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    From the history of Irish sports to biographies of international athletics superstars, these books in our sports collection make for excellent reading. Whether you’re passionate about football, rugby, or any other sport, these books bring the drama, dedication, and triumphs of the sports world to life. Find your next great sports read at Chapters Bookstore!

    Boris Becker: Inside [2025] paperback

    €19.99

    'It's the screaming that cuts you deepest, on your first night in prison. Screaming like someone is hurt. Like they need help. Like someone is dying.' Wimbledon champion at 17,...

    Borg Björn: Heartbeats [2025]

    €17.99

    No one had ever played tennis quite like Bjoern Borg. With his incredible athleticism, powerful shot-making and distinctive style, he became a sensation after he burst onto the scene aged...

    Moynihan Michael: More than a Game [2025]

    €15.99

    The GAA is more than a game. It's a cornerstone of Irish identity - woven into parishes, families and the national psyche. But behind the passion and pride lies a...

    Conor Niland: The Racket [2025] paperback

    €6.99€11.99

    THE NO. 1 BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2024'As elegant and powerful as a Federer backhand ... It's Kitchen Confidential for tennis.' Ed Caesar'Well...

    Duncan Ferguson: BIG DUNC [2025] hardback

    €23.99

    *Available for Pre-Order Now* They don't make footballers - and football autobiographies - like this anymore. The brutally honest, riotously entertaining story of the much-loved Everton legend and iconic Premier...

    Liverpool FC: Klopp [2024] hardback

    €33.80

    With a foreword from Jurgen Klopp."I said when he was appointed, 'fasten your seatbelts and get ready for take-off,' and I wasn't wrong. He took us on some journey" Sir...

    Irfu: Together Standing Tall [2024]

    €28.99

    This official IRFU story of Irish rugby marks the union's 150-year anniversary and considers the scaffolding that upholds Irish rugby today: the provinces, the clubs, the schools and the underage...

    Christopher M Norris: The Complete Guide to Clinical Massage [2013] paperback

    €3.99

    A practical guide to a burgeoning specialist area for fitness professionals and physiotherapists. A comprehensive guide to clinical massage techniques, tackled in Chris Norris's clear and accessible style. Packed with...

    Micheal O Muircheartaigh: From Borroloola to Mangerton Mountain [2006] hardback

    €9.99€27.13

    Micheal O Muircheartaigh is best known as the voice of the GAA. But his interests and enthusiasms - sporting and non-sporting - go far beyond the fields of Gaelic games....

    Sonny Bill Williams: You Can't Stop The Sun From Shining [2021] paperback

    €4.99€5.99

    'The book is as compelling and open-hearted as Williams is... It is full of the beguiling Sonny Bill sunshine' Don McCrae, Guardian 'Excellent' David Walsh, Sunday Times __________Out now: the...

    Keys Colm: Chasing Sam Maguire [2023] hardback

    €24.99€34.99

    It is almost one hundred years since the Sam Maguire Cup was first awarded to the winner of the All-Ireland Football Championship, the pinnacle of sporting ambition for generations of...

    Liam Brady: Born to be a Footballer [2023] hardback

    €5.99€21.99

    "Being a footballer was my destiny."After being expelled from school for playing football for his country, fifteen-year-old Liam Brady travelled to London to join Arsenal, and soon became an indispensable...

    Eimear Ryan: Grass Ceiling The: On Being A Woma [2023] paperback

    €6.99€14.99

    What is it like to be a girl, or a woman, in a male-dominated sporting world? If you play on the boys' team, more people pay attention - but you...

    Southgate Gareth: Dear England [2025]

    €22.10

    *Available For Pre-Order Now* A major and inspiring new book on leadership by former England men's football manager Gareth Southgate'Many of us find ourselves called upon to be leaders at...

    James Pearce: Walk On [2025] paperback

    €16.99

    The definitive chronicle of Arne Slot's debut season as the manager of Liverpool FC, filled with exclusive interviews and unparalleled insight An engrossing and inspiring account of a new manager's...

    Balague Guillem: Rise of the Villans [2025]

    €18.99

    Featuring exclusive interviews with Unai Emery, Monchi, Morgan Rogers and more, this is the behind-the-scenes account of Unai Emery's Aston Villa revolution, from the award-winning bestseller Guillem Balague. In October...

    David Goldblatt: Injury Time [2025] paperback

    €9.99€17.99

    Football, history and the state of the nation - and why it matters In 2014, David Goldblatt published The Game of Our Lives, an exhaustive and critically-acclaimed 'state of the...

    James Montague: Engulfed [2025] paperback

    €18.99

    In 2034, Saudi Arabia will host the men's FIFA World Cup and mark the culmination of Mohammed bin Salman's ambitious plan to modernise Saudi Arabia, a kingdom of unfathomable wealth...

    Nicholas Calum: Life in the Pitlane [2025] paperback

    €7.99

    Life in the Pitlane will detail the realities of life off the track; the good and the bad, with a particular spotlight on diversity and inclusion within the sport, and...

    Bob Rotella: How Champions Think [2016] paperback

    €5.99€10.99

    Acclaimed sports psychologist Bob Rotella has advised everyone from professional golfers to NBA superstars to business executives on how to flourish under pressure and overcome challenges. "Rotella's philosophy is astonishingly...

    Jeff Stelling: Saturday Afternoon Fever [2024] paperback

    €4.99€10.99

    A profoundly personal, warmly nostalgic and deliciously funny memoir by the legendary Sky Sports anchorman Jeff Stelling, chronicling a life spent obsessing about 'The Beautiful Game' ever since he was...

    Martin Breheny: Pulse of the Nation [2024] hardback

    €4.99€7.99

    'Invaluable . . . A whistle-stop tour down through the ages' Jarlath Burns, GAA PresidentThe ultimate book to celebrate 140 years of Ireland's greatest sporting and cultural institution - The...

