Sir Geoff Hurst, from his vantage point as a true national hero and international football ambassador and still the only man ever to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final, risks controversy as he narrows down football's finest to a select fifty. From unerringly consistent shot-stoppers to explosively temperamental forwards, not to mention the odd libero, false nine and wing half, the list brings together the greats of every shape, size and position....

This volume looks at all the brightest stars from football's past and present.

In easy-to-read pocket format Jack Rollin's guide to British footballers features career details of of all players in the FA Carling Premiership, Nationwide Football League and the Scottish Premier Division.

Charlie Hurley was not only a great player, he was one of the characters who illuminated football in the 50s and 60s. This title tells of his clashes with footballing great Jim Baxter, his disputes with the board at Reading when he became a manager and the uncompromising attitude of players and managers during his playing days.

With exclusive access to Pele, who is 60 this year, award-winning sports writer Harry Harris charts his meteoric rise from humble beginnings in Brazil to his first international at the age of 16, and through his later life.

What happens on the pitch is only half the story. Being a footballer is not just kicking a ball about with 21 other people on a big grass rectangle. Sometimes being a footballer is about accidentally becoming best mates with Mickey Rourke, or understanding why spitting is considered football's most heinous crime. In 'How to be a Footballer,' Peter Crouch took us into a world of bad tattoos and even worse haircuts, a world where you're on the pitch...

In 1914, as today, professional footballers were heroes and role models. They were the sporting superstars of their time; symbols of youth, health and vigour. And naturally enough, when war broke out they felt it was their duty to join up. Between 1914 and 1918, 213 professional players fell in action. Some teams lost half their players, either killed or else so badly injured in mind and body that they were never to play again. 'The Final Season'...

This is the third part in Mike Calvin's football book trilogy. First he wrote about scouts in 'The Nowhere Men'. Next he wrote about the pressures of managers in 'Living on the Volcano'. Now he writes about the players themselves, in his biggest and most ambitious book yet. Based on hundreds of hours of interviews, 'No Hunger in Paradise' is the definitive book on what it takes to make it as a professional footballer in this country, and the pitfalls,...

Derek 'the Doog' Dougan submitted a transfer request on the morning of an FA Cup final, played in the '58 World Cup, picked up a record suspension for swearing at a lineman, helped invent football pundetry, and smashed in goal after arrogant goal for, among others, Aston Villa and Wolves.

John Wark is a legendary footballing icon for all Liverpool and Ipswich fans. During his career he not only picked up domestic and European honours, but he also represented the Scottish national team and memorably starred alongside Michael Caine and Sylvester Stallone in 'Escape to Victory'. This is his entertaining autobiography.