Hannan says that when he started this book, his sympathies lay with Sir Alex Ferguson. The more he found out, however, the more those sympathies evaporated. Having read it, I can only agree. So that's the one about the Scotsman, the Irishman and the horse. And Sir Alex still isn't laughing.'
Daily Mail

'Greed, power-politics and a rather good racehorse come together in an exhaustive account of the Coolmore - Ferguson fallout.'
The Guardian

The blue whale is the largest creature to have ever lived on this planet.
Remember when one came to your town... on a lorry?

Steve Deput does. He remembers the whale: the real blue whale that came to Barnsley on a lorry. But why was it there? Where had it come from? Why could he find no mention of it anywhere? And why would no one believe him? Everyone laughed. They called him mad. He had to prove them wrong. Along with a handful of fellow 'whale believers', Deput set sail on the world's first inland whale hunt. The Barnsley Whale is the humorous account of their epic voyage to uncover the mystery and it will plunge the reader deep into forgotten worlds.

'Many sporting autobiographies are hamstrung by the subject's concern over his public image, but not this one...refreshingly and at times startlingly honest...The result is hilarious and extremely well-written. Definitely a must-read, whether you are a boxing fan or not.'
Yorkshire Evening Post

 

 

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