    Rugari Vince: Angeball [2024] paperback

    €7.99

    The definitive biography and ultimate origin story of Ange Postecoglou, the Premier League's most intriguing new manager and instigator of the 'Angeball' phenomenon that has taken the football world by...

    Graham Ian: How to Win the Premier League [2024] hardback

    €28.60

    'The best book on football I have ever read' Daniel Finkelstein'Fascinating and educational. An enjoyable and informative read' Sir Kenny Dalglish'Deserves a place among the great modern books on football'...

    Eamon Dunphy: The Rocky Road [2013] hardback

    €3.99€26.00

    The memoirs of Eamon Dunphy - the man the Guardian called 'the most entertaining, blindingly brilliant pundit of all time'.For more than thirty years, no commentator on Irish sport, politics...

    Jonathan Wilson: Angels With Dirty Faces [2023] paperback

    €4.99€5.99

    'ABSORBING' Guardian'ENTHRALLING' New Statesman'EPIC' Evening Standard'INESCAPABLE' The Sunday Times'MAGISTERIAL' Irish ExaminerFully revised and updated, the definitive history of Argentinian football from the award-winning author of Inverting the PyramidAlfredo Di Stefano,...

    Steiner Guenther: Surviving to Drive [2024] paperback

    €11.99

    **THE INSTANT NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**'People talk about football managers being under pressure. Trust me, that's nothing. Pressure is watching one of your drivers hit a barrier at 190mph...

    Cooper Brendan: Deep Pockets [2024] paperback

    €13.99

    'A brilliant book . . . brilliantly written. You really do need to read it' Adrian Chiles'Mixing the sacred and the profane, high culture and low culture, the sublime and...

    Perkins: Women's Health Lift to Get Lean [2015] paperback

    €2.99€3.99

    Research shows that building muscle helps the body burn more calories 24/7 and that resistance training is the most effective way to torch body fat. Yet that message is still...

    Jim Mcguinness: UNTIL VICTORY ALWAYS Z44 [2015] hardback

    €4.99€9.99

    Bord Gais Energy Sports Books of the Year 'Sports Book of the Year' The Sunday Times'McGuinness' story is remarkable.' The Irish Independent'A powerful blend of defiance and vulnerability ... memorable...

    Peter Schmeichel: One: My Autobiography: The Sunday Times bestseller [2021] paperback

    €1.99€4.99

    'Why me? How could a boy from a Copenhagen tower block say I want to be a champion with Manchester United and Denmark and make it happen?'Peter Schmeichel is a...

    Willie Anderson: Crossing The Line [2022] paperback

    €4.99€6.99

    Irish rugby has produced many charismatic figures over its history. None more than Willie Anderson. Immortalised for his defiant stance in the face of the All Blacks' Haka, the Ulsterman...

    Andre Agassi: Open W2 [2010] paperback

    €6.99€14.30

    He is one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court - but from early childhood Andre...

    John Scally: 101 Great Gaa Controversies [2023] paperback

    €7.99

    100 Great GAA Controversies is a collection of fascinating accounts from the field with appearances from some famous and infamous personalities, like Joe Brolly, Ger Loughnane, Pat Spillane and Babs...

    Mark Tighe: Champagne Football Tpb Z1 [2020] trade paper back

    €4.99€9.99

    THE NO.1 BESTSELLER!'I read it in one sitting, it's a superb book' Eamon Dunphy, The Stand 'A jaw-dropping tale of power and ego going unchecked' Times, Best Sports Books of...

    Jonathan Wilson: Angels With Dirty Faces [2017] paperback

    €3.99€5.99

    The definitive history of Argentinian football from the award-winning author of Inverting the PyramidAlfredo Di Stefano, Diego Maradona, Gabriel Batistuta, Juan Roman Riquelme, Lionel Messi . . . Argentina has...

    Philly Mcmahon: CHOICE (MCMAHON) [2018] paperback

    €6.99€12.99

    BGE Irish Sports Book of the Year and eir Sports Book of the YearIn The Choice Dubs star Philly McMahon shares the deeply personal story of his brother, John, a...

    Eamon Dunphy: Only a Game?: The Diary of a Professional Footballer [1987] paperback

    €6.99€13.00

    The 40th anniversary edition of the classic inside account of a season at a professional football club"The best book about football I have read by someone who has actually played...

    Cora Staunton: Game Changer [2019] paperback

    €4.99€14.30

    Cora Staunton is an iconic figure in the world of modern GAA. In this ground-breaking autobiography, she reveals her extraordinary journey from teenage rookie to the highest-scoring forward in the...

    Bruce Buffer: It's Time!: My 360-Degree View of the UFC [2013] paperback

    €22.10

    If you're reading these words, chances are that you, like me, are a fan of the great sport we call MMA. And if you're a fan, then you probably recognize...

    Mark Tighe: Champagne Football: W2 [2021] paperback

    €5.99€14.30

    THE NO.1 BESTSELLER!'I read it in one sitting, it's a superb book' Eamon Dunphy, The Stand 'An astonishing expose' Martin Ziegler, The TimesOver the course of fifteen years, John Delaney...

    Timothy M. Gay: Rory Land [2025] paperback

    €17.99

    Timothy M. Gay writes that four-time major champion Rory McIlroy is "golf''s ageless Opie Taylor," a freckled superstar whose boyish charm transcends national boundaries and enlivens the game. His seemingly...

    Michael Bamberger: To The Linksland (30th Anniversary Edition) [2024] hardback

    €6.99

    One of the greatest and most beloved golf books ever written is triumphantly back in print, with a new introduction by Golf in the Kingdom author Michael Murphy, a new...

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