Comrade Jim: The Spy Who Played for Spartak
The true and remarkable story of the English double agent who ended up playing for Spartak Moscow.
Sport: general
The Goalkeeper’s History of Britain
The beguiling story of one boy’s dream to play in goal, that most British of positions, culminating in the moment when he faces the mighty Zico …
The Escape Artist: Life from the Saddle
Matt Seaton’s critically acclaimed memoir about his obsession for cycling and how that obsession was tamed.
Football in Sun and Shadow: An Emotional History of World Cup Football
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.