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Putting together a list of sports books being published later this year that I'm looking forward to. Love to hear of any others I've missed.
1. Keane: Origins by @EoinOCallaghan, on Man Utd and Ireland legend Roy Keane by an excellent sportswriter.
2. Champagne Football: The Rise and Fall of John Delaney and the FAI by @marktigheST and @paulrowantree. No-one did more than these two journalists to bring down the long time head of Irish football. Can't wait for this.
3. Bundini: Don't Believe the Hype by @Todd_Snyder22 @HamilcarPubs. Looking forward to this look at Ali's longtime friend, cornerman and confidant. 4
4. Three Ring Circus: Kobe, Shaq, Phil and the Crazy Years of the Laker Dynasty by @jeffpearlman. Follow up to Pearlman's incredible book Showtime, this is going to be brilliant.
5. Looks like 2 different histories of Boca Juniors coming out this year:
- Blue & Gold Passion: A History of Boca Juniors by @winkveron
- Boca Juniors by @StephenCBrandt
I'll definitely be reading both!
- Blue & Gold Passion: A History of Boca Juniors by @winkveron
- Boca Juniors by @StephenCBrandt
I'll definitely be reading both!
6. The Dynasty by @authorjeff. The cowriter of the supurb Tiger Woods book looks at the New England Patriots.
7. Against the Elements: The Eruption of Icelandic Football by Matt McGinn. @PitchPublishing
8. Flight to Bogota: England's Football Rebel, Neil Franklin by John Leonard. Tells of an infamous episode in sports history, when UK footballers turned their backs on club and country before the 1950 World Cup. @PitchPublishing
9. Sacre Bleu: Zidane to Mbappe - A Football Journey by @mattspiro. The rise, fall and rise again of the French national football team.
10. Beckham: The Making of a Megastar by @WayneSBarton. The premier writer of books on United looks at the rise of David Beckham.
11. Fergus McCann vs David Murray: How Celtic Turned the Tables on Their Glasgow Rivals by Stephen O'Donnell.
12. The Red Apprentice: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer - The Making of Manchester United's Great Hope by @JamieJackson___
13. Made in Africa: The Story of African Players in English Football by @ed_aarons.
14. Juve! A Hundred Years of a Football Dynasty by @herbiesykes.
15. The Big Three: Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen and the Rebirth of the Boston Celtic by @MichaelSHolley.
16. 1982 Brazil: The Glorious Failure by @loxleymisty44. Should be a fantastic book about an incredible team.
17. Where the Cool Kids Hung Out: The Chic Years of the UEFA Cup by @Scraggy_74. More nostalgic European football by the author of the excellent Frozen in Time.
18. Fast Forward by Man Utd legend Andrew (Andy) Cole and @LeoMoynihan.
19. You're Better Than That: How To Fix Modern Football by Chris Sutton @chris_sutton73 out on July 31.
20. Red Wine & Arepas: How Football is Becoming Venezuela’s Religion by @TheFalseLibero. I've been lucky enough to read some preview chapters and it's superb. Out August 2020! Check out Jordan's twitter page to pre-order.
21. The Man of All Talents: The Extraordinary Life of Douglas Clark by @steven_bell1985. Biography of a rugby league legend, World War 1 veteran and professional wrestler! Looks fascinating.
22. The Breath of Sadness: On Love, Grief and Cricket by @IanRidley1. Promises to be a moving, personal account of dealing with grief and the meaning of sport.
23a. Some great looking books coming from @TriumphBooks listed here. Particularly looking forward to Caponomics: How NFL Champions Are Built and Dynasties Are Destroyed by @ZackMooreNFL https://www.triumphbooks.com/filebin/images-triumph/TB_FALL_2020_CATALOG_REV_042920_LoRes_NEW.pdf
23b. and The Spencer Haywood Rule:
Battles, Basketball, and the Making of an American Iconoclast by @MarcJSpearsESPN and Gary Washburn. @billames
Battles, Basketball, and the Making of an American Iconoclast by @MarcJSpearsESPN and Gary Washburn. @billames
24. Achieving The Impossible-The Remarkable Story of Greece's EURO 2004 Victory by @gtsitsonis @fairplaybooks. It's the first time ever the amazing underdog story has been fully told in English. @gr_legends
25. Late December Back in '63: The Boxing Day Goal Frenzy by @IanDavidsonStat. A book about the goal bonanza brought up every Christmas by Premier League commentators.
26. Wings of Change by @karan_tejwani26 looking at the impact of Red Bull's investment in football.
27. An autobiography of Steve Fenwick, the Wales and British & Irish Lions star in the 1970s. @CraigMuncey
28. David Halliday: The Forgotten Legend by @iainmccartney. A biography of one of British football's greatest ever goalscorers.
