A shy but talented footballer navigates challenging friendships and anxiety at school in this touching tale from acclaimed author Eve Ainsworth. When Lily joins the local girls' football team has she finally found a place where she fits in? A shy but talented footballer navigates challenging friendships and anxiety at school in this touching tale from acclaimed author Eve Ainsworth.
At an Old Trafford game, Lennie hears Man U fans chanting about Hillsborough. Enraged, he joins in with a retaliatory chant about the Munich Disaster of '58. Appalled, his dad and granddad take Lennie on a whistlestop tour of the dark side of the beautiful game. Dad and Grandad know only too well the human cost of fan violence and official negligence, having experience racism in football fandom…
Throw the football down the field and calculate your passing yards! Set up a 5-2 defensive formation! Create a fantasy football team and add up your points every week!
"Ooh-ah-Preston Pig! I said ooh-ah-Preston Pig!" Preston is on the loose with unequalled world-class football skills! "Ooh!" as he dribbles pas Owen, "Ah!" as he sweeps pas Shearer. Then go wild as four-goal Preston scores yet again! Mister Wolf doesn't stand a chance!
A lively and engaging look at football through the ages, this book describes when the first matches kicked off, why the rules developed and how rugby and American football were born.
Luke is desperate to meet his heroes when he discovers that the England football team are secretly training at his local ground! But how is he supposed to do that when he has to go to school all day? He has to come up with a plan, and quick, if he ever has a chance of making his dream come true.
Seb's a bully, but he's a fantastic footballer. Jenny's the new referee and she's equally as talented. The only problem for Seb is that Jenny's a girl - and he keeps getting on her bad side.
Alan Gibbons returns with an action-packed football story accompanied by fascinating facts and historical detail about famous substitutes. New boy Smithy can’t understand why everyone is so excited about a player on the football team called "Bengo". He’s been absent for the first few games of the season, and starts the next game on the bench - surely he can’t be that special? But when the…
Chichico can't believe his luck when a talent scout spots him playing football on the beach and asks him to try out for Santos Brazil. All he has to do is turn up, bring his boots and show off his skills. But there's one problem ... Chichico doesn't have any boots. When his friend Davi steps in to lend a helping hand, can he save the day - or will his actions spoil Chichico's chances of becomin…
Josh is crazy about football, but he hasn't been performing well on the pitch. His grandad, a retired pro, decides to train him. The training methods are a little unorthodox... But will they help?