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The Sports Book Awards 2023 Winners

It is our great pleasure to confirm the winners of the 2023 Sports Book Awards with Unforgettable by Steve Thompson scooping both the Francis Clark Financial Planning Rugby Book of the Year and The Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year.

In this powerful and moving memoir, world-cup winning rugby player Steve Thompson talks openly about his tragic, life-changing diagnosis of early onset dementia and, together with stories contributed by his teammates and former manager, reflects on his long rugby union career.

 


 

The Category Winners

Celebrating sport in all its richness and diversity, this year’s victors include an inspiring memoir from an English goal-scoring legend, a penetrating study of Britain’s greatest female cyclist and a collection of hilarious footballing trivia for children.

Children's Sports Book of the Year 2023 Winner, sponsored by The JP Marland Charitable Trust

£7.99
Paperback
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Mixing fact and fiction to uproarious effect, this side-splitting book from stand-up comedian James Campbell is bursting with all manner of footballing trivia.

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Children's Sports Book of the Year 2023 Shortlist, sponsored by The JP Marland Charitable Trust

Strong and Tough
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You Can Do It
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£9.99
Paperback
Planet Football
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50 Times Football Changed the World
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The Legend of Sparkhill
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Ultimate Cricket Superstars
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All to Play For
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£7.99
Paperback

The Sunday Times Autobiography of the Year 2023 Winner

£20.00
Hardback
10+ in stock
Usually dispatched within 2-3 working days

Top scorer and Player of the Tournament at the UEFA Women's Euros, the gifted Beth Mead lifts the lid on the Lionesses' glorious victory as well as telling the story of her own path to the top of the international game.

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The Sunday Times Autobiography of the Year 2023 Shortlist

Calling the Shots
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£20.00
Hardback
On Days Like These
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How (Not) To Be Strong
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Boleyn Boy
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£10.99
Paperback
Lioness - My Journey to Glory
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Barry Hearn: My Life
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£10.99
Paperback
The First Half
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£20.00
Hardback
Dear John
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£19.99
Hardback

The Pinsent Masons Sports Writing Award 2023 Winner

£20.00
Hardback
10+ in stock
Usually dispatched within 2-3 working days

Passionate and persuasive, Neville's investigation into the rotten state of modern football spotlights the issues that urgently need tackling for smaller clubs to survive and fans not to be priced out of the game they love.

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The Pinsent Masons Sports Writing Award 2023 Shortlist

Everest 1922
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£10.99
Paperback
Dreaming the Impossible
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The Long Golden Afternoon
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The People's Game: How to Save Football
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My Hidden Race: Anyika Onuora
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Get It On
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£12.99
Paperback

The Vikki Orvice Award for New Women's Sports Writing 2023 Winner

£14.99
Paperback
10+ in stock
Usually dispatched within 2-3 working days

Charting the history of women's football from its Victorian origins to the global popularity of today's game, Wrack's wonderfully engaging and important book pays tribute to the sport's continued ability to inspire, enlighten and entertain.

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The Vikki Orvice Award for New Women's Sports Writing 2023 Shortlist

A Delicate Game
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The Year of the Robin
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£14.99
Paperback
Flares Up
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£14.99
Paperback
Between Overs
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£16.99
Hardback
A Woman's Game
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£14.99
Paperback
The Power of Belief
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Socios.com Sports Entertainment Book of the Year 2023 Winner

£20.00
Hardback
10+ in stock
Usually dispatched within 2-3 working days

Ranging from crazy cricketing dilemmas to hilarious advice for life's unexpected situations, one of British sport's most charismatic figures holds forth in this hugely entertaining volume bursting with great anecdotes.

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Socios.com Sports Entertainment Book of the Year 2023 Shortlist

How to Be an Ex-Footballer
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Cheers, Geoff!
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£22.00
Hardback
The Wood Life
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£20.00
Hardback
The Game
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£9.99
Paperback
Touching the Heights
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The Heartaches' Cricket Book of the Year 2023 Winner

£25.00
Hardback
10+ in stock
Usually dispatched within 2-3 working days

Arguably the definitive account of Sri Lankan cricket, Brookes' masterful volume highlights the remarkable characters who contributed to changing the game for everyone.

