The Scouting Game brings us the inside story of the hidden world of top-level football scouting from a man with 30 years’ experience in the professional game, and more than a decade in the recruitment team at Chelsea FC’s renowned academy. It reveals how scouts work, what they look for and how they report on players.

A beautiful novel about the beautiful game

The exclusive inside account of Liverpool's historic 2005 Champions League triumph under Spanish football manager Rafael Benitez from the award-winning Sunday Times bestseller, Guillem Balagué

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Sgt Wilko’s Defending Champions is a nostalgic and entertaining match-by-match account of Leeds United in the inaugural season of the Premier League, written from the innocent heart of a young boy dealing with the trials and tribulations of falling in love with a football club, in his first year as a season-ticket holder.

Join football writer Chris Lee on a journey of discovery around Ireland to learn about one of the world’s oldest soccer cultures. Along the way, Chris talks to fans, historians and academics. He uncovers a complex story of politics, identity and division, but also one of hope, reconciliation and glory.

Although aimed at young teenagers these facts will delight all ages with their mixture of funny and enlightening stories and quirky facts about your favourite team. Augmented with a selection of sketches by the artist Becky Welton that depicts some of the stories within.