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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He’s 5’11, 18 stone. And he plays full back & centre. Well thats not scary to play against at all…
@Harry O’Callaghan: i thought u said 8 stone i was like ‘thats not heavy at all…’
I don’t know if its just the yanks talking a good game, but I have a bad feeling about this match. Seems like a decent US team I’m told
@Paul Kennedy: you mean they will beat us?
@Thomas Lyster: no they probably won’t, in fact more than likely won’t, but they are on a good run.Our 2/3 string always struggle to put a good performance together . I just hope it isn’t a banana skin after a great year.
@Paul Kennedy: they are starting 4 of the 15 starters from their last WC qualifier. Who told you it was a decent team.
@Paul Kennedy: agree…it will be a genuine test of our depth, of our 2nd / 3rd string. We’ve some quality players playing but it’s a bit cobbled together…but like England last week against Japan…the difference for us is that we don’t have the cavalry like Owen Farrell to come off the bench to rescue us if he goes tits up in the first half
@Paul Kennedy: look Ireland do have to turn up but to be worried when the pack could be Ireland’s starting pack when injuries occur and the back line is full of danger is overkill if you ask me . Ireland will play at pace that guys playing in the US domestic game just can’t handle ..
@Limón Madrugada: the front row is 3rd choice, back row 2nd – 3rd string .I’m probably being overly pessimistic and we will run out comfortable winners. I would just like to see porter , earls, and maybe on stander on bench ,in case it ‘ll goes to shit. However thats the conundrum.We need depth, so need extended squad. The games in autumn against tier 2 teams always seem to descend into messy dogfights.Noway are usa better than us,but that doesn’t mean they won’t beat us.