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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!

    Johnny Green: Push Yourself Just A Little Bit More [2006]

    €5.99 – €13.00

    Johnny Green, ex-road manager of The Clash and author of A Riot of Our Own, gets behind the security cordon of Le Tour de France to provide an insider's account...

    Ian Harrison: Great Sporting Moments [2004]

    €9.99 – €23.99

    This book is a photographic collection of the great moments in sporting history. Who can forget the moment when the young Henry Cooper floored Cassius Clay? Or when Roger Bannister...

    George Best: Blessed [2001] hardback

    €2.99 – €25.70

    George Best needs little introduction. A legend in his own lifetime, he is undoubtedly the greatest footballer the UK has ever produced. At his peak he brought glamour and grace...

    Graeme Obree: Flying Scotsman [2004] paperback

    €5.99 – €11.99

    The story of a cyclist who took on the world and rewrote the record books. Graeme's story starts with his tough upbringing in Ayrshire, where he found his escape by...

    Simon Barnes: Meaning of Sport [2006] hardback

    €6.99 – €22.10

    What is it about sport that holds us in such thrall? Why is it so profoundly important? In a beguiling journey from the Olympic Games in Athens to the World...

    Thomas Geraint: According to G [2025]

    €21.99

    Geraint Thomas is one of Britain's most loved sports stars. He's won Olympic gold medals, finished first, second and third at the Tour de France, and stayed at the top...

    Damon Hill: Watching the Wheels [2017]

    €5.99 – €16.90

    The Sunday Times #1 Bestseller, shortlisted for the Cross Sports Book Award.In 1996, Damon Hill was crowned Formula One World Champion. For the first time ever he tells the story...

    Michael McDonnell: Great Golf Quotes [2007] paperback

    €4.99 – €9.10

    There is a commonly held belief that golfers are calm and contained and never give vent to their feelings in public. The truth, however, indicates otherwise. There is as much...

    Seamus King: Classic Munster Hurling Finals [2007] paperback

    €7.99 – €20.71

    Covers nineteen of the greatest Munster finals since the war, including1952 Cork deprive Tipp of 4-in-a-row 1963 Waterford shock Tipp 1966 Cork back from the wilderness 1973 Richie Bennis's winning...

    Raphael Honigstein: Klopp: Bring the Noise [2017] paperback

    €2.99 – €19.50

    The definitive insight into the man behind Liverpool's Champions League 2019 victory Jurgen Klopp was confirmed as manager of Liverpool FC in October 2015 to a rapturous reception. His super-sized...

    Ivan Rendall: The Chequered Flag [1993] hardback

    €12.99 – €18.56

    "The Chequered Flag" is a complete record of the world's most popular sport at the top level. The author gives a year by year narrative account of motor racing from...

    Kevin Markham: Hooked [2009] paperback

    €6.99 – €28.56

    What makes playing a golf course a great experience? Kevin Markham spent over a year travelling around Ireland by camper van to find out. He played and rated every 18-hole...

    Richard Corrigan: The Clatter of Forks and Spoons [2008] hardback

    €12.99 – €35.71

    A cookbook with memoirs and opinions by Richard Corrigan, presenter of the BBC's Full on Food and one of Britain's leading chefs. Richard Corrigan is one of Britain's most respected...

    Ralph Riegel: Three Kings [2008] hardback

    €10.99 – €17.13

    The old rivalries between these three counties are around as long as the GAA itself, and as hard-fought and intensely felt now as any time over the past hundred and...

    Tim Ecott: Neutral Buoyancy [2001] hardback

    €7.99 – €18.56

    Four days after his mother's funeral, Tim Ecott went scuba diving for the first time. What began as a way of deflecting his grief became a life long obsession. Tales...

    Daire Whelan: Who Stole Our Game? [2006] paperback

    €3.99 – €15.70

    In the 1950s, League of Ireland grounds were packed to capacity every week. Yet, fifty years on, with more media attention and more money than ever being pumped into football,...

    Jimmy Burns: Barca [2000] paperback

    €2.99 – €12.84

    Founded in 1898, FC Barcelona or Barca, is the world's biggest and best-loved football club. Barca has more than 500 local fan clubs spread across the world, while its championship...

    Garry Nelson: Left Foot Forward [1996] paperback

    €6.99 – €9.99

    Garry Nelson is not one of football's household names yet he made almost 650 League appearances in a career stretching back to 1979. This book describes the 1994-5 season at...

    Brad Friedel: Thinking Outside the Box [2009] paperback

    €6.99 – €14.27

    'To be able to work well in the box, I believe you have to be able to think "outside the box"' - a fascinating insider account of the Premier League...

    Xavier Rivoire: Arsene Wenger [2007] hardback

    €7.99 – €22.10

    At the start of the 2007-08 football season, Arsene Wenger will begin his twelfth season in charge of Arsenal. In an industry of disposable contracts and ruthless sacking, such longevity...

    Sportsfile: Great Moments in Gaelic Football [2020] paperback

    €7.99 – €13.99

    Gaelic football is Ireland's native sport. Fast, physical, athletic and driven by local and national rivalries, it is a unique part of our heritage. Ray McManus and his team at...

    Olivia A. (Institute of Art, Des Hurley: Sport Cyberpsychology [2018] paperback

    €9.99 – €44.99

    Sport Cyberpsychology is the first book devoted to assessing the influence of technology on human interaction, behaviour and mental health in a sport context, gathering research on the use of...

    King ADZ: Fear and Loathing on the Oche [2017] paperback

    €6.99 – €21.41

    Anyone who's ever seen or attended the PDC World Darts Championships knows that darts is no ordinary sport. Where else would you find world-class superstars, in the midst of a...

    Richard Cox: Encyclopedia of British Football [2002] paperback

    €9.99 – €65.70

    This reference work aims to provide sports enthusiasts, journalists, librarians, students and scholars with an authorative source of information on a comprehensive range of subjects covering the history and organization...

    Andrew Greig: Preferred Lies [2006] hardback

    €7.99 – €18.56

    'A literary sports book, Preferred Lies would be playful, personal, lyrical, tongue in cheek, elegiac, meditative, a personal and cultural exploration.' Surely golf is a game for posh people, country...

    Philip Reid: The Irish Majors [2012] paperback

    €6.99 – €21.41

    When Padraig Harrington won the Open Championship in 2007, he became only the second Irish golfer ever to win a Major, ending a drought which dated back to Fred Daly's...

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