Sir Alex Ferguson, G.O.A.T.


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From his early career as a manager for Aberdeen and then to taking the helm at Man United and guiding the club to its most glorious period for thirty years, Alex Ferguson has become without doubt the most famous, influential and successful football manager in the country. Man United dominate the English game and stand on the threshold of European glory. Just how has Alex Ferguson - this ex-Aberdeen and Rangers player - taken them there? This book has the answers. In this unique tribute, his one-time playing colleagues, fellow managers and the international stars of the game provide personal insights into the secrets of Ferguson's mercurial character and glittering career.




Sir Alex


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A must-read biography of one of the greatest football managers of all time. Sir Alex Ferguson is a former Scottish football player and was manager of Manchester United from 1986 to 2013. During his 26 years in charge of United, he won more trophies than any other manager in the history of football. Packed with nearly 80 entertaining and exclusive interviews from those who know Ferguson best – friends, colleagues, associates and those who worked with him at both Aberdeen and Manchester United share their unique insight into the innermost secrets of Ferguson’s fascinating life and hugely successful career.




Shall We Sing a Song For You?


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When it comes to football chants, British fans surely must be top of the league. Throughout the country every weekend, football stadiums ring with the sound of hundred of thousands of supporters singing the praises of their favourite players, rubbishing the opposition, having a go at the ref and waxing lyrical about past legends. Chants can spring from deep-rooted rivalries or simply from the fact that a player has a funny name. Plundering the pop charts for tunes to set their ditties too, fans have come up with hundreds of hilarious, moving, clever and often downright scandalous songs...all brought together here! From close-to-the-knuckle terrace favourites to brilliantly witty off-the-cuff chants and the classics heard in nearly every stadium in the land, Shall We Sing a Song For You? is the perfect collection of the good, the bad and the downright offensive.




The Club


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Two veteran sports writers and editors take readers inside the history of the most-watched sports league on earth -- England's Premier League.




Third Man in Havana


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When Tom Rodwell embarked on a cricketing tour of India, he had only ever thought of the game as great fun. But the simple joy of the local street kids when his team donated their kit to them made him realise that it could be more than that. By turns touching and amusing, and imbued with a deep love of the game, Third Man in Havana is the story of the charity cricket programmes 'Major' Tom Rodwell has helped run around the world, and of the people he has encountered along the way. From Be'er Sheva Cricket Club pavilion in Israel – a converted nuclear bomb shelter, useful in the face of Hamas' regular rocket attacks – to a game of tapeball cricket with ex-Tamil Tiger child soldiers behind barbed wire in Sri Lanka, Rodwell discovered that the heart of the game is beating fast in countries more used to conflict than cricket. Third Man in Havana is a wonderfully positive story, revealing that the spirit of cricket is alive and well.




David Beckham


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"A biography of British soccer player David Beckham, focusing on his philanthropic activities off the field"--Provided by publisher.




Match Annual 2025


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From the makers of the UK’s best football magazine! MATCH is the UK’s bestselling football annual and is top of Christmas wish lists for footy fans everywhere. Inside the MATCH Annual 2025, readers can build the ultimate player using superstars from the Premier League, check out the craziest football haircuts through the years, swot up on the 2025 Women’s Euros, learn about the best academies on the planet, and look back on Jurgen Klopp and Emma Hayes’ rocking reigns in England! Plus, don't miss the best moments from Euro 2024, epic profiles of the world's top wonderkids, tons of brain-busting quizzes, cool cartoons, the chance to design your own boots, pick your MLS team, LOL at the funniest footy snaps, and loads more! Don’t miss it!




Joe Royle The Autobiography


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FOREWORD BY SIR ALEX FERGUSON Joe Royle became the youngest player to play for Everton in February 1966 and went on to win six caps under Alf Ramsey and Don Revie. Injury forced a premature end to his career at 32, after spells with Manchester City, Bristol City, and Norwich. Then he became the manager who fell of the back of a lorry when joining Oldham in 1982. Fourteen fantastic, fairytale years followed at the hard-up, homespun Lancashire club which Royle put on the soccer map. Oldham achieved the impossible by going to Wembley and spending three years in the Premiership. Then, it was off to Everton, to Manchester City, and to Ipswich as manager. With a foreword by Sir Alex Ferguson, this book is an honest account of Joe's career and life, written with his full cooperation.




Sir Alex


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There are few people who know the real Alex Ferguson. Those who do have contributed to this unique insight into the inner most secrets of Ferguson's life and career. Many stories are being told for the very first time, some of the classics are being rekindled to produce a full picture of what the man and his methods were really like Ferguson's friends, colleagues, associates, those who have played for him and worked for him at both Aberdeen and Manchester United, helped fashion him or rather he has fashioned them, have been interviewed for this book, Chairmen, agents, players, the game's administrators, the media - written press, radio and TV personalities, have all contributed some fascinating anecdotes. Fittingly this in-depth study is a tribute to a genuine G.O.A.T. as both friend and foe alike have a common bond of admiration for Sir Alex's success. With more than 50 exclusive interviews together they paint a portrait of what makes the longest serving manager in Manchester United's history tick. It's a virtual Who's Who of football. Anyone who is anyone in the game has been more than willing to provide thoughts, views and personal stories about the greatest ever legend in management. The life and times of Ferguson through the eyes of the people he has encountered throughout his fascinating and highly successful career - a more comprehensive insight than even Ferguson might provide himself!