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31 Xmas Book Ideas for Bookworms

Looking for a gift for football bookworms at Christmas? Check the best autobiographies, club histories and more.

States of Play: How Sportswashing Took Over Football | The International Bestseller & Winner of the Football Book of the Year Award
13

£

4.5

"States of Play"

Sportwashing in football today

Buy on Amazon
Be Careful What You Wish For: The ultimate book for every football fan
12

£

4.5

"Be Careful What…."

Simon Jordan's guide to football

Buy on Amazon
England book: Best Seller — Last Boy of ’66: My story of ’s World Cup winning team
11

£

4.6

"Last Boy of '66"

Story of England's World Cup

Buy on Amazon
Aston Villa book: Best Seller — Rise of the Villans: Inside Unai Emery's Aston Villa Revolution et al.
20

£

4.8

"Rise of the Villans"

The Unai Emery Villa Revolution

Buy on Amazon
Rangers book: The Story: 150 Years of a Remarkable Football Club – The Ultimate Gift for Fans
40

£

4.8

"The Rangers Story"

The story of Rangers history

Buy on Amazon
Man City book: Manchester City: The Secret History of a Club That Has No History
25

£

4.7

"Official History"

Illustrated Man City history

Buy on Amazon
What If? Turning Points in the History of Sunderland AFC
17

£

4.8

"What If?"

Turning points in Sunderland history

Buy on Amazon
Arne Slot: The definitive first biography of the new Liverpool FC manager
22

£

4.8

"Arne Slot: Biography"

Definitive Liverpool manager bio

Buy on Amazon
Newcastle book: United On This Day: History, Facts & Figures from Every Day of the Year — by David Potter
10

£

4.6

"United On This Day"

Looking back at Newcastle history

Buy on Amazon
Aston Villa book: Where Are They Now? - — by Jamie Spoor
10

£

4.7

"Where Are They Now?"

Stars of Aston Villa past

Buy on Amazon
Sanctioned: The Inside Story of the Sale of Chelsea FC Hardcover – 10 Jun. 2025 by Nick Purewal
20

£

4.5

"Sanctioned"

Chelsea FC Inside Story

Buy on Amazon
How to Win the Premier League: The Sunday Times Bestselling Inside Story of Football's Data Revolution
11

£

4.5

"How To Win The EPL"

Football's data revolution

Buy on Amazon
Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics
13

£

4.4

"Inverting the Pyramid"

History of football tactics

Buy on Amazon
Revolution: The new sports biography revealing the incredible true story of Mikel Arteta’s success at Arsenal football club
11

£

4.6

"Revolution" book

Rise of Arteta's Arsenal

Buy on Amazon
Everton book: Goodison Memories: A Lifetime of Football at
19

£

4.6

"Goodison Memories"

Everton Stadium pride

Buy on Amazon
Scotland book: Forgotten: ’s Former Football League Clubs (Scottish Football History)
23

£

4.6

"Scotland's former clubs"

Scottish football history

Buy on Amazon
Leeds Utd book: Leeds : A History
17

£

4.8

"Leeds United: A History"

Looking back at United

Buy on Amazon
Man Utd book: Manchester United: The Biography: The complete story of the world's greatest football club — by Jim White
13

£

4.6

"MUFC: The Biography"

Complete history of Man United

Buy on Amazon
The Origins of Wolverhampton Wanderers
15

£

4.6

"The Origins of Wolves"

Wanderers history story

Buy on Amazon
Brighton book: & Hove Albion On This Day: History, facts and figures from every day of the year — by Dan Tester
14

£

4.9

"Brighton On This Day"

Seagulls memories

Buy on Amazon
England Football: The Biography: 1872 - 2022
13

£

4.2

"England: The Biography"

Story of the England team

Buy on Amazon
A Life in Football: My Autobiography
13

£

4.4

"A Life in Football"

Ian Wright's autobiography

Buy on Amazon
Newcastle book: Here to Compete: The Inside Story of United and the Era of Eddie Howe — by Pete Graves
20

£

4.7

"Here to Compete"

The inside story at Newcastle

Buy on Amazon
As Leeds Go Marching On: A History of Leeds United Through Stories, Stats and Trivia
20

£

4.8

"Leeds Go Marching On"

Leeds Stories, Stats & more

Buy on Amazon
Trailblazers: The Ground Breaking History of Nottingham Forest Football Club
25

£

4.8

"Trailblazers"

History of Nottingham Forest FC

Buy on Amazon
Liverpool book: Klopp: biagraphy
12

£

4.6

"Klopp : The Biography"

Jurgen Klopp's story

Buy on Amazon
Invincible: Inside Arsenal's Unbeaten 2003-2004 Season
10

£

4.6

"Invincible" book

Inside the Arsenal 2003/4 season

Buy on Amazon
Crystal Palace book: Is That The Programme?: Honest Tales From a Fanzine Editor
10

£

4.6

"Is That The Programme?"

Palace Fanzine memories

Buy on Amazon
Notts Forest book: Forever : The 150th Anniversary History of the Original Reds - Cover May Vary — by Don Wright
19

£

4.6

"Forever Forest"

150th Anniversary Forest book

Buy on Amazon
Liverpool book: SÍ SEÑOR: My Years - THE LONG-AWAITED MEMOIR FROM A LEGEND — by Roberto Firmino
11

£

4.7

"SÍ SEÑOR"

Firmino's Liverpool years

Buy on Amazon
Man Utd book: Manchester United Legends — by Adrian Besley and Martin Corteel
22

£

4.6

"Man Utd Legends"

Celebrate Old Trafford heroes

Buy on Amazon

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