Aside from its current titles, John Blake Publishing
has a considerable back list of acclaimed sporting titles
including biographies of characters as diverse as Roy
Keane and Craig Brown, Nigel Benn and Thierry Henry.
For more information, visit www.blake.co.uk
Welcome
Welcome to 4SportsBooks.co.uk. Our intention here is
very simple: to provide you with the best sports books
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to 50% less than the book’s cover price. So why
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Latest reviews
We provide comprehensive reviews of many of the latest
releases and other sports books making the news. Take
a look at our archive. We
don’t select every book for review, only the ones
we think are likely to be the most widely read.
Sports book of the Week
The very latest review of our most popular sports book
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Release date: 21st October, 2008 Publisher: Black & White Publishing
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As both Ally McCoist and Mark Wright point out in their respective forewords to the Tin Man, based upon first appearances, no-one would have imagined that Ted McMinn was, or could be, a professional footballer... (read review)
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In recent years, only a handful of ghosted autobiographies stand out – Sir Bobby Charlton and Jamie Carragher’s being two of the most memorable, but now this exalted pair are joined by a man who made his debut far back in 1954/55.
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Sports book of the Year
You’ve probably heard about the title that won
this award, but how about the other five nominees? They’re
all a good read and they’re all here.
Every single book is available at less than the publisher’s
list price.
All time greats
It may seem as though sports books are a new phenomenon
or limited solely to autobiographies, but this is not
the case. There have been a number of classic sports titles
over the years, a selection of which we have chosen here.
The top 10
This list is regularly updated, designed to save you
time and money visiting the High Street to try and find
which sports books are currently in the top 10. A mug’s
game – read about them here
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