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No self-respecting Queens Park Rangers fan should be without this, the ultimate travel companion to QPR's away day fixtures. With over 40 years of following his beloved QPR up and down the country, Simon Ingram has created the ultimate fan's-eye history of the club.

Messi might be the most skilful, and Ronaldo might have the best shot, but according to FIFA it's 16-stone Adebayo Akinfenwa who's the strongest footballer in the world. With a larger-than-life personality to match, it's no wonder 'The Beast' has become an icon, attracting millions of social media followers, launching his own clothing label, and still banging in the goals for Wycombe Wanderers.

This book tells the story of women's football in England since its 19th-century inception through pen portraits of its trailblazers. The game might have once been banned because of its popularity – find out about the subversive women who kept organising their teams and matches despite the prohibition, who broke barriers and set records – the legends of the game who built the foundations of the stage upon which today's stars flourish.

Andrés Iniesta is the Barcelona and Spain legend, rated by the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Paul Scholes as one of the greatest footballers of all time. This is the thinking fan's footballer, with a thinking fan's football audiobook. Andrés Iniesta was 12 years old when scouts invited him into Barcelona's famous La Masia academy. Shortly after he joined the club, Barca legend Pep Guardiola remarked of him, 'This lad is going to retire us all'.

What if what we think about football isn't true: that despite all the efforts of coaches, managers, and players to control chance, it's not uncommon for the wrong teams to be at the top of the table and not the right ones to be relegated? Christoph Biermann has embarked on a search for chance and spoken with coaches, managers, club owners, and mathematicians all over the globe.

The World Cup is the largest sports event outside the summer Olympics: the progress of the 32 countries which qualify for the finals is watched by billions all over the globe. Since the very first World Cup in Uruguay in 1930, there have been 18 finals, held every four years (with a 12-year break over the World War II period). The World Cup in South Africa will be the 19th. Brian Glanville, the distinguished journalist and World Cup historian, has written a fascinating history of the event.

Cantona the legend. Cantona the enigma. Cantona the King. Eric Cantona was at Manchester United for just five years, yet his legacy and influence endure. Over that period, he became the first foreigner to be voted best player by sports journalists, was crowned player of the century by the...

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Established in 2010, From The Rookery End is the original Watford FC supporters podcast.Join lifelong supporters Mike, Jon and Jason, as they share their thoughts on anything and everything involving Watford FC. They'll be with you through the heartbreak and hope, the triumph and the trauma.This is life as a Watford fan. This is From The Rookery End. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Discover the incredible story of Darwin Gabriel Núñez Ribeiro on Darwin Núñez - Biography Flash, the podcast dedicated to exploring every chapter of one of football's most electrifying and polarizing strikers. From his humble beginnings in Artigas, a small town on the northern border of Uruguay, to the biggest stages in world football, this show delivers a comprehensive biography of a player whose journey is defined by raw talent, relentless heart, and an unbreakable refusal to quit. Follow Darwin Núñez's rise through the legendary youth academy of Club Atlético Peñarol, where he ...

Dive into the incredible life and career of Ollie Watkins, the boy from Devon who was rejected at a trial with Exeter City at just nine years old and went on to become Aston Villa's all-time top Premier League scorer, a Championship Player of the Year, and the man who scored the ninetieth-minute winner that sent England to the Euro 2024 final. Hosted by Tye Morgan on the Biography Flash podcast, this show delivers a comprehensive, meticulously researched biography of one of English football's most inspiring stories, from failed youth trials and non-league loan spells at Weston-super-Mare to a ...

In 2015 former England football star Rio Ferdinand suddenly and tragically lost his wife and soul mate, Rebecca, age 34, to cancer. It was a profound shock, and Rio found himself struggling to cope not just with the pain of his grief but also with his new role as both mum and dad to their three young children. Rio's BBC1 documentary Being Mum and Dad touched everyone who watched it and won huge praise for the honesty and bravery he showed in talking about his emotions and experiences.

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An instant New York Times bestseller! “Rapinoe's 'signature pose' from the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup is synonymous to the feeling we got when finishing this book: heart full, arms wide and ready to take up space in this world.”—USA Today Megan Rapinoe, Olympic gold medalist and...

How to Become a Professional Goalkeeper is the story of how I achieved my dreams of becoming a professional football (soccer) player, goalkeeper, even though I never played for any professional football academy as a child. I wrote this book to help inspire the next generation of young goalkeepers who are now battling to achieve their dreams of wanting to become a professional goalkeeper. And I am positive my story, and more importantly, my tips will open doors at professional clubs to give you an opportunity and will give you (or your goalkeeping child) the edge!

25 years on air and talkSPORT's still got it. ALL of the FUNNIEST and most OUTRAGEOUS moments in talkSPORT history, all in one place. And there are a few hard-hitting moments in there too. It's pure GOLD, and you won't get THAT anywhere else.Come on a trip down memory lane with all of your favourite presenters, players, fans, and phone calls. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this compelling new book, relying on original reporting from the most dangerous corners of Rio to the halls of power in Washington, DC, Dave Zirin examines how sports and politics are colliding in remarkable fashion in Brazil, opening up an international conversation on the culture, economics, and politics of sports.

What sets the very best footballers apart from the rest? It’s not about ability but about being able to perform at your peak level consistently. You train your ability regularly, but do you leave your form down to ‘luck’ and simply hope you have a good game? Thanks to developments in our understanding of how the brain works, you can now effectively train to improve your form by conditioning your thoughts and behaviour in all aspects of your life. This engages the parts of the brain that enable you to perform consistently on the football pitch.

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