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The Heartaches' Cricket Book of the Year 2023 Shortlist

Being Geoffrey Boycott
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Elephant in the Stadium
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Crickonomics: The Anatomy of Modern Cricket
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An An Island's Eleven
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Different Class
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£12.99
Paperback
Unveiling Jazbaa
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£17.99
Hardback

Cycling Book of the Year 2023 Winner

£10.99 £9.49
Paperback
10+ in stock
Usually dispatched within 2-3 working days

Britain's greatest ever cyclist is given the literary treatment she so richly deserves in Wilson's rigorously researched biography of the complex and enigmatic Beryl Burton.

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Cycling Book of the Year 2023 Shortlist

Chased by Pandas
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£20.00
Hardback
Beryl
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£10.99   £9.49
Paperback
Two Wheels Good
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£25.00
Hardback
Jan Ullrich
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£25.00
Hardback
The Break
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£20.00
Hardback
Climbers
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£20.00
Hardback

Geoff Neal Football Book of the Year, in association with the Football Writers' Association 2023 Winner

£9.99
Paperback
10+ in stock
Usually dispatched within 2-3 working days

Recounting the incredible treble-winning journey of the 1999 Manchester United team in 99 short chapters, Dickinson provides a thrilling, anecdote-packed ride through one of the Premiership's most memorable seasons.

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Geoff Neal Football Book of the Year, in association with the Football Writers' Association 2023 Shortlist

England Football: The Biography
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The Silence of the Stands
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'Unsuitable for Females'
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Scheisse! We're Going Up!
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Brazil 1970
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£16.99
Hardback
Two Brothers
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£20.00
Hardback
Expected Goals
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£9.99
Paperback

Francis Clark Financial Planning Rugby Book of the Year, in association with the Rugby Union Writers' Club

£9.99
Paperback
10+ in stock
Usually dispatched within 2-3 working days

In this powerful and moving memoir, world-cup winning rugby player Steve Thompson talks openly about his tragic, life-changing diagnosis of early onset dementia and, together with stories contributed by his teammates and former manager, reflects on his long rugby union career.

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Francis Clark Financial Planning Rugby Book of the Year, in association with the Rugby Union Writers' Club

Ian McKinley: Second Sight
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Fighting to Speak
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£13.99
Paperback
Scrum Queens
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£18.99
Hardback
Steve Hansen: The Legacy
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Unforgettable
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£9.99
Paperback
World in their Hands
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International Sports Book of the Year 2023 Winner

£12.99
Paperback
10+ in stock
Usually dispatched within 2-3 working days

Bursting with hilarious, inspiring and jaw-dropping stories about what golf means both to the players and the public alike, Reilly's delightful volume is a proud tribute to the transformative powers of the sport.

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International Sports Book of the Year 2023 Shortlist

The Roger Federer Effect
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Adrenaline
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£10.99
Paperback
So Help Me Golf
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£12.99
Paperback
Warrior
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£22.99
Hardback
Intensity
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£20.00
Hardback
Christian Pulisic
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Rathbones Illustrated Book of the Year 2023 Winner

£30.00
Hardback
10+ in stock
Usually dispatched within 2-3 working days

Combining stunning photography with fascinating anecdotes and information, Young's nostalgic volume tells the story of Heart of Midlothian FC through a series of iconic shirts.

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Rathbones Illustrated Book of the Year 2023 Shortlist

Three Lions On A Shirt
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Old Liverpool FC In Colour
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Remarkable Football Grounds
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Heart of Midlothian; 51 Shirts
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The Times World Cup Moments
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The Cup
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£25.00
Hardback

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Why We Kneel How We Rise
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My Life in Red and White
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Born Fighter
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£8.99
Paperback
The Moth and the Mountain
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The Unforgiven
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£19.99
Paperback
Colombia Es Pasion!
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£10.99
Paperback
Sacre Bleu
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Paperback
Exe Men
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Paperback
True Colours
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£10.99
Paperback
26.2 Miles to Happiness
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Chasing a Rugby Dream
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Relentless: 12 Rounds to Success
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This is Cricket
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£55.00
Hardback
Behind the Mask
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£8.99
Paperback
Unbreakable
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£14.99   £9.99
Paperback
Cricket 2.0
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£14.99
Paperback
The Yellow Jersey
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£30.00
Hardback

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