CLARE SHINE’S BOOK, Scoring Goals In The Dark, is among the contenders to feature on the longlist for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2022 Award.
The Irish striker revealed the full extent of her extreme mental health struggles in her new memoir, which is written with Gareth Maher.
My Hidden Race by Olympic medallist Anyika Onuora is also longlisted. Onuora collaborated with Jonathan Drennan for the book. The Guardian’s football writer Suzanne Wrack is the third female author on the list.
A record 158 books were entered this year, featuring a diverse mix of authors from across a wide range of sports including, tennis, football, athletics, golf, rugby and cycling.
Following a judging process from a panel including The Athletics’ Nancy Frostick, sports presenter Matt Williams and William Hill’s Neil Foggin, 15 authors have been selected for the longlist.
Former sports stars, and first-time authors, Patrice Evra and Steve Thompson have also made the list for the Award which has a £30,000 cash prize for the winner.
Previous winners of the William Hill include Rough Ride: An Insight into Pro Cycling by Irish journalist Paul Kimmage, Fever Pitch: A Fan’s Life by Nick Hornby and Provided You Don’t Kiss Me: 20 Years With Brian Clough by Duncan Hamilton.
The shortlist will be unveiled on 27 October, with the winner declared on 1 December 2022.
The longlist
- Be Good, Love Brian: Growing Up with Brian Clough by Craig Bromfield
- The Master: The Brilliant Career of Roger Federer by Christopher Clarey
- 1999: Manchester United, the Treble and All That by Matt Dickinson
- Le Fric: Family, Power and Money: The Business of the Tour de France by Alex Duff
- I Love This Game by Patrice Evra
- England Football: The Biography: 1872-2022 by Paul Hayward
- God is Dead: The Rise and Fall of Frank Vandenbroucke, Cycling’s Great Wasted Talent by Andy McGrath
- My Hidden Race by Anyika Onuora
- Scoring Goals in the Dark by Clare Shine with Gareth Maher
- Phil: The Rip-Roaring (and Unauthorised) Biography of Golf’s Most Colourful Superstar by Alan Shipnuck
- Expected Goals: The Story of how Data Conquered Football and Changed the Game Forever by Rory Smith
- Unforgettable: Rugby, Dementia and the Fight of My Life by Steve Thompson
- Beryl: In Search of Britain’s Greatest Athlete, Beryl Burton by Jeremy Wilson
- Two Brothers: The Life and Times of Bobby and Jackie Charlton by Jonathan Wilson
- A Woman’s Game: The Rise, Fall and Rise Again of Women’s Football by Suzanne Wrack
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what an awesome player Nacewa is. one of our best ever signings.
The Greatest Rugby Team of All-time.
Wanted urgently…..one decent referee…
Was at the game, and have to say, surprised at how undignified the Leinster fans were in defeat.
The booing was out of order. A fantastic game of rugby didn’t need that at the end.
Oh Leslie be quiet, you dont even know the reason for the boos- keep your ill informed opinions to yourself.
I was at the game. disgrace. Even Ulster stayed in their seats to clap the winners. I’m from Dublin, and know for sure that wouldn’t have happened in Munster #d4brigade #bringmorepeoplefromKildare.PS Molly Malone is a shit anthem, and repeating Leinster over and over gain, sounds really moronic
I am pretty shocked by the ref.poor decisions.Leinster are no slouches though.Come on Ospreys !!!
Nice to see the D4 Private School Elites won’t have such a smirk on their faces driving around in their BMW’s and Merc’s tomorrow.
Your mam must be so proud…
She actually is David. At least I didn’t grow up to be a wannabe wearing a Lunster jersey and supporting the goys, all just so I can fit in with my boss. There is more to aspire to in life than that.
what a narrow minded inbred little redneck you sound.
Neither did I or plenty of other fans who you’re happy to insult. I played club rugby in blanch and am glad to have a ticket to go and support players who come more and more from club teams. Snobbery is ignorant, but inverted snobbery is worse.
New Leinster sex position. On top for 76 min and still come second.
Ah for crying out loud, this blog is filled with idiots, great game of rugby disappointed they didn’t win but am delighted that all the begrudgers are happy! Including Donal lenihan! What a guy.
Fair enough we lost but this will keep us on our toes for next season when we win 3 in a row !! Well done ospreys !
Great game. Great win from Ospreys!
Great game but referee was terrible ! ISA was iconic ! O Driscoll was just about average !
I played club rugby in Blanch’s sister…
I see you gave yourself a thumbs up there john fair play cos it made no sense to anyone else.
Healy and o Brien were truly missed on the pitch today !
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