British Sports Book Awards

The Telegraph Sports Book Awards
The Telegraph Sports Book Awards
Awarded for	British sports books
Sponsored by	The Telegraph
Country	England
Hosted by	National Sporting Club
First awarded	2019
Last awarded	Active
Website	https://sportsbookawards.com/

The Telegraph Sports Book Awards (previously National Sporting Club Book Awards) is a British literary award for sports writing. It was first awarded in 2003 as part of the National Sporting Club. Awards are presented in multiple categories. Each category is judged by one of: sports writers and broadcasters, retailers and enthusiasts. The winners from each category are then opened to public vote through a website to choose an overall winner. The Telegraph became the headline sponsor in 2019. The other major sports writing award in Britain is the William Hill Sports Book of the Year.

The award was founded by .^[1] The awards original sponsors include Ladbrokes, Virgin Publishing, and WH Smith. As of 2015, new sponsors include Cross Pens, Sky Sports, The Times, Littlehampton Book Services, Robert Walters, TalkSPORT, Freshtime, Human Race Group, Arbuthnot Latham and Procorre.

Previous winners[]

Best overall winner[]

2011 Promised Land – Anthony Clavane (Yellow Jersey Press)
2012 Engage: The Fall and Rise of Matt Hampson – Paul Kimmage (Simon & Schuster)^[2]
2013 Bobby's Open: Mr Jones and the Golf Shot that Defined a Legend – (Corinthian)
2014 The Nowhere Men: The Unknown Story of Football’s True Talent Spotters – Michael Calvin (Century)
2015 Proud - Gareth Thomas and Michael Calvin (Ebury)^[3]
2016 My Fight, Your Fight – Ronda Rousey (Arrow)

Best Autobiography/Biography[]

2012 Engage: The Fall and Rise of Matt Hampson – Paul Kimmage (Simon & Schuster)^[2]
2013 Seven Deadly Sins – David Walsh (Simon & Schuster)^[4]
2014 The Outsider - Jimmy Connors^[4]

Best Autobiography[]

2003 Niall Quinn: The Autobiography – Niall Quinn and Tom Humphries (Headline)
2004 Woody and Nord – Gareth Southgate and Andy Woodman (Penguin)
2005 Playing with Fire – Nasser Hussain (Michael Joseph)
2006 Frank: Fighting Back – Frank Bruno with (Yellow Jersey Press)^[5]
2007 Back from the Brink – Paul McGrath (Century)
2008 My Manchester United Years – Bobby Charlton (Headline)
2009 Black and Blue – Paul Canoville (Headline)
2010 Open: An Autobiography – Andre Agassi (HarperCollins)^[6]
2011 Beware of the Dog – Brian Moore (Simon & Schuster)^[7]
2015 Proud - Gareth Thomas and Michael Calvin (Ebury)^[3]
2016 Formula One and Beyond: The Autobiography – Max Mosley (Simon & Schuster)
2017 No Nonsense: The Autobiography - Joey Barton (Simon & Schuster)
2018 Unbroken - Martine Wright with Sue Mott (Simon & Schuster)

Best Biography[]

2003 Jack & Bobby: Story of Brothers in Conflict – Leo McKinstry (Collins Willow)
2004 Keeper of Dreams – Ronald Reng (Yellow Jersey Press)
2005 Basil D'Oliveira – Peter Oborne (Little Brown)
2006 Lance Armstrong: Tour de Force – (Collins Willow)
2007 The Death of Marco Pantani – (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
2008 In Search of Robert Millar – Richard Moore (HarperSport)
2009 Regga – Clay Regazzoni – (Haynes Publishing)
2010 Harold Larwood – Duncan Hamilton (Quercus)^[8]
2011 Trautmann's Journey – (Yellow Jersey Press)
2015 Bobby Moore: The Man in Full - Matt Dickinson (Yellow Jersey Press)^[3]
2016 Speed Kings – Andy Bull (Bantam)
2017 The Maverick Mountaineer - Robert Wainwright (ABC)
2018 Ali: A Life - Jonathan Eig (Simon & Schuster)

