The Book Company: New Products - Sociology of Sports

Winner Takes All (The History of the Championship Play Off Final, World Football's Richest Game)

Sat, 09 May 2026 17:21:57 +0000

Fascinating look at the highs, lows and riches that follow promotion to the Premier League, from the inaugural 1992/93 season to 2023/24 – told with special insight from chairmen, managers, players and fans.

From the author of the widely acclaimed Fields of Dreams and..

Price: $23.99

Tiny Keeper (Steve Death, Record Breaker, Shy Genius and Maverick)

Sat, 09 May 2026 17:21:50 +0000

The extraordinary story of Steve Death, once the shortest goalkeeper in the Football League – at just 5ft 7in. He was good enough to keep Peter Shilton out of the England Schoolboys side, yet spent his career in Divisions Three and Four and became a lower-league legend.
T..
Price: $39.99

Shades of Green (A Journey into Irish Football)

Sat, 09 May 2026 17:21:43 +0000

Join acclaimed football writer Chris Lee on a journey of discovery around Ireland to learn about one of the world’s oldest soccer cultures.
How did Association football – denounced as a ‘foreign game’ by some – fair after the traumatic split of 1921?
Who wer..
Price: $23.99

Standing Free (The Life and Times of Theo ten Caat)

Sat, 09 May 2026 17:21:36 +0000

Standing Free is the funny, emotional, at times downright bizarre but always enthralling autobiography of 1980s and 90s Aberdeen FC cult hero Theo ten Caat.
Written with Nick Brown, author of the widely acclaimed Former Glories and New Beginnings: Aberde..
Price: $39.99

Outsiders (A Football Fanatic's South American Odyssey)

Sat, 02 May 2026 20:21:02 +0000

Brazilian journalist and football writer Rodrigo Barneschi takes you on a whirlwind ‘away-day’ tour across 46 stadiums in 29 cities around South America.
Glowing reviews in major news outlets have placed Outsiders in the middle ground between Nick Hornby’s ..
Price: $23.99

Only the Real Thing (Aston Villa & The Coca Cola Cup 1993-1996)

Sat, 02 May 2026 20:20:55 +0000

Relive the glory years of Aston Villa's last two major trophy triumphs with this celebration of the Coca-Cola Cup wins of 1994 and 1996.
This engrossing book:
Takes a deep dive into the 1993/94 Coca-Cola Cup campaign and victory achieved under ..
Price: $29.99

Groundhopper (Tales from Football's Equivalent of Trainspotting)

Sat, 02 May 2026 20:20:47 +0000

Matt Coughlan steps into the wonderful world of the groundhopper: in short, the collector of football grounds. While taking a light-hearted look at this growing cultural phenomenon, can Coughlan cement his own groundhopping credentials?
With the aim of boosting his ground..
Price: $26.99

The Glory Years (Oxford United in the 1980s)

Sat, 02 May 2026 20:20:32 +0000

The Glory Years chronicles Oxford United’s rise from bankruptcy to Milk Cup Final glory through the 1980s. It's a story of giant-killings and back-to-back titles, surviving mergers, hooliganism and the threat of a new Super League. It's a saga that's never been properly explored ..
Price: $32.99

Football and Racism (How Colonialism Shaped the Modern Game)

Sat, 02 May 2026 20:20:25 +0000

Explosive and groundbreaking study of racism in football and its roots from award-winning journalist Ronny Blaschke.
Racism in football is reduced to neo-Nazis and monkey chants. But if we want to understand its origins, we have to go back further. Drawing on more than 1..
Price: $26.99

Land of the Giants (A Journey Through the World of Table Football)

Sat, 02 May 2026 20:20:06 +0000

When the Covid-19 lockdown hit in March 2020, millions of people suddenly found themselves confined to their homes, with their lives on hold as the planet fought a deadly pandemic.
Land of the Giants: My Journey Through the World of Table Football chronicles the au..
Price: $29.99