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God's never offside
God's never offside, Lorna Grady, The Partnership Publishing Solutions, 2005 ISBN 1-9543683-1-2
Transformed
by Linvoy Primus, Legendary Publishing, Fareham, 2007. ISBN 97809526760 2 7
Winning Through
Brian Irvine, Sandstone, 2006
Cyrille Regis, my Story
Andre Deutsch, London 2010 - 257 pages ISBN 978 0 233 00311 5
Football Bloody Hell
The Biography of Alex Ferguson, Patrick Barclay, Yellow Jersey Press London, 2010
My Liverpool home
Kenny Dalglish with Henry Winter, Hodder and Stoughton, 2010
Trautmann’s journey
From Hitler Youth to FA Cup legend, Catrine Clay, Yellow Jersey, London 2010
The Ghost of White Hart Lane
The Ghost of White Hart Lane, Rob White and Julie Welch, London, Yellow Jersey Press, London, 2011. ISBN 9780224082990
How not to be a professional footballer
How not to be a professional footballer, Paul Merson with Matt Allen, London, HarperSport, 2011.ISBN 978-0-00-742496-2
Budgie
Budgie, the autobiography of goalkeeping legend John Burridge, John Blake Publishing, 2010. ISBN: 978-1-84358-289-2
Denis Law, My life in football
Denis Law, My life in football, London, Simon and Schuster, 2011. ISBN 978-0-85720-084-6
Stan Anderson, captain of the north
Stan Anderson, Cheltenham, Sports Books, 2010: ISBN 9781899807 98 7
Scholes: My story
Scholes: My story, with Ivan Ponting, London, Simon and Schuster, 2011. ISBN 978-0-86720-607-7
Joe Fagan, Reluctant champion – the authorised biography
Andrew Fagan and Mark Platt, London, Aurum 2011. ISBN 978184513 550 8
Red
Red, My autobiography, Gary Neville, London, Bantam Press, 2011. ISBN 9780593065594
A life too short
A life too short. The tragedy of Robert Enke, Ronald Reng, London, Yellow Jersey, 2011. ISBN 9780114091657
Glorious
My world, football and me, Paul Gascoigne, London Simon and Schuster, 2011. ISBN 978-0-85720-448-6
Toward the goal
(The Kaka story), Jeremy V Jones, Grand Rapids, Zondervan, 2010. ISBN 978-0-310-72003-4
Thierry Henry, Lonely at the top
Philippe Auclair, London, Macmillan, 2012 ISBN 978-0-230-74839-2
Goodfella
Craig Bellamy, Liverpool,Trinity Mirror Sport Media, 2013. ISBN: 978-1-908695-30-7
Guiding me home & away
The autobiography, Dave Thomas, Hornet Books, 2019 ISBN 978-0-8857657-7-0
Even Heskey scored
Worthing, Pitch Publishing, 2019 ISBN 978 178531500 8
Immortal
The biography of George Best, Duncan Hamilton, Century, London 2013. ISBN 9781846059810
My Autobiography, Alex Ferguson, London, Hodder and Stoughton, 2013
My Autobiography, Alex Ferguson, London, Hodder and Stoughton, 2013
Stillness and speed
Dennis Bergkamp, London, Simon and Schuster, 2013. ISBN 978-147112-951-3
Sol Campbell
The authorised biography, Simon Astaire, London: Spellbinding Media, 2014. ISBN 978-1-9099-6403-7
You don’t know me
Clarke Carlisle, London, Simon & Schuster 2013. ISBN: 978-1-47112-854-7
I’m still standing
Fabrice Muamba, Liverpool, Sports Media, 2013. ISBN: 978-1-908695-40-6
How not to be a football Millionaire
Keith Gillespie, Liverpool, Trinity Mirror 2013 ISBN: 9781908695192
Bobby Moore, the man in full
Matt Dickinson, London, Yellow Jersey, 2014. ISBN 9780224091725
2sides.