Best International Autobiography[]

2016 My Fight, Your Fight – Ronda Rousey (Arrow)
2017 Find a Way - Diana Nyad (Knopf)
2018 Form - Kieren Fallon (Simon & Schuster)

Best Football Book[]

2007 Sir Alf – Leo McKinstry (HarperSport)
2008 Provided You Don't Kiss Me – Duncan Hamilton (Fourth Estate)
2009 Inverting the Pyramid – Jonathan Wilson (Orion)
2010 Cantona – Philippe Auclair (Macmillan)
2011 Promised Land – (Yellow Jersey Press)^[9]
2012 A Life Too Short – Ronald Reng^[10]
2013 Barca: The Making of the Greatest Team in the World – Graham Hunter (BackPage Press)^[4]
2014 The Nowhere Men - ^[4]
2015 Thirty-One Nil - James Montague (Bloomsbury)^[3]
2016 Cristiano Ronaldo – Guillem Balagué (Orion)
2017 Forever Young - Oliver Kay (Quercus)
2018 The Billionaires Club - James Montague (Bloomsbury)

Best Cricket Book[]

2007 Sixty Summers: Cricket Since the War – David Foot and (Fairfield Books)
2008 More Than a Game: The Story of Cricket’s Early Years – John Major (HarperPress)
2009 The Way It Was – Stephen Chalke (Fairfield Books)
2010 Golden Boy – (Orion)
2011 Slipless in Settle – Harry Pearson (Little Brown)
2012 Fred Trueman –
2013 On Warne – Gideon Haigh (Simon & Schuster)^[4]
2014 The Great Tamasha - James Astill^[4]
2015 Wounded Tiger: The History of Cricket in Pakistan - Peter Oborne (Simon & Schuster)^[3]
2016 Chasing Shadows: The Life & Death Of Peter Roebuck – Tim Lane and (Hardie Grant)
2017 A Beautiful Game: My Love Affair with Cricket - Mark Nicholas (Allen & Unwin)
2018 Over and Out, Albert Trott - Steve Neal (Pitch Publishing)

Best Rugby Book[]

2008 Ripley's World – Andy Ripley (Mainstream Publishing)
2009 Seeing Red: Twelve Tumultuous Years in Welsh Rugby – and (Mainstream Publishing)
2010 Confessions of a Rugby Mercenary – John Daniell (Ebury Press)
2011 The Grudge – (Yellow Jersey Press)
2012 Higgy – Alastair Hignell^[11]
2013 The Final Whistle: The Great War in Fifteen Players – Stephen Cooper (The History Press)^[4]
2014 City Centre - Simon Halliday^[4]
2015 Beyond The Horizon - Richard Parks (Sphere)^[3]
2016 No Borders: Playing Rugby for Ireland – (Arena Sport)
2017 The Battle - Paul O'Connell (Penguin Ireland)
2018 Wrecking Ball - Billy Vunipola with Gershon Portnoi (Headline)

Best Horse Racing Book[]

2011 The Story of Your Life – (Matador)
2012 Beyond the Frame – Edward Whitaker
2013 Her Majesty's Pleasure – Julian Muscat (Racing Post Books)^[4]
2014 Henry Cecil: Trainer of Genius - Brough Scott^[4]
2015 Cheltenham Et Al - (Racing Post)^[3]

Best Cycling Book[]

2015 The Race Against The Stasi - Herbie Sykes (Aurum Press)^[3]
2016 The Racer – David Millar (Yellow Jersey Press)
2017 Triumphs and Turbulence: My Autobiography - Chris Boardman (Ebury Press)
2018 Tom Simpson: Bird on the Wire - Andy McGrath (Rapha)

Best Golf Book[]

2012 The 100 Greatest Ever Golfers – ^[12]
2013 Bobby's Open: Mr Jones and the Golf Shot that Defined a Legend – Steven Reid (Icon Books)^[4]

Best Motorsports Book[]

