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BIG DUNC: The Upfront Autobiography
*Available for Pre-Order Now* They don’t make footballers – and football autobiographies – like this anymore. The brutally honest, riotously entertaining story of the much-loved Everton legend and iconic Premier League bad boy.
‘A legend’ Carlo Ancelotti
‘One of life’s good guys. Kind and generous. I loved my time playing up front with the Big Man. I could see the fear of defenders standing in the tunnel before a ball was kicked. As you can imagine, I’d much rather him be a teammate than be an opponent. ‘ Alan Shearer
‘Duncan Ferguson is an iconic figure for Evertonians as a great number 9, but he is also held in the highest regard by most of the city of Liverpool, for his generosity and being seen as one of us. Big Dunc loves the scousers & the scousers love him!’ Jamie Carragher
____________________________________________________________________Praised by Wayne Rooney and Sir Alex Ferguson as one of the greatest and most passionate players to ever play the game, Duncan Ferguson, or Big Dunc as he is known, is larger than life in every sense. Measuring a towering 6 feet 4 inches in height, from the moment the striker emerged in British football in the 1990s, he was front and back page news.
On the pitch, fans loved Duncan for his roguish charm, his thrilling goals and his total commitment in every game. Fighting tooth and nail, he was a born leader and took no prisoners. Like his rival Roy Keane, he played close to the limit, and often crossed it. Such as the time he was sentenced to 3 months in Glasgow’s toughest prison for headbutting an opponent – the first and only time a footballer has ever gone to jail for a crime committed on a football pitch.
In BIG DUNC: The Upfront Autobiography, Duncan reveals, for the first time, the full story: the truth about his experiences in prison, his partying with African princes and Liverpool gangsters, his fighting with burglars, his making and losing a fortune, and how he turned his life around through his beloved Everton F.C..
In the process, the book sheds light on one of football’s most charismatic but notorious and enigmatic hardmen. Duncan is now a coach and manager at Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C.. He is a pillar of the community in Merseyside, giving back to stricken children who share a similar tough upbringing to his own. Duncan’s book takes readers on a rollercoaster ride of humour, drama and redemption. Buckle up.
‘Duncan is possibly the most misunderstood man in football. His football IQ and knowledge of the game is second to none, couple that with the person he is and you’ve got nothing but quality.’ Tony Bellew
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Engulfed: How Saudi Arabia Bought Sport, and the World
‘Bravura on the ground reporting’
David Goldblatt, award-winning author of The Ball is Round‘This is an important book’
Simon Kuper, bestselling author of Soccernomics, Chums and Barça‘Compelling’
The Times
_________In 2034, Saudi Arabia will host the men’s FIFA World Cup and mark the culmination of Mohammed bin Salman’s ambitious plan to modernise Saudi Arabia, a kingdom of unfathomable wealth at the heart of the Islamic world, which is only now emerging from nearly a century of self-isolation. How did we get here? Why would a country spend tens of billions of dollars, perhaps even hundreds of billions in the long run, to buy and control sport?
Engulfed is a story about ambition, family rivalries, extreme wealth, power, murder and disinformation. It is also the story of dictatorship, political corruption and, at its root, how sport – football, yes, but also golf, boxing and even e-sports – became a vital geopolitical tool for Saudi Arabia.
Drawing on Montague’s exclusive first-hand interviews from his extensive travels across Saudi Arabia, the US, the north-east of England, Spain, Turkey and beyond, Engulfed uncovers how the House of Saud zeroed in on the political power of sport, using it both as a powerful political tool of influence and as a way to rectify the PR damage caused by one of the most infamous assassinations in history: the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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Formula One 2025
The world’s bestselling Grand Prix handbook is back for the new season.
This is the definitive guide to Formula 1 in 2025. A complete examination of all the teams racing this season, every driver and all the tracks featured in the packed Grand Prix calendar.
Also including a full review of the 2024 season and a breakdown of the new rules and regulations for 2025, this indispensable guidebook features a full breakdown of last season’s drivers’ and constructors’ world championship results – as well as a fill-in chart for 2025, so each book becomes your own personalised guide to the year’s action.
Written by bestselling F1 author Bruce Jones and containing dozens of breathtaking photographs and detailed circuit illustrations plus a statistics section highlighting the major records in F1 history, this is the only guide you’ll need for the racing action ahead.
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£9.50Formula One 2025
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Leading From The Back: My journey to the top of women’s football
‘Steph is truly one of the all-time greats of the women’s game’ Jill Scott
‘Documents [Steph’s] crucial role in helping to change perceptions of women’s football’ The Guardian
The inspiring memoir of one of football’s greatest players – Steph Houghton – in which she recounts the highs and lows of making it to the top of her game as England Captain, star of the London Olympics, and Man City stalwart, via Sunderland, Leeds and Arsenal.
With 121 caps for the Lionesses, Steph has been at the heart of the women’s football revolution, inspiring girls and young women around the world but in her own understated way.
Leading from the Back is Steph’s incredibly honest account of what it takes to make it to the pinnacle of women’s football when the odds are well and truly stacked against you.
Inside, she shares her dreams of becoming professional as a young girl in Sunderland; how reaching that status has been a long and often difficult journey, with many personal struggles both on and off the pitch. In between, she recounts the amazing highs of playing for her country, making history at the Olympics, lifting cups for her team, and the awe-inspiring people she has encountered along the way.
This is not only Steph’s personal story, but also the story of women’s football in England and internationally. Steph is credited as being one of the greatest influences in growing the women’s game to the biggest it has ever been.
A remarkable journey of unwavering determination that reveals the grit needed to stay true to yourself, and what it really takes to be a leader; this is the full and incredible story of a sports pioneer, ‘Super Steph’.
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Playfair Cricket Annual 2025
The UK’s bestselling cricket annual returns – it’s the indispensable pocket guide to the summer.
The 78th edition of the Playfair Cricket Annual is packed with all the information you need to follow the cricket season in 2025, as well as a review of events during the previous twelve months.
India, South Africa, West Indies and Zimbabwe will all be touring England this coming summer, and here you’ll find comprehensive Test match and limited-overs records and career records to help you follow the action.
County cricket is covered in unrivalled depth, with biographies of all players registered to the counties at the start of the season, full coverage of last summer’s events and a fixture list for all major domestic matches in 2025.
There are also sections on women’s cricket, the IPL and The Hundred.
For any cricket fan, the season is never complete without a copy of Playfair to guide you through it all.
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£8.50£10.40Playfair Cricket Annual 2025
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Playfair Cricket Annual 2025
The UK’s bestselling cricket annual returns – it’s the indispensable pocket guide to the summer.
The 78th edition of the Playfair Cricket Annual is packed with all the information you need to follow the cricket season in 2025, as well as a review of events during the previous twelve months.
India, South Africa, West Indies and Zimbabwe will all be touring England this coming summer, and here you’ll find comprehensive Test match and limited-overs records and career records to help you follow the action.
County cricket is covered in unrivalled depth, with biographies of all players registered to the counties at the start of the season, full coverage of last summer’s events and a fixture list for all major domestic matches in 2025.
There are also sections on women’s cricket, the IPL and The Hundred.
For any cricket fan, the season is never complete without a copy of Playfair to guide you through it all.
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£5.70