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The definitive chronicle of changing times for so many who love the sport' Ian Herbert, Daily Mail 'The Yearbook stands for authority and integrity' Martin Tyler 'The first reference book you should turn to' Daily Telegraph The Utilita Football Yearbook 2025-2026 is the market-leading book of football statistics, featuring everything you need to know about domestic and international football. Since its first appearance in 1970, The Football Yearbook has heralded the start of each new season and served as the sport's book of record, faithfully chronicling decades of both tradition and evolution. Now in its 56th year of publication, the Yearbook celebrates that legacy and undertakes to do what it always does - to meticulously record the season just gone and look forward to the season about to start, all within more than a thousand pages of pure footballing facts and figures.
Success, failure, heroism, stupidity, talent, skulduggery - Upton
Park has seen it all. If supporting his club for fifty years has
taught Brian Williams one thing it's that football fans defi nitely
need a sense of humour - how else would they cope with the trials
and tribulations that are part and parcel of cheering on their
team? In this frank and funny take on the travails of a die-hard
football supporter, Williams takes a nostalgic look back at some of
the great players, great triumphs and great calamities that have
marked West Ham's time at Upton Park, exploring the club's
influence on its fans, the East End and football as a whole over
the course of a lifetime. A Fever Pitch for the Premier League
generation, Nearly Reach the Sky is an anecdotal journey through
the seminal goals, games, fouls and finals, told with all the
comedy, tragedy and irrationality fans of any team will recognise.
This is a witty, fond, passionate and poignant tribute to the end
of an era at Upton Park, as well as a universal meditation on the
perks and perils of football fandom.
When Argentinian World Cup winners Ricky Villa and Ossie Ardiles
were unveiled as Tottenham Hotspur's new signings in the summer of
1978 it was one of the most sensational transfer coups English
football had ever seen. The pair were an instant success. Ossie
claimed the limelight with his wonderful control and comedy
English, but when Ricky dribbled his way round half the Manchester
City team to score the greatest FA Cup final goal ever in 1981 he
swerved his way into the hearts of the nation and a permanent place
in English football folklore. Never truly comfortable speaking in
English, for the first time - with the help of co-author and
translator Federico Ardiles (Ossie's son) - Ricky Villa is able to
tell his story. From his childhood growing up on a farm in rural
Argentina, playing alongside teenage sensation Diego Maradona for
Argentina, to the dark early days after arriving in London when he
was unable to communicate and suffered serious depression, through
to the elation of scoring that wonder goal at Wembley. Ricky also
talks about the pain of being caught between two countries he loved
during the Falklands conflict as well as his experiences as a
member of Argentina's 1978 World Cup squad which won a tournament
tainted ever since with allegations of bribery and intimidation by
Argentina's ruling military Junta.
There is only one Arsène Wenger - and for the very first time, in his own words, this is his story.
In this definitive autobiography, the world-renowned, revolutionary football manager discusses his life and career, sharing his leadership principles for success on and off the field. At Arsenal, Wenger won multiple Premier League titles, a record number of FA Cups, and masterminded the historic 'Invincibles' season of 2003-2004. He changed the game in England forever, popularising an attacking approach and changing attitudes towards nutrition, fitness and coaching methods - and towards foreign managers. The book charts his extraordinary career, from his rise in France and Japan where he managed Nancy, Monaco and Nagoya Grampus Eight - clubs that also play in red-and-white - to his twenty-two years at the helm in north London.
A must-read not only for Arsenal supporters but football fans everywhere, MY LIFE IN RED AND WHITE illuminates the mystique surrounding one of the most respected managers in the world's most popular sport.
The Masterful, Definitive History of Argentinian Soccer Lionel
Messi, Diego Maradona, Alfredo Di Stefano: in every generation
Argentina has uncovered a uniquely brilliant soccer talent. Perhaps
it's because the country lives and breathes the game, its theories,
and its myths. Argentina's rich, volatile history-by turns sublime
and ruthlessly pragmatic-is mirrored in the style and swagger of
its national and club sides. In Angels with Dirty Faces, Jonathan
Wilson chronicles the operatic drama of Argentinian soccer: the
appropriation of the British game, the golden age of la nuestra,
the exuberant style of playing that developed as Juan Peron led the
country, a hardening into the brutal methods of anti-futbol, the
fusion of beauty and efficacy under Cesar Luis Menotti, and the
emergence of all-time greats. Praise for Inverting the Pyramid
"Here, for the first time in decades, is a top-notch soccer book on
how soccer is actually played on the field." -Simon Kuper "An
outstanding work...The soccer book of the decade." -Sunday Business
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In this fun and fact-filled book, Football Superstar's dynamic duo, Dan and Simon tell the story of the rise of Cole Palmer, England's attacking midfielder who has lit up the Premier League with Chelsea. They chart the Englishman's rise to superstardom, from his early days coming up through the Manchester City youth academy to his debut for City in 2020 and his subsequent move to Chelsea in 2023, where he chalked up 27 goals and 15 assists in all competitions in his first season. Palmer's stunning performances for England at the 2024 EUROs have catapulted him to superstardom. Along the way, you'll learn about the people who helped him on his journey, plus get all the exciting facts and stats that make Palmer a global footballing hero.. True to the Football Superstars brand, the book is filled with fun cartoons, inspirational stories, a simple narrative style and a cast of characters chipping in with quotes, jokes and comments.
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