DescriptionSpecky comes face to face with a tough, talented player by the name of Derek "Screamer" Johnson. He was responsible for having Specky sent off during a game last season. The two boys become bitter rivals, and when a popular TV show runs a nationwide football contest, Specky is relieved when everyone except Screamer decides to enter. But why is Screamer such a bully on the field? And why is he sucking up to Specky's teammates?
DescriptionAt Belinda's school, boys play soccer and girls play volleyball. But Belinda wants to play soccer. She's good at it, really good, but she's a girl. Something's got to give. The Aussie Bites series is fantastic for kids. These bite-sized stories will leave them hungry for more!
DescriptionAt last, the most talked about footballer of his generation does his own talking. It's heartfelt, it's raw, it's one hell of a story. Every football fan has an opinion on Rio Ferdinand. He is one of the most gifted footballers this country has ever produced, twice breaking the British transfer record, but he courts controversy in equal measure. Most famously he was dropped by England for missing a drugs test, his subsequent eight-month ban making front-page news. But then there is the glorious football. He captained Leeds in a Champions League semi-final, won the Premiership and Carling Cup with Manchester United and was England's outstanding player in the 2002 and 2006 World Cups. We've all read the front and back page stories. Now, for the first time, Rio tells it as it is, from the heart, no holds barred. This is his explosive story of the good, the bad, and the beautiful game.
DescriptionYankee Stadium, 1956. Don Larsen pitches a perfect World Series game, and you are there. What, you missed it? Relive it now in Moments of Glory, a collection of the greatest moments in sports history, including Michael Jordan's final shot in the NBA Championship and the unforgettable triumph of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team in the 1999 World Cup. Athletes work their entire lives for the one golden play or throw or move that will assure their place in the annals of sports history, and Sports Illustrated is there to chronicle those moments of glory. Peter Carry, executive editor of SI, introduces these 8 incredible stories.
DescriptionI have always collected football stories like other people collect stamps, and it's great to get this opportunity to stick them in a book. From the best-selling author of Ricky comes this collection of hilarious anecdotes about football, with stories about the stars themselves, the fans, the girlfriends, the managers, in fact every aspect of the beautiful, and occasionally ridiculous, game. Recounted with Ricky Tomlinson's trademark wit, this is a bright and brilliantly entertaining collection that will delight football fans everywhere.
DescriptionThe 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. To host the World Cup is a prestigious honour. For this unique Naxos AudioBooks recording, Brian Glanville, the distinguished journalist and World Cup historian, has written the fascinating history of the event. Here are the men who played, the goals they scored, the trimphs, the failures, the shocks and scandals. Here are the stories of heroes: Pele, Eusebio, Bobby Charlton, Franz Beckenbauer, Johann Cruyff, Diego Maradona, and many more, as well as the villains, the managers, the referees, and the football politicians.
