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Matt talks to SCOTT MURRAY about football before the Premier League in his book THE TITLE. It's a detailed history of the first division from its inception and is illuminating in how much has changed and how much has stayed the same. The league
The old joke goes that the best way to make a million from owning a football club is to start with ten million. That's clearly no longer the case but just what is attracting the super-rich to football - from Russian oligarchs to Saudi sheikhs,
We're back after a short summer break and we've got tons of titles and authors lined up for the coming weeks to take us into the busy autumn season. Starting with RICHARD T KELLY who's written about 2 titans of British football KEEGAN AND DALGL
For the last episode before the summer holidays Matt talks to NIGE TASSELL who looks back to the Tour de France in 1989 which was won incredibly by a margin of just 8 seconds. Greg LeMond won on the final stage - which was again unusual as the
This week Matt explores the dark side of boxing with ELLIOT WORSELL in his excellent book DOG ROUNDS. Elliot is a boxing fan who's covered the sport as a journalist and writer but also worked closely with fighters as a promoter. But he has been
As The Tour de France enters its final week, Matt looks back at the very first staging of the race with PETER COSSINS in his book BUTCHER BLACKSMITH ACROBAT SWEEP. Most people can tell you the race began as a result of a newspaper circulation w
The Tour de France is well underway and so Matt this week speaks to JEREMY WHITTLE about one of the iconic stages of the Tour - Mont Ventoux. Although it's not the tallest or steepest climb on the Tour, VENTOUX is the most iconic. This is prima
A real treat this week as Matt meets SAM WALKER to talk about his groundbreaking book on what makes good teams great. Sam spent ten years looking at which were the best teams across all sports in all time. And then he looked at what made these
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Tom Simpson while competing in the Tour de France. A controversial rider and the circumstances of his death have passed into myth - in particular his (unlikely) final words and the fact that
In the latest episode Matt talks to MALCOLM FOLLEY (Mail on Sunday) as he explores the history and stories linked to arguably the most famous and certainly the most glamorous race in motorsport's calendar - the Monaco Grand Prix. In MONACO he l
This week Matt marks 50 years since the Lisbon Lions - when Celtic became the first British side to win the European Cup. That achievement is documented in GRAHAM MCCOLL's book A YEAR AND A DAY. We talk about this side that were, famously, all
What turned team GB from the under-achievers of Atlanta 96 to the nation that punched above their weight at both London 2012 and Rio 2016? Was it as simple as just throwing lottery money at it? OWEN SLOT (The Times) says not in his excellent bo
The latest guest on the Sports Book Podcast is IAN HERBERT (The Independent) who is writing about one of the unsung managers in English football. Bob Paisley won 3 European Cups and had a greater win-rate in terms of trophies per season than ev
This week Matt speaks to BRENDAN GALLAGHER about his book celebrating the 100th staging of the Giro D'Italia CORSA ROSA. We look at how, like the Tour de France, this was a race started by a newspaper circulation war, the one and only woman to
In the latest episode Matt talks to Olympic silver-medallist and world road race champion LIZZIE ARMITSTEAD (now Deignan) about her book STEADFAST. We begin with the 3 missed doping tests which almost derailed her chances of competing in the 20
Episode 51 sees Matt talking to CLYDE BROLIN about his book IN THE ZONE. We all have heard athletes talking about getting in the zone - about how when they are, they don't seem to think at all about what they're doing, it almost feel as if some
The podcast reaches its half-century (mini-cheer!) and does so in style with what will be one of the best sport books this year. It is CENTAUR and tells the extraordinary story of jockey DECLAN MURPHY who suffered an horrific accident when thro
One of a select few - MICHAEL CALVIN - is appearing on the podcast for a second time. His latest book is the final in a trilogy looking at the pressures in football. His first looked at scouting, then management and now it's the footballers the
Time for one more title before the Easter break and Matt talks to former West Ham, Fulham and Bristol City star LEROY ROSENIOR about his book IT'S ONLY BANTER. It takes as its starting point the idea that "banter" is something used to excuse ig
Matt talks to MICHAEL HUTCHINSON about his excellent and very funny cycling history book RE:CYCLE - 200 YEARS ON 2 WHEELS. It covers how the invention of the bicycle had its origins in a volcanic eruption, why Coventry was one of the most impor
Matt talks to ANDREW DOWNIE the author of DOCTOR SOCRATES. The Brazilian World Cup captain is well known for a number of things - not least being named after a Greek philosopher. The iconic picture of him wearing a headband in solidarity with t
Matt speaks to CHARLIE CAMPBELL about the art of amateur cricket captaincy in his book HERDING CATS. While the elite players only have to worry about matters on the field of play, Charlie talks us through the myriad problems facing an amateur c
It's a quiet time for new sport books but we have unearthed a real gem in the winter months. Founder of Loaded and former GQ editor JAMES BROWN has written a love letter to the game of five-a-side in ABOVE HEAD HEIGHT. He tells us about why thi
The Sports Book Podcast is back for 2017. And we kick off with a great title from ALEX HEMINSLEY. She's written in the past about running in "Running Like A Girl" which ended with her taking part in several marathons around the world. She's now
The podcast is back with former F1 driver JOHNNY HERBERT who tells the story of how he came back from a devastating crash at Brands Hatch to become one of the biggest names in motorsport. In WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU.. he describes the crash, how t
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