Football Legends: The top 100 stars of the modern game

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This masterpiece is enhanced by the skilful writing of Tim Stillman and the result is an extraordinary combination of detail with readability. Discover the inspirational story of this star player's journey from growing up in South America, to his legendary success at Barcelona FC and becoming one of the greatest players on earth. By the time of the final whistle, you’ll know everything you need to know about some modern footballing greats.

These biographies of the world’s leading footballers are highly entertaining, fast-paced, and very collectable. This book is for you, us, them, our children, our grandchildren, relatives of those dearly departed, and fans of the future who may want an insight into what their parents and grandparents experienced. Arsenal Historians, Mark Andrews and Andy Kelly, along with editor Tim Stillman, uncover how Royal Arsenal grew to become the Champions of the South – encapsulating the football lives of the founders, players, administrators and supporters of the forerunners of The Arsenal Football Club.LIMITED EDITION GOLD FINAL EDITION A limited edition print run of the updated Griffin Park book has been produced that includes the final two seasons at our proud old stadium – featuring photographs and memories from the club’s stunning 5-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday that proved to be the last competitive match Bees supporters could attend in person – as well as the last-ever match against Swansea City in the play-offs.

With a star profile on each page, this visually arresting almanac is packed with incisive data and includes stunning heat maps that show the pitch movements of every player featured. We have unearthed hundreds of never-used or long-forgotten photographs, reproduced alongside a match report from every game, a player profile of every Villa player (with a photo), interviews with some of the stand-out players, as well as league tables and statistical information season by season. However, back in 1963, there was another remarkable ten day achievement… As Matt Busby’s team ensured the club’s top flight survival, then won the FA Cup at Wembley Stadium as underdogs. The stories told have specific details about the players and their individual journey, supported by facts you may have never learnt of, and each book may be an excellent reference book to guide children’s football path or a daily inspiration, some players had a slow and humble start to their career and some had doubts or rejected due to their height, size or initial skills but achieved success through effort and hard work, which can truly be an inspiration and life-lesson for kids who may also face the same challenges. Here are the great players behind the scenes, as seen in a series of exceptional photos, many never before published.

The book also contains interviews with many iconic players, who bring the era back to life in their own words. The books are written in a way that is easily digestible and the younger audience can learn about the players with little difficulty. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

Often lighthearted, occasionally serious, constantly passionate and honest; this is an insight into the rollercoaster of emotions experienced during a season like no other. In both Classic and Ultimate flavours, the series is written by two football-mad brothers from Southampton, Matt and Tom Oldfield. Packed with the most accurate and incisive player information available, covering top leagues such as EPL, La Liga, Serie A and Bundesliga, with data sourced from leading football data provider Optasports.Set against the backdrop of a global pandemic that had threatened to change our everyday lives for good – at a time when we needed football more than ever to escape reality. Registered office address: Unit 34 Vulcan House Business Centre, Vulcan Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 3EF. Seager takes us on a evocative journey down Memory Lane – through the 1997/98 and 2001/02 League and FA Cup successes – however, it is the method he’s chosen to do so that is refreshingly different to any other football book you will have read.

Trading Address (Warehouse) Unit E, Vulcan Business Complex, Vulcan Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 3EB. Get your copy now and start comparing the goals, assists, saves, freekicks (and a host of other data) of the current icons in world football.The profile-per-page is visually arresting, packed with incisive data, which the reader can use to compare and contrast the achievements and technical merits of the current icons of the beautiful game. While every fan has their opinion, back yours up with the latest stats featured in Football Legends 2024 and show them who's the best football pundit!