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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!

    Christopher Martin-Jenkins: CMJ [2012] hardback

    €9.99€32.50

    Christopher Martin-Jenkins, or CMJ to his many fans as well as listeners of Test Match Special, is perhaps the voice of cricket; an unparalleled authority whose insight and passion for...

    Peter Alliss: Peter Alliss-My Life [2004] hardback

    €9.99€24.99

    Peter Alliss has spent his entire life steeped in golf. He was born in 1931, the son of Percy Alliss, one of Britain's leading professionals between 1920 and 1939. Peter...

    John (Author) Williams: Red Men [2011] paperback

    €5.99€14.27

    Red Men is a unique and exhaustively researched history of Liverpool Football Club. The key figures of the club are featured, including the side's first great manager, Tom Watson; Elisha...

    Jeff Galloway: Running: Getting Started [2014] paperback

    €9.99

    RUNNING Getting Started will take anyone, at any level of fitness, into the running lifestyle. Jeff Galloway, a US Olympian in 1972, has helped hundreds of thousands of people make...

    Bruce Lee: Striking Thoughts [2000] hardback

    €19.99€34.99

    Bruce Lee was more than just a man of action - he was a man of words. A voracious reader, Lee studied text after text, taking meticulous notes to devise...

    Michael Dunlo: Road Racer [2017] hardback

    €6.99

    THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER-ONE BESTSELLER.Michael Dunlop is quite simply the greatest road racer on the planet. Brother of William, also an accomplished rider, son of the late Robert and nephew...

    Karen Sullivan: Get Fit with Your Dog [2017] paperback

    €2.99

    20 ways to active health togetherGet Fit with Your Dog does what it says on the tin. It is a blueprint for health, for you and your dog. With canine...

    Roy Benson: Heart Rate Training [2011] paperback

    €12.99€25.70

    If you're serious about your sport, you're serious about conditioning. Now, with one small device, you can apply the latest technology, science, and research to take the guesswork out of...

    Simon Moss: Martin the Magnificent [2014] paperback

    €4.99

    In November 2013, Martin O'Neill was appointed manager of the Republic of Ireland's national football team, with Roy Keane as his assistant manager. For Ireland, and for football itself, the...

    Declan Lynch: Free Money [2009] paperback

    €4.99€15.70

    Travel a road rich in possibilities and fraught with danger...Journalist Declan Lynch's journey begins with a deposit of 100 in an online betting account, kicking off an honest attempt to...

    Ledley King: King [2013] paperback

    €4.99

    Born in Bow in 1980, Ledley King joined Tottenham Hotspur as a trainee at the age of sixteen, and was a White Hart Lane talisman from his 1999 debut through...

    Ian Poulter: No Limits [2014] hardback

    €4.99

    Ian Poulter is one of golf's most charismatic figures, with an appeal extending way beyond his sport. Here he tells his inspirational story, from his early rejection as an Spurs...

    Brian O'Driscoll: The Test [2015] paperback

    €4.99€14.30

    The bestselling autobiography of the greatest rugby player of our time: Brian O'Driscoll.Since 1999, when he made his international debut, there has been no greater player in world rugby than...

    Simon Barnes: The Meaning of Sport [2007] paperback

    €5.99€13.00

    Takes you on a journey from the Olympic Games in Athens to the World Cup in Germany - via the Ashes series, the Ryder Cup, Wimbledon, and more. This book...

    Chris Gorringe: Holding Court [2010] paperback

    €5.99€11.70

    Wimbledon is a paradox. While outwardly appearing the quintessential English lawn tennis club, as much a part of being British as strawberries and cream or picnics in the park, it...

    Alistair Brownlee: Swim, Bike, Run [2014] paperback

    €7.99€15.70

    Swim, Bike, Run - The ultimate guide to triathlon by Olympics heroes Alistair and Jonathan BrownleeA Number One Bestseller This is the story of how two skinny lads from west...

    Robert Dineen: Velopedia [2017] hardback

    €9.99

    From detailed portraits of the icons of the sport, to statistical breakdowns of the greatest road races and potted histories of its most enduring records, this collection of superbly entertaining...

    Sanjeev Shetty: Messigraphica [2017] hardback

    €6.99

    'Messigraphica displays the data beautifully, allowing us to see the information quickly and clearly, and be in awe of the footballing phenomenon in comparison with a whole host of other...

    Timothy Jeffery: Sail: A tribute to the world's greatest races, sailors and their boats [2016] hardback

    €9.99

    Whether it is to test the high seas on around-the-world events in the glory of 49er yachts, to cut through choppy coastal waters on a Lazer racing for Olympic Gold...

    Jamie Jackson: A Season in the Red [2015] paperback

    €4.99

    What does it feel like to follow in the footsteps of one of the most successful managers of all time and take control of one of the most popular football...

    Jamie Jackson: A Season in the Red [2015] hardback

    €6.99

    What does it feel like to follow in the footsteps of Britain's most successful manager? To have your every decision, move and word scrutinised worldwide? How do you capture the...

    Richard Hoffer: Bouts of Mania [2015] paperback

    €5.99

    ' Bouts of Mania is gripping and intelligent, perhaps the best book about boxing since David Remnick' s King of the World. It puts Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier and George...

    Richard Hoffer: Bouts of Mania [2014] hardback

    €6.99

    'Bouts of Mania is gripping and intelligent, perhaps the best book about boxing since David Remnick's King of the World. It puts Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier and George Foreman in...

