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The Man watching
a biography of Anson Dorrance the unlikely architect of the greatest college sports dynasty ever, Tim Crothers, Sports Media Group, Ann Arbor, 2006. ISBN 978-1-58726-434-4 352 pages
Africa United
Steve Bloomfield, Canongate, Edinburgh, etc, 2010
The Official English Leagues’ Football Records 2011
Carlton Books, 2010. ISBN 978-1-4-84732-614-0
World Football Records
World Football Records 2011, Keir Radnedge, Carlton Books, 2010. 256 pages ISBN 978-1-84732-635-5
Football, Yesterday and today
Tim Glynne-Jones, Carlton Books, London, 2003 and 2010. ISBN 978-1-847325-914
The European Football Yearbook 2010-11
Editor Mike Hammond, Carlton, 2010. ISBN 978-1-84732-617-1 1120 pages
The anatomy of England: A history in ten matches
Jonathan Wilson, London, Orion Books, 2011. ISBN: 978-1-4091-1820-6
How Football Explains the World
Franklin Foer, Arrow Books 2004. ISBN 0 09 949226
Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2011-12
London, Headline, 2011: ISBN 978 07553 62318
Being the gaffer
Ian Valentine, Prion 2010. ISBN: 978-1-85375-772-3
Does your rabbi know you are here?,
Anthony Clavane, London, Quercus, 2012. ISBN 978 0 85738 812 4
Green is the colour
Peter Byrne, London Andre Deutsch, Carlton 2012. ISBN: 978-0-233-00366-5
Are you watching the match?
Brian Barwick, Andre Deutsch Limited 2013. ISBN: 978-0-233-00388-7
The Early Development of Football
Graham Curry,Ed., London, Routledge, 2019 ISBN: 978-0-367-26253-2
The United Trinity
David Meek, London, Simon and Schuster, 2013. ISBN 978-1-47112-955-1
2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil
Official book, London, Carlton books, 2014. ISBN 978-1-78097-470-5
Football Record Breakers
Clive Gifford, London, Carlton Books, 2015. ISBN: 978-1-78312-108-3
FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015
The Official book, London, Carlton, 2015
The ugly Game
Heidi Blake and Jonathan Calvert, Simon and Schuster, London 2015. ISBN: 978-1471149344
Mourinho
Jose Mourinho, London, Headline, 2015. ISBN9780755365548
The crazy gang
Dave Bassett and Wally Downes, London Bantam Press, 2015. ISBN 9780593593076262
Living on the Volcano
Michael Calvin, London, Century, 2015. ISBN 9781780893273
The random history of football
Justyn Barnes and Aubrey Day, London, Prion (Carlton), 2015. ISBN 978-1-85375-936-9
The Official Liverpool FC Illustrated history (Fourth Edition)
Jeff Anderson and Stephen Done, London, Carlton, 2014. IBSN: 978-1-78097-724-9
Barca
The illustrated history of FC Barcelona, Guillem Balague, London, Carlton 2015. ISBN: 978-1-78097-728-7
Football Record Breakers
Clive Gifford, London, Carlton, 2015. ISBN 978-1-78312-108-3
UEFA Euro 2016 France
The Official Book, Keir Radnedge, London, Carlton, 2016. ISBN 978-1-78097-757-7
Sepp Blatter
Mission und Passion, Fussball, Thomas Renggli, Thum, Wed und Weber, 2016. ISBN 978-3-85932-773-3
World Football Infographics
London, Carlton, 2016. ISBN 978-1-7809772-0
The European football yearbook 2016-7
editor Mike Hammond, London, Carlton books, 2016. ISBN 978-1-78097-845-1
Fearless
Jonathan Northcroft, London, Headline 2016. ISBN 978 1 4722 4162 7
The man in the middle
Howard Webb, London Simon and Schuster, 2016. ISBN 978-1-4711-5995-4
The Little book of Chelsea
Edited by Clive Batty, Carlton, 2017. ISBN 978-1-78097-965-6
The Little book of Spurs
Edited by Louis Massarella, Carlton, 2017. ISBN 978-1-78097-968-7
The Little book of Man United
