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Snooker's Bad Boys takes us back to a time when snooker players
were better paid than footballers and lived like rock stars. It
looks at the feuds, fist fights, fixes and playboys who put the
sport on the front and back pages of the national press - as told
by those who were there. The Daily Telegraph wrote in 1986:
'Infidelity, wife desertion, murmurs of arranged matches and hints
of betting coups... bad management and players' back-street
behaviour is killing the game.' The truth was the public always
wanted to know what Alex Higgins, Jimmy White and other bad boys of
the green baize might do next. Higgins was the original hellraiser
and Snooker's Bad Boys features exclusive eyewitness accounts of
his rise and fall, along with the troubles and triumphs of Jimmy
White, Ronnie O'Sullivan and many other rogues who drank, gambled,
partied and potted their way into the hearts of millions - from the
sport's peak years in the 1980s up to the present day.
The Joshua Files traces the story of Britain's latest heavyweight
hero from the building site to the top of the boxing world and
beyond. Anthony Joshua's fight with Wladimir Klitschko, in front of
90,000 fans at Wembley Stadium, transformed the fighter not only
into a national hero but also a global star. Having worked as a
boxing journalist for almost 30 years for Boxing News, Boxing
Monthly and Sky Sports, Matt Bozeat was perfectly placed to follow
Joshua from a ringside seat from the very start of his professional
career. Joshua turned pro soon after winning gold at the London
Olympics in 2012, and has since surpassed all expectations, going
on to dominate the division with a 100 per cent KO record. The
Joshua Files tells exactly how he fought his way to the top,
through revealing and insightful interviews with the fighter
himself, as well as with the boxing experts, trainers, sparring
partners and opponents who have the closest insider knowledge of
Anthony's incredible rise.
When You're Smiling is the story of a football team's journey from
also-rans to champions and a football fan's journey from boy to
man, through laughter, loss and home defeats. Monday, 2 May 2016
was a day Matt Bozeat thought he would never see. It was the day
Leicester City, the team he had supported through thin and thinner
all his life, were crowned Premier League champions. The story of
the 5,000-1 outsiders winning one of European football's top prizes
put a smile on the face of millions worldwide. Three days earlier,
Matt had experienced an even greater miracle. When You're Smiling
is a nostalgia-filled treat brimming with memories of football and
the wider world in the 1980s and 90s. It's a book about belonging
and thinking your dreams will never come true - and then they do
come true.
Fighting Back is the story of a different kind of boxing superstar
- a hero for winning his battles outside as well as inside the
ring. When he outpointed Wladimir Klitschko, on one of the greatest
nights in British boxing history, Tyson Fury sat on top of the
world. But 'The Gypsy King' soon discovered that being heavyweight
champion wasn't all he had imagined. His own demons would prove
harder to conquer than Klitschko. In the following months, Tyson
drank and ate to excess, took drugs and contemplated suicide. He
seemed destined for an early grave. But, with the help of his
family, Fury dealt with his issues and launched a boxing comeback -
after shedding an incredible ten stones in weight! Fury eased back
with a couple of straightforward wins. Then, in what appeared a
foolhardy, if very brave, move, he challenged unbeaten KO
specialist Deontay Wilder for the WBC heavyweight championship in
Los Angeles. Having followed Fury's career from his first amateur
bout, author Matt Bozeat has spent time with Fury and his family
trying to get to know and fathom out this most remarkable of
fighters and people. The result is the humour-laden,
heart-wrenching, inspirational story of a boxer who conquered the
world, lost everything - and then got it back.
Darts Miscellany collects together all the vital information you
never knew you needed to know about the game of arrows. In these
pages you will find irresistible anecdotes and the most mindblowing
stats and facts. Heard the one about 'The Viking's' "pre-match
nutrition" consisting of "25 bottles of Holsten Pils and six steak
'n' kidney pies"? How about the darter who wore sequins and carried
a candelabra? Or the forgotten legend 'The Martial Dartist'? Do you
know which player was fictionalised in a novel as 'Keith Talent'?
Which superstar crooner was once a local Darts Association
president? Or which darts legend (who contributed the foreword
here) had a degree in history from Cambridge University? All these
stories and (at least) one hundred and eight-eee more appear in a
brilliantly researched collection of trivia - essential for any
darts fan who holds the riches of the sport's history close to
their heart.
Irresistible anecdotes, irrepressible characters, mindblowing stats
and facts. Here's all the vital information you never knew you
needed to know about Leicester City, coupled with a day-by-day
diary of magical and memorable moments from the Foxes'
rollercoaster history. Heard the one about the 0-12 drubbing at
Forest after the players had attended 'Leggy' Turner's wedding? How
about the goal that keeper Peter Shilton didn't know he'd scored?
Or the 1974 team's funky single 'This Is the Season for Us'? Turn
back the clock to 30 May 1994 when the Foxes finally won at Wembley
at their seventh attempt. Revisit 10 August 1968, when City smashed
the British transfer record, paying Fulham GBP150,000 for Allan
Clarke. Or 23 August 1972, when Frank Worthington scored on his
debut at Old Trafford. A brilliantly researched collection of
trivia - essential for any fan who holds the riches of
blue-and-white history close to their heart.
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