    Patterson James: Tiger, Tiger [2025] paperback

    €9.99

    A new biography uncovering the life of golf superstar, Tiger Woods, featuring original interviews and reporting. What makes Tiger tick?------------------------------------How did Tiger Woods become the greatest of all time?And how...

    Brien Colin O: Giro d'Italia [2017] hardback

    €12.99

    Born of tumult in 1909, the Giro d'Italia helped unite a nation. Since then it has reflected it too; the race's capricious and unpredictable nature matching the passions and extremes...

    Stuart Codling: Formula 1 Drive to Survive The Unofficial Companion [2023] paperback

    €14.99

    Whether you are a new or longtime Formula 1 fan, here is your ultimate, unofficial armchair companion to the popular Netflix series Formula 1: Drive to Survive, providing deeper insight...

    Duncan Hamilton: Answered Prayers [2023] hardback

    €19.99

    'Magnificent, moving, often funny and deeply researched account . . . Is this just a book for those who know football? Far from it: this is a story of glory...

    O'Sullivan Ronnie: Unbreakable [2024] paperback

    €8.99

    AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 and THE SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2024 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR'Reading this is like watching an...

    David Addison: Immortals of British Motor Racing [2024] hardback

    €14.99

    Fully illustrated profiles of Britain's top twelve most legendary racing drivers.The Immortals of British Motor Racing celebrates the UK's greatest ever racing drivers. It profiles the best of the best...

    Alan Conway: Coolmore Stud [2017] paperback

    €14.50

    Nestled in a quiet part of County Tipperary, Coolmore Stud casts as long a shadow as any sporting entity over the history of Irish sport. Founded by the legendary horse...

    Daire Whelan: The Art of Hurling [2017] paperback

    €5.99€9.99

    How are some hurling managers able to transform losing teams to All-Ireland champions in a short time? What is it about their philosophies and beliefs that makes them unique and...

    Marcus Speller: The Football Ramble [2016] hardback

    €9.99

    Downloaded over ten million times a year the Football Ramble podcast has established itself as the essential, independent voice of football punditry. The weekly podcast has resonated with supporters around...

    Ray Parlour: The Romford Pele [2016] paperback

    €5.99

    The Trophies ... The Tuesday Club ... The Prawn Crackers ... Marc Overmars may have given him the nickname, but the Romford Pele is a legend in his own right....

    Jack O'Connor: Keys to the Kingdom [2007] paperback

    €6.99€21.41

    When Jack O'Connor took over as Kerry football manager in 2004, he was a relative unknown. Three All-Ireland finals and two Sam Maguire trophies later, he stepped down, having established...

    Jonathan Wilson: Behind the Curtain [2006] paperback

    €6.99€15.70

    'Epic... Wilson writes captivatingly with humour...anyone with an interest in eastern European sport will be consulting this book for years to come' FINANCIAL TIMES'This fascinating and perceptive travelogue includes a...

    Severiano Ballesteros: Seve [2007] paperback

    €5.99€16.90

    There are golfers, and there are golfers. And then there s Seve. everiano Ballesteros is perhaps the most naturally gifted golfer ever to have walked a fairway. From the moment...

    Widesn: Batting [2012] paperback

    €7.99€19.50

    Batting is a one-stop shop for all cricket coaches, teachers and players looking for ways to improve batting play. It sets out coaching advice in clear, jargon-free language, with plenty...

    Eric Chaline: Strokes of Genius [2017] hardback

    €4.99

    'Pleasure beckons at the water's edge.' With these words, Eric Chaline celebrates the physicality and sensuality of swimming - attributes that might have contributed to the evolution of the human...

    Geoff Lemon: Steve Smith's Men [2019] paperback

    €6.99€17.14

    WISDEN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019 | WINNER OF THE CRICKET SOCIETY & MCC 2019 BOOK OF THE YEAR CRICKET WRITER'S CLUB (CWC) 2019 BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR...

    Jamie Jackson: The Red Apprentice [2020] paperback

    €6.99€21.41

    When Ole Gunnar Solskjaer returned to Old Trafford as caretaker manager midway through the 2018-19 season, he breathed new life into a team that was drifting. In this new and...

    Ronald Reng: Matchdays [2016] paperback

    €5.99€14.27

    The enormous success of German football is envied around the world. The national team won the 2014 World Cup in style, while the Bundesliga offers an alternative model through its...

    Peters Sam: Concussed [2025] paperback

    €14.99

    *WINNER of the Pinsent Masons Best Sports Writing Award at The British Sports Book Awards 2024**SHORTLISTED for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2023**SHORTLISTED for Rugby Book...

    The Second Life of Tiger Woods [2020] hardback

    €6.99

    Tiger Woods's long descent into a personal and professional hell reached bottom in the early hours of Memorial Day in 2017. Woods's DUI arrest that night came on the heels...

    Andrew Ward: Cricket's Strangest Matches [2018] hardback

    €6.99€14.30

    Cricket's Strangest Tales is a fascinating collection of cricketing weirdness - and there's a lot of it to choose from! Within these pages you'll find a game that was played...

    Matthew Syed: The Greatest [2017] paperback

    €5.99€16.90

    What can Roger Federer teach us about the secret of longevity? What do the All Blacks have in common with improvised jazz musicians? What can cognitive neuroscientists tell us about...

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