My autobiography, Rio Ferdinand, Blink, 2014. ISBN 978-1-905825-91-2
The second half
Roy Keane, London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2014. ISBN 978 0 297 60888 2
A Man walks on to a football pitch
Harry Rednapp, Ebury Press, 2014 ISBN 978 009 195 5526
The Keeper
Tim Howard, Harper, 2014. ISBN: 978-0-06-238739.4
Defending the line, The David Luiz story
Alex Carpenter, Zonderkidz, Granf Rapids 2014. ISBN 978-0310-74641-6
Arsene Wenger
John Cross, London Simon &Schuster, 2015. ISBN: 978-14711-3791-4
Leading
Alex Ferguson, London, Hodder and Stoughton, 2015. ISBN9781473621176
Supersub
David Fairclough, Liverpool, de Coubertin Books, 2015. ISBN: 978-1-909245-28-0
Big Sam
Sam Allardyce, London, Headline, 2015. ISBN 978 1 47223 267 0
Commitment
Didier Drogba, London, Hodder, 2015. ISBN 978 1 473 62070 4
Jurgen Klopp
The Biography, Elmar Neveling, London, Penguin Random House, 2016. ISBN 0781785033629
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Zlatan Ibrahimovic, The Ultimate Fan Book, London: Carlton, 2016. ISBN 978-1-78097-767-6
Cross the line
Ollie Baines and Liam Flint, London, SPCK, 2016. ISBN 978-0-281-07680-2
Jamie Vardy: From Nowhere
Jamie Vardy, London, Ebury, 2016. ISBN 9781785034824
No nonsense
Joey Barton, London Simon and Schuster, 2016. ISBN 9781 4711 4758 6
My turn
Johan Cruyff, MacMillan, 2016. ISBN 978-1-5098-1390-2 HB
Sober
Tony Adams, London, Simon & Schuster, 2017. ISBN 978-1-4711-5674-8
Thinking out loud
Rio Ferdinand, London, Hodder and Stoughton, 2017. ISBH: 978 1 473 67023 5
Football: my life, my passion
Graeme Souness, London, Headline 2017. ISBN 978 1 4722 4252 5.
Brave New World
Guillem Balagué, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London 2017. ISBN 978-1-4091-5771-7 -7
How to be a footballer
Peter Crouch, London, Ebury, 2018. ISBN 9781785039768
Between the Lines
Michael Carrick, London, Blink, 2018. ISBN 978-1-788700-49-8
George Best: a personal memoir
Michael Parkinson, London, Hodder and Stoughton, 2018. ISBN 9781473675735
My life in football
Kevin Keegan, London, MacMillan, 2018. ISBN 978-1-5098-7720-1
Mo Salah
the ultimate fan book, London Carlton Books, 2018. ISBN 978-1-78739-210-6
One in a Million
Trevor Francis, Pitch Publishing 2019. ISBN: 978-1-78531-499-5
My life in red and white
The autobiography of Arsene Wenger, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London 2020. ISBN 9781474618243
My family and the making of a footballer
Jamie Rednapp, London 2020, ISBN 9781472271938
Never stop dreaming
Stuart Pearce, London, Hodder, 2020. ISBN 9781529 348545
Fast Forward
Andrew Cole, London, Hodder and Stoughton 2020. ISBN 9781529304954
Love of the Game
Ricky Hill, Worthing, Pitch, 2021 ISBN 9781785318269
Not for me Clive
Clive Tyldesley, London: Headline, 2021. ISBN: 978147228128 9
A greater glory
Gavin Peacock, Fearn: Christian Focus Publications, 2021, ISBN 978-1-5271-0679-6
Always believe
Olivier Giroud, Pitch Publishing, Worthing, 2021. ISBN 978-1-80150-009-8
One
Peter Schmeichel, London, Hodder and Stoughton, 2021. ISBN 9781529354096
Saved
Peter Shilton and Steph Shilton, London, Ad Lib 2021. ISBN 9781913543648
Playmaker
Glenn Hoddle, London, Harper Collins 2021 ISBN 978-0-00-849534-3
Spurred to Success
Glenn Hoddle, London, Queen Anne Press. 1987. ISBN0-356-12797-4
Whistle blower
Mark Clattenburg, Headline, 2021 ISBN 978147228203 3
How to be a football manager
Ian Holloway London, Headline, 2022 ISBN 9781472298591
Harry’s Game (The autobiography of Harry Gregg)
Harry Gregg, Mainstream, 2002. ISBN 1840183667
The Doog
Derek Dougan by David Harrison and Steve Gordos, Know the Score, 2008. ISBN978-1-848185-02-9
Golden Goals
Jackie Milburn, Stanley Paul, 1958
Pat Jennings Autobiography
Pat Jennings, Harper Collins, 1984 ISBN 978-0586060773
Right inside soccer
Jimmy McIlroy, Nicholas Kaye, 1960
Revelations of the football manager
Terry Neill, Sidgwick and Jackson, 1985. ISBN 0-283-99222-0
On days like these
Martin O’Neill, MacMillan, 2022 ISBN 978-1-0350-0846-9
Danny Blanchflower: A biography of a visionary
Dave Bowler, Vista, 1997 ISBN0575602384
Brian Clough: Nobody ever says thank you
Jonathan Wilson, London Orion Books, 2011 ISBN: 978140912317 0
The double and before
The autobiography, Danny Blanchflower, London, Nicholas Kaye, 1961
Angeball
the definitive biography of Ange Postecoglou, Vince Rugari, London, Headline, 2024. ISBN 978103541718 6
Cantona
Philippe Auclair, Pan, 2009
Alan Mullery
he autobiography, Headline, London, 2006
Defending the line
Defending the line (the David Luiz story), Alex Carpenter, Zonderkidz - Grand Rapids, 2014
Keegan
Anthony Quinn, Faber 2025 ISBN 978-0-571-39924-6