Pitch Publishing imprint: 247 books
Highs, Lows & Bakayokos
Everton in the 1990s
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
The 1990s, what a time to be an Evertonian! Brushes with relegation, financial ups and downs, a club drifting without purpose; it was a decade that saw Everton fall off the pace, abandoning the club's long-held position as a member of English football's elite. Highs, Lows & Bakayokos explores this trans-formative...
Pironi
The Champion That Never Was
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
Pironi: The Champion that Never Was relates the remarkable story of motor racing's forgotten man, ex-Ferrari F1 driver and offshore powerboat racer, Didier Pironi. The book charts an incredible journey which took the young Parisian to the heights of triumph and the depths of despair. Before he...
Tony Greig
A Reappraisal of English Cricket's Most Controversial Captain
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2011
Tony Greig is one of most colourful figures in English cricket history. As a player he stirred up drama and excitement whenever he stepped on the field and as national team captain he was accused of 'betrayal' after taking a leading role in the formation of Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket. David...
Caught in the Middle
Monkeygate, Politics and Other Hairy Issues; the Autobiography of Mike Procter
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2017
From quaint beginnings on the lush fields of Hilton College, a whirlwind introduction into the Test arena against Australia announced Mike Procter as a serious contender for the tag of greatest all-rounder of all time. Blessed with pace, swing, and a free-spirited nature at the crease, 'Proccie' was...
by David Clayton
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
Liverpool FC On This Day is a diary-style log of events that happened on each calendar day of the year. If something happened that was important in the Reds life, youll find it in here. How about May 25 2005 when AC Milan stood in the way of yet another European triumph? Or January 31 2011 when the Reds...
by David Potter
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2012
Celtic On This Day recounts, in diary form, major events and magic moments in the history of the Parkhead club.From humble and noble origins of trying to feed the poor of Glasgow's East End, the club has risen to be a world institution with followers in all parts of the globe, such has been the lasting...
It's Not All About the Old Firm
Defying the Odds in Scottish Football
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2017
It's Not All About The Old Firm tells the inside stories of some of the Scottish game's greatest achievements - how heroes and legends have overcome the odds, plus Celtic and Rangers. It covers every league title, European, Scottish Cup and League Cup victory from Sir Alex Ferguson's time at Aberdeen...
by Rob Mason
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2012
Sunderland AFC Miscellany is packed with fascinating facts, figures, trivia, stats, stories and anecdotes all relating to the history of Sunderland Football Club. From memorable matches to favourite sons, the book follows no set order, chronological or otherwise, but has plenty to keep any fanatic coming...
Turf Wars
A History of London Football
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2016
Few cities in the world have as many professional football clubs as London and none have the history explored in this book by journalist and broadcaster Steve Tongue. It was in the English capital that the Football Association - the first of its kind anywhere - was founded in 1863 and that the FA Cup,...
by Mike Smith
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2012
Hearts' Greatest Games provides an entertaining and informative description of the fifty greatest games involving Heart of Midlothian, one of Scotland's biggest football clubs. From the club's first national honour, the Scottish Cup win of 1891, through the glorious decade that was the 1950s, to the...
Hearts On This Day
History, Facts & Figures from Every Day of the Year
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Hearts On This Day revisits the most magical and memorable moments from the club's distinguished history, mixing in a maelstrom of anecdotes and characters to produce an irresistibly Jambos diary - with an entry for every day of the year. From the club's humble, romantic origins in Edinburgh's Old Town,...
1986: Rangers Revolution
The Year Which Changed the Club Forever
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2016
Glasgow Rangers began the year in the doldrums - and they stayed there for a good few months, struggling to make fifth spot in a ten-team league. That was until the dramatic events of Tuesday, 8 April 1986. From that day forward, Glasgow Rangers changed forever; Graeme Souness saw to that. Fresh from...
Match of My Life - Wigan Warriors
Fourteen Stars Relive Their Favourite Games
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013
Fourteen Wigan legends come together to tell the stories behind their favourite ever games for the club - enabling Warriors fans of all ages to relive these magic moments through the eyes and emotions of the men who were there, playing their hearts out in the famous cherry-and-white hooped shirt. Andy...
by Laura Fountain
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012
The Lazy Runner follows Laura Fountain from starting out as a novice runner - unfit, clueless about running, and incredibly lazy - to finishing her first marathon, and beyond. At first unable to run 400 metres without stopping, Laura has now completed five marathons, the most recent in under four hours....