Edited by Justyn Barnes, Carlton, 2017. ISBN 978-1-78097-967-0
The World of Football
Keir Radnedge, London 2017. ISBN 978-1-78097-997-7
The Manchester United supporter’s book
John White, London, Carlton, 2017. ISBN 988-1-78097-986-1
World Football Records 2017
Keir Radnedge, Carlton Books, 2017. ISBN 978-1-78097-996-0
The official history of the FIFA World Cup
London, Carlton 2017. ISBN 1-978-1-78739-018-8
World Football Infographics
London Carlton 2017. ISBN: 978-1-78097-995-3
Football Corruption and lies
John Sugden and Alan Tomlinson, London, Routledge, 2017. ISBN: 978-1-138-68173-6
The English Premier League
Richard Elliott, Editor, London, Routledge, 2017. ISBN: 978-1-138-64035-1
White Hart Lane
Martin Lipton, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2017. ISBN 978-1-401I-6926-0
My Notebook
Eric Cantona, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2017
The Busby Babes
Richard Skinner, Chatham, Urbane Publications, 2016. ISBN 978-1-910692-57-8
2018 FIFA World Cup Russia
The Official Book, Keir Radnedge, London, Carlton, 2018. ISBN 978-1-78739-030-0
Football Supporters and the Commercialisation of Football
Peter Kennedy and David Kennedy [Editors], London, Routledge, 2017. ISBN 13:978-1-138-05817-0
Junior and Youth Grassroots Football Culture
Jimmy 0’Gorman (ed), London. Routledge, 2018. ISBN 13:978-1-138-04757-0
Pulled off at halftime
Stuart Reeves and Adrian Besley, London, Carlton, 2018. ISBN 978-1-78739-147-5
YouTube Football Fantastic
Iain Spragg, London. Carlton 2018. ISBN 978-1-78739
Neymar, the ultimate fan book
Nick Callow, London, Carlton, 2018 ISBN 978-1-78739-141-3
World football records
Keir Radnedge, London, Carlton, 2018. ISBN 878178739
The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Football
Keir Radnedge, London, Carlton, 2018. ISBN 978-1-78739-186-4
FIFA Women's World Cup 2019
The Official book, Carlton Books, 2019 ISBN: 978-1-78739-216-8
50 Greatest Football matches
Richard Whitehead (Ed), The History Press, 2019. ISBN9780750990585
The Official History of the FIFA World Cup
Carlton Books, 2019. ISBN 978-1-78739-158-1
The anatomy of Manchester United
Jonathan Wilson, London, Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 2017. ISBN 978-1-4091-4445-8
I, Robot
Peter Crouch, London Ebury Press, 2019. ISBN9781529104615
I've got mail
Jeff Stelling, London, Headline, 2020 ISBN 9781472279774
Goals
Gianluca Vialli, London Headline 2020 ISBN 9781472274885
Eighty at Eighty
Geoff Hurst, pitch publishing, 2022 ISBN 9781801501286
Be Good, love Brian
Craig Bloomfield, Mudlark, Harper Collins, 2021 ISBN 978-0-00-846686-2
England football
the biography 1872-2022, Paul Hayward, Simon and Schuster, 2022 ISBN 978147 1184 345
Two Brothers
Jonathan Wilson, London Little Brown, 2022 ISBN 9781408714492
Legally red
Maurice Watkins, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2024
90+2
(Last minute moments that changed football history, John Boland, Pitch 2024. ISBN 978 1 80150 672 4
Extra Time
Extra Time beckons; penalties loom, Adam Hurrey, London, Headline 2024. ISBN 978 1 0354 0835
FA Confidential
David Davies, London, Simon and Schuster 2008. ISBN9781847373687
A history of QPR
Dennis Signy, Pelham Books 1969
Of Fossils and Foxes
(Official history of Leicester City), Dave Smith and Paul Taylor, Leicester: Polar Publishing, 1989
The Greatest
(The complete history of Manchester City), Gary James, Leicester: Polar Publishing, 1997
An illustrated history of Tottenham Hotspur
Bob Goodwin, Derby: Breedon Books, 1995