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NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT – At the End of the Storm

Great sport inspires great writing. Liverpool’s 30-year wait to be crowned champions of England coincided with the launch of The Athletic in the UK. As Jurgen Klopp’s men powered their way through a record-breaking campaign, their progress was documented in extraordinary depth by the writers of The Athletic. Read More →

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‘I consider myself fortunate: I know Antonio Conte’ – Exclusive extract from I Think Therefore I Play

Andrea Pirlo was appointed the new head coach of Juventus on August 8, 2020. In his 2014 autobiography, I Think Therefore I Play, Pirlo said that he “wouldn’t bet a single cent on me becoming a manager”. Read More →

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Matt Spiro: Sacre Bleu – From Zidane to Mbappe

Welcome to a new episode of Between the Lines. This is Neil’s conversation with Matt Spiro, an English football writer, broadcaster and commentator who has lived in France for the past 18 years.

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John Carlin: Invictus, the movie

Have you ever wondered how a book makes its journey to being a movie? Well, if you have, then this episode of Between the Lines is for you.

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John Carlin: Playing the Enemy – Nelson Mandela and the Game that made a Nation

Welcome to a new episode of Between the Lines. This is Martin’s conversation with John Carlin who wrote Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game that made a Nation.

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Ian Ridley: Addicted, Tony Adams

Welcome to a new episode of Between the Lines. This is Martin’s conversation with award-winning sportswriter Ian Ridley. If you listened to last week’s episode you will have heard Ian discuss his excellent book Floodlit Dreams.

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Ian Ridley: Floodlit Dreams – How to Save a Football Club

Welcome to a new episode of Between the Lines. This is Martin’s conversation with award-winning sportswriter Ian Ridley about his book Floodlit Dreams, which documents his spell as chairman of his hometown club, Weymouth FC.

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Pete Burns: How has COVID-19 impacted sports publishing?

Welcome to a new episode of Between the Lines. Our guest this week is Pete Burns, MD of Polaris Publishing, who have a growing list of authors including Tom English, Nick Cain, Stuart Barnes and Seth Burkett. Polaris brought out Matt Jansen’s brilliant autobiography last year and we also co-published our Pep’s City title with them in 2019.

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James Morgan: The Carfin Emeralds – How Celtic players in disguise won the Kennedy Cup

Welcome to a new episode of Between the Lines. Our guest this week is James Morgan, who wrote the first book we ever published as a company, back in 2010. It was called In Search of Alan Gilzean and it was nominated for Football Book of the Year.

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Matt and Tom Oldfield: Ultimate Football Heroes

Welcome to a new episode of Between the Lines. This is Martin’s conversation with Matt and Tom Oldfield, two brothers who between them have written the Ultimate Football Heroes series of books for children aged between 7 and 12.

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