The 33 Best Sports Books Ever Written

Fill the gaps between watching sport with the greatest writing about Muhammad Ali, Brian Clough, Diego Maradona and more

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Barbarian Days
Blood Horses
Land of Second Chances
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Barbarian Days
4.1
Blood Horses
4.2
Land of Second Chances
3.9
Football Against The Enemy
4.2
Touching the Void by Joe Simpson
Touching the Void by Joe Simpson
A Good Walk Spoiled
4.3
Addicted (Text Only)
4
Paper Lion
3.8
Pocket Money
3.7
Provided You Don't Kiss Me
4.1
I Think Therefore I Play
3.7
Laughing in the Hills
3.6
Ball Four
4.1
The Damned Utd
4.2
Greatest of All Time
5
Slaying the Badger
4.4
Open
4.4
All Played Out
4.5
Chinaman
Mystery Spinner
4.3
Fever Pitch
4
Levels of the Game
4.5
The Miracle of Castel Di Sangro
4.3
Fast Company
4.1
Beware of the Dog
3.9
Hand of God
4
The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game
4
A Life Too Short
4.4
The Death of Ayrton Senna
3.7
The Illustrated History of Football
4.6
Full Time: The Secret Life Of Tony Cascarino
4
A Lot of Hard Yakka
4.3
My Father And Other Working Class Football Heroes
4

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