British Sports Book AwardFootball

Given by National Sporting Club

73 Works 0 Books
Stages:
All, Winner (133), Shortlist (406), Longlist (21)
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Years:
All, 2023 (7), 2022 (5), 2021 (4), 2020 (8), 2019 (6), 2018 (6), 2017 (1), 2016 (4), 2015 (2), 2014 (6), 2013 (5), 2012 (6), 2011 (5), 2010 (6), 2008 (1), 2007 (1)

Winner 16

WorkYear
1999: Manchester United, the Treble and All That by Matt Dickinson2023
The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making--and Unmaking--of the World's Greatest Soccer Club by Simon Kuper2022
Ultra: The Underworld of Italian Football by Tobias Jones2020
Red Card: How the U.S. Blew the Whistle on the World's Biggest Sports Scandal by Ken Bensinger2019
Building the Yellow Wall: The Incredible Rise and Cult Appeal of Borussia Dortmund by Uli Hesse2019
The Billionaires Club: The Unstoppable Rise of Football’s Super-rich Owners WINNER FOOTBALL BOOK OF THE YEAR, SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2018 by James Montague2018
Forever Young: The Story of Adrian Doherty, Football's Lost Genius by Oliver Kay2017
Cristiano Ronaldo: The Biography by Guillem Balague2016
Thirty-One Nil: On the Road With Football's Outsiders: A World Cup Odyssey by James Montague2015
The Nowhere Men: The Unknown Story of Football's True Talent Spotters by Michael Calvin2014
Barca: The Making of the Greatest Team in the World by Graham Hunter2013
A Life Too Short: The Tragedy of Robert Enke by Ronald Reng2012
Promised Land: The Reinvention of Leeds United by Anthony Clavane2011
Eric Cantona by Philippe Auclair2010
Provided You Don't Kiss Me: 20 Years with Brian Clough by Duncan Hamilton2008
Sir Alf by Leo McKinstry2007

Shortlist 53

WorkYear
Unsuitable for Females': The Rise of the Lionesses and Women's Football in England by Carrie Dunn2023
The Silence of the Stands: Finding the Joy in Football’s Lost Season by Daniel Gray2023
England Football: The Biography: 1872 - 2022 by Paul Hayward2023
Scheisse! We're Going Up!: The Unexpected Rise of Berlin's Rebel Football Club by Kit Holden2023
Expected Goals: The story of how data conquered football and changed the game forever by Rory Smith2023
Two Brothers by Jonathan Wilson2023
The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making--and Unmaking--of the World's Greatest Soccer Club by Simon Kuper2022
Maradona: The Boy. The Rebel. The God. by Guillem Balague2022
The Dream Factory: Inside the Make-or-Break World of Football's Academies by Ryan Baldi2022
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Inside Story of the Legendary 1970 World Cup by Andrew Downie2022
The Immortals by Arrigo Sacchi2022
The Quality of Madness: A Life of Marcelo Bielsa by Tim Rich2021
Sacré bleu : Zidane to Mbappé : a football journey by Matthew Spiro2021
Champagne Football: John Delaney and the Betrayal of Irish Football: The Inside Story by Mark Tighe2021
St. Pauli: Another Football is Possible by Carles Viñas2021
A Tournament Frozen in Time: The Wonderful Randomness of the European Cup Winners Cup by Steven Scragg2020
Natural: The Jimmy Greaves Story by David Tossell2020
The Away Game: The Epic Search for Soccer's Next Superstars by Sebastian Abbot2019
When Footballers Were Skint: A Journey in Search of the Soul of Football by Jon Henderson2019
The Club: How the English Premier League Became the Wildest, Richest, Most Disruptive Force in Sports by Joshua Robinson2019
The Barcelona Legacy: Guardiola, Mourinho and the Fight For Football's Soul by Jonathan Wilson2019
Brave New World: Inside Pochettino's Spurs by Guillem Balague2018
Sir Matt Busby: The Definitive Biography by Patrick Barclay2018
From Delhi to the Den: The Story of Football's Most Travelled Coach by Stephen Constantine2018
Quiet Genius: Bob Paisley, British football’s greatest manager SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 by Ian Herbert2018
Game Changers: the remarkable story of Dutch Masters Arnold Mühren and Frans Thijssen by Tom van Hulsen2018
Living on the Volcano: The Secrets of Surviving as a Football Manager by Michael Calvin2016
The Dirty Game: Uncovering the Scandal at FIFA by Andrew Jennings2016
Forever Boys: The Days of Citizens and Heroes (Wisden Sports Writing) by James Lawton2016
The Life and Times of Herbert Chapman: The Story of One of Footballs' Most Influential Figures by Patrick Barclay2015
Messi by Guillem Balague2014
How Not to be a Football Millionaire Keith Gillespie My Autobiography by Keith Gillespie2014
I Am Zlatan: My Story On and Off the Field by Zlatan Ibrahimović2014
Fear and Loathing in La Liga: Barcelona, Real Madrid, and the World's Greatest Sports Rivalry by Sid Lowe2014
The Great English Final: 1953: Cup, Coronation and Stanley Matthews by David Tossell2014
Pep Guardiola: Another Way of Winning by Guillem Balague2013
Does Your Rabbi Know You're Here?: The Story of English Football's Forgotten Tribe by Anthony Clavane2013
Richer Than God: Manchester City, Modern Football and Growing Up by David Conn2013
The Outsider: A History of the Goalkeeper by Jonathan Wilson2013
The Management: Scotland's Great Football Bosses by Michael Grant2012
Got, Not Got: The A-Z of Lost Football- Culture, Treasures & Pleasures by Derek Hammond2012
I'm Not Really Here: A Life of Two Halves by Paul Lake2012
The Smell of Football by Mick Rathbone2012
There's a Golden Sky: How Twenty Years of the Premier League Have Changed Football Forever by Ian Ridley2012
Football - Bloody Hell!: The Biography of Alex Ferguson by Patrick Barclay2011
Family: Life, Death and Football - A Year on the Frontline with a Proper Club by Michael Calvin2011
In Search of Alan Gilzean: The Lost Legacy of a Dundee and Spurs Legend by James Morgan2011
The Anatomy of England: A History in Ten Matches by Jonathan Wilson2011
Every Boy's Dream: England's Football Future on the Line by Chris Green2010
Stokoe, Sunderland and 73: The Story Of the Greatest FA Cup Final Shock of All Time by Lance Hardy2010
Feet of the Chameleon: The Story of Football in Africa by Ian Hawkey2010
Englischer Fussball: A German View of Our Beautiful Game by Raphael Honigstein2010
Soccernomics: Why England Loses, Why Germany and Brazil Win, and Why the U.S., Japan, Australia, Turkey--and Even Iraq--Are Destined to Become the Kings of the World's Most Popular Sport by Simon Kuper2010

Longlist 5

WorkYear
Zonal Marking: From Ajax to Zidane, the Making of Modern Soccer by Michael Cox2020
The Roar of the Lionesses: Women's Football in England by Carrie Dunn2020
Pep's City: The Making of a Superteam by Lu Martín2020
The Three Kings by Leo Moynihan2020
The Names Heard Long Ago: How the Golden Age of Hungarian Football Shaped the Modern Game by Jonathan Wilson2020

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