Booked! 12 great sports reads to spend those Christmas vouchers on

Let us take the stress out of post-Christmas shopping as pick out some of our favourite sporting books for you to get stuck into. Have you read all 12?

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Brilliant Orange (David Winner)
Kings of September (Michael Foley)
The Greatest Game Ever Played (Mark Frost)
The Damned United (David Peace)
The Bronx is Burning (Jonathan Mahler)
The Miracle of Castle di Sangro (Joe McGinniss)
Engage: The Fall and Rise of Matt Hampson (Paul Kimmage)
Four Kings (George Kimball)
House of Pain (Keith Duggan)
In Search of Robert Millar (Richard Moore)
The Fight (Norman Mailer)
Friday Night Lights (Buzz Bissinger)

What’s your classic sports book suggestion?

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Booked! 12 great sports reads to spend those Christmas vouchers on

Brilliant Orange (David Winner)

Kings of September (Michael Foley)

The Greatest Game Ever Played (Mark Frost)

The Damned United (David Peace)

The Bronx is Burning (Jonathan Mahler)

The Miracle of Castle di Sangro (Joe McGinniss)

Engage: The Fall and Rise of Matt Hampson (Paul Kimmage)

Four Kings (George Kimball)

House of Pain (Keith Duggan)

In Search of Robert Millar (Richard Moore)

The Fight (Norman Mailer)

Friday Night Lights (Buzz Bissinger)