The Arena Sport imprint publishes sports books for the general trade ranging from football and rugby to golf and cycling. These books have an international as well as national appeal.
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Paperback | Pub: 02 Dec 2021
£9.99£7.99Walter Smith was one of the most respected managers in British football. This insightful biography casts a reflective and analytical eye over his life and career, examining this shrewd professional through the many highs and lows that he has…
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Paperback | Pub: 21 Oct 2021£12.99£10.39This is the inside story of St Johnstone’s Historic Cup Double in Season 2020-21 – one of the most remarkable achievements in Scottish football history. Having waited 130 years to lift a major trophy after winning the Scottish Cup in 2014,…
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Hardback | Pub: 16 Sep 2021£17.99£14.39The summer of 1967 was Scottish football’s finest hour. Celtic won the European Cup. Rangers reached the final of the European Cup Winners’ Cup. Kilmarnock got to the semis of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. Scotland defeated world champions England…
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Hardback | Pub: 02 Sep 2021£17.99£14.39One of the Financial Times Top 5 Best Sports Books of the Year 2021 The 1970 World Cup is widely regarded as the greatest ever staged, with more goals per game than any World Cup since. But more than just the proliferation of goals was the quality…
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Paperback | Pub: 01 Jul 2021£12.99£10.39Shortlisted for The Telegraph Sports Book Awards 2020 Biography of the Year ‘A splendid new biography. How good was young Tom Morris? Stephen Proctor makes his case cogently. Young Tom Morris was one of the greatest of them all’ –…
Football is Back!
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Paperback | Pub: 05 Jul 2018
£14.99£11.99Over the past decade, an audacious programme called Football Dreams has held trials for millions of 13-year-old boys across Africa looking for football’s next superstars. Led by the Spanish scout who helped launch Lionel Messi’s career at…
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Paperback | Pub: 01 Jun 2020£14.99£11.99The 2018/19 Premier League season was a historic one for African players in English football. More than 130 years after Arthur Wharton became the first, Sadio Mané and Mohamed Salah shared the Golden Boot with Arsenal’s Gabon striker…
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Paperback | Pub: 10 Oct 2019£14.99£11.99In Life in La Liga, football writer Rab MacWilliam delves to the heart of one of Europe’s most historically and politically complex nations to explore its rich football history, examining its deep-rooted rivalries and internecine vendettas, and…
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Paperback | Pub: 14 Feb 2020£9.99£7.99From being the most dominant club in Scottish football history, Rangers F.C., one of the most famous and powerful names in British sport, was sold to venture capitalist Craig Whyte in 2011 . . . for £1. When Whyte walked through the gates at Ibrox,…
GET OFF THE COUCH AND RUN…
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Paperback | Pub: 07 Jun 2018£14.99£11.99In Run Forever, Boston Marathon winner and former Runner’s World editor-in-chief Amby Burfoot shares practical advice and wisdom on how to run with greater joy and health for an entire lifetime. Everyone learns how to run at an early age. It’s…
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Paperback | Pub: 19 Sep 2016£14.99£11.99It is the world’s most iconic road race. It is twenty-six-point-two miles of iconic landmarks, cheers, tears, sweat, pain, courage, determination and inspiration. It is triumph over adversity on a colossal scale. It is the London Marathon…
