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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This popular guide to jumps racing summarises the prospects of 100 steeplechasers and hurdlers whom Raceform's expert race-readers expect to do well in the coming 2024-25 season. It includes the names and details of each of the 100 horses, plus information about their previous form. It is an invaluable pocket-sized tool for followers of racing.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The History Boys celebrates 30 iconic goals and players in the illustrious history of Nottingham Forest. Featuring exclusive interviews and detailed career profiles, it delves deep into the club's defining moments, which echo down through history and resonate with each generation of Forest fans.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Football in Wind and Rain provides educational but entertaining bite-size accounts of the history of British football and its people. The voices of commentators, fans, managers and players all feature, with topics such as fandom, stadia, great matches, law changes, memorable goals and regional differences given due coverage.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - To celebrate 50 years of watching Manchester City, Steve Mingle presents an array of memories spanning the whole period. Heroes and villains, triumphs and disasters, moments of genius and heinous cock-ups - they're all here as Steve describes his most memorable games, players and incidents in a weird and wonderful range of categories.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Team that Could Have Been looks back on a fascinating period for Crystal Palace. Set in a troubled area of London against a backdrop of racism, hooliganism, despair and a government working against its citizens, it's a story filled with colourful characters, cup runs and the hopes and dreams of a club punching above its weight.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Viva Colombia: A Social History of Colombian Football tells the story through 15 distinct episodes and 15 national team players. From Colombia's first World Cup appearance in 1962 through to the present day, it considers what some of the most emblematic players to wear the shirt tell us about the Colombian nation.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Nobody Remembers Second: Aston Villa's Near Misses: 1989-1993 charts a fascinating period in Villa's history and features exclusive interviews with many of the central characters. The book reveals the views of manager Ron Atkinson, then club secretary Steven Stride and a host of key players.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - What is it like to get so close to your dream that you can almost touch it, only to have it torn cruelly away Anthony Potts knows the answer. He sacrificed everything in an all-consuming pursuit of his dream to become a professional footballer for Spurs, alongside the likes of Paul Gascoigne and Gary Lineker. Was it worth it You be the judge.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Wings of Change explores how the world's biggest energy drinks business influenced football. After taking over Austria Salzburg and changing their crest, colours and name, the project went to New York, Leipzig, Sao Paulo and Sogakope. Despite the backlash, Red Bull have established themselves as a global force in football.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book reveals the tactical concepts behind the most successful women's team in European football - a club that has won six of the last ten UEFA Champions League titles. From match tactics to in-depth player analysis, it lifts the lid on what makes the team tick to discover how they became such a dominant force in Europe.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Iberia Chronicles is a fascinating compendium of all things Spanish and Portuguese football, penned by 22 writers. The countries have a rich history in the sport and are today two of the world's top footballing nations. Learn about the players, managers, glories and downfalls that shaped the sport in Spain and Portugal.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - St Helens Match of My Life features the tales of some of the greatest rugby league players ever to wear the Red Vee of St Helens. The Saints are known as one of the most successful teams of the Super League era, but the memories also cover the glory days before the game switched to the summer months.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Fosse v Luffs tells the story of the fierce rivalry between Leicester Fosse FC (forerunner of Leicester City) and Loughborough AFC. Although short-lived, it was as intense as any rivalry in modern English football. It's a story filled with drama, controversy and violence, set in an era when football was a different game.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Fifty tells the story of football through its most influential players, from Victorian gent Charles Alcock to world champion Megan Rapinoe via Pele, Charlton, Maradona and Jimmy Hill. It's not about the stats, tactics or managers - it's about players, from war heroes and match-fixers to superstars and an African president.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Out of the Darkness reveals a grittier side of football. Former Leicester and Sunderland winger Matt Piper retired aged 24, after 16 knee operations, and his life soon spiralled out of control. His daily existence became dependent on alcohol and Valium, culminating in an ugly rock bottom. But after the darkness came light.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Physiotherapist John Sheridan has seen it all since entering professional football in 1979 with Luton Town. In 1986, he moved to Tottenham where he nursed Gazza back to fitness after his 1991 horror injury. Despite playing an integral part in Gazza's rehabilitation, John has stayed silent about what happened in this traumatic period - until now.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Do They Play Cricket in Ireland is the endearing story of driven players and officials who wanted to compete with the best. From worrying about Gibraltar to worrying Australia, David Townsend tells how the Boys in Green took the world by storm, beating Pakistan, England and West Indies on the way to a Test at Lord's.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - You've heard of David Beckham: the world-famous celebrity, actor, model, entrepreneur, philanthropist and charity ambassador. But what about the footballer behind the brand Drawing on exclusive interviews with former Beckham team-mates, acclaimed author Wayne Barton explores Beckham's contribution as one of the greatest players of his generation.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Irish Racing Post Annual is firmly established as the perfect Christmas gift for any horseracing fan. Racing Post's top writers look back on the best of the Flat and jumps seasons, the big names, the moments to treasure and unusual stories of the year; plus there's a look forward at the top prospects for 2025.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Mighty Atom: The Life of Boxing Legend Jimmy Wilde is the long-awaited biography of a boxing all-time great. Blessed with freakish knockout power that belied his skeletal frame, in his heyday Wilde was almost unbeatable. A century after his final fight, boxing historians still widely consider him the greatest flyweight ever.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - And the Winner Is takes a fascinating look at the 70 holders of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year trophy. Together, their stories - and the moments that define them - offer a unique account of British sport in the TV age. From Bobby Moore and Andy Murray to the lesser-known Dai Rees and Ian Black, discover every winner's story.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - No Place for a Girl is the little-known but hugely inspirational story of pioneering woman jockey Karen Wiltshire's fight for acceptance in the male-dominated world of 1970s horseracing. Her obsession brought the reward she craved as she became the first female professional jockey to win a Flat race, beating her male counterparts.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Immortals explores the remarkable stories of 50 great racehorse champions, focusing on horses in and beyond Europe. Written with humour, passion and solid research, this evocative book uncovers tales about legends of the jump-racing world who were trained in the UK, Ireland, France and even in the USA and Australia.