2012 Ultimate E-Type – Philip Porter^[4]
2013 That Near-Death Thing – Rick Broadbent (Orion)^[4]

Best Illustrated Book[]

2003 Peter Alliss’ Golf Heroes – Peter Alliss (Virgin Books)
2004 Football Days: Classic Photos – Peter Robinson (Mitchell Beazley)
2005 The Olympics Athens to Athens: 1896–2004 – (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
2006 Speed Addicts: Grand Prix Racing – Mark Hughes (Collins Willow)
2007 1966 Uncovered: The Unseen Story of the World Cup in England – Peter Robinson and (Mitchell Beazley)
2008 Goodbye Gay Meadow – (GGM Publishing)
2009 In The Frame: Great Racing Photographs – (Highdown)
2010 Centre Court: The Jewel in Wimbledon's Crown – John Barrett and (Vision Sports Publishing)
2011 61 The Spurs Double (Vision Sports Publishing)
2012 Wimbledon – and Bob Martin
2013 21 Days to Glory – Team Sky and Dave Brailsford (HarperCollins)^[4]
2014 Incredible Waves: An Appreciation of Perfect Surf - Chris Power^[4]
2015 The Age Of Innocence - ed. (Taschen)^[3]
2016 1/1000: The Sports Photography of Bob Martin – Bob Martin (Vision Sports Publishing)
2017 The Lane - Adam Powley, Steve Perryman and Martin Cloake (Vision Sports Publishing)
2018 The History Makers - Sarah Juggins and Richard Stainthorpe (Pitch Publishing)

Best New Writer[]

2003 Kings of the Mountains: How Colombia's Cycling Heroes Changed Their Nation's History – (Aurum Press)
2004 John Daly: Letting the Big Dog Eat – (Virgin Books)
2005 Feet in the Clouds – Richard Askwith (Aurum Press)
2006 My Father and Other Working Class Football Heroes – Gary Imlach (Yellow Jersey Press)
2007 The Hour: Sporting Immortality the Hard Way – Michael Hutchinson (Yellow Jersey Press)
2008 The Pyjama Game: A Journey into Judo – Mark Law (Aurum Press)
2009 When Friday Comes – James Montague (Mainstream Publishing)
2010 Eclipse – (Bantam Press)
2011 Bounce – Matthew Syed (Fourth Estate)
2012 The Ghost Runner –
2013 Running with the Kenyans: Discovering the secrets of the fastest people on earth – Adharanand Finn (Faber and Faber)^[4]
2014 Land of Second Chances - Tim Lewis^[4]
2015 Night Games - Anna Krien (Yellow Jersey Press)^[3]
2016 Two Hours: The Quest To Run The Impossible Marathon – Ed Caesar (Viking)
2017 And The Sun Shines Now - Adrian Tempany (Faber & Faber)

Outstanding Sports Writing Award[]

2014 Everest -
2015 Alone - (Bloomsbury)^[3]
2016 Barbarian Days: A Surfing Tale – William Finnegan (Corsair)
2018 Centaur - Declan Murphy and Ami Rao (Black Swan, Transworld Publishers)

Best Publicity Campaign[]

2010 The Man Who Cycled the World – Campaign by Madeline Toy (Random House)
2011 It's All About the Bike – Campaign by Mari Yamazaki (Particular Books)
2012 Run! – Campaign by Clare Drysdale (Allen & Unwin)
2013 Be Careful What You Wish For – Campaign by Bethan Jones (Yellow Jersey Press)
2014 Alex Ferguson: My Autobiography - Campaign by Karen Geary and Rebecca Mundy (Hodder)^[4]
2015 The Second Half by Roy Keane with Roddy Doyle - Campaign by Elizabeth Allen (Weidenfeld & Nicolson), with Jane Beaton from Kew Publicity^[3]
2016 The World of Cycling According to G – Campaign by Fiona Murphy (Quercus)

Sports Book Retailer of the Year[]

Outstanding Contribution to Sports Writing[]

References[]

^ Katie Allen (17 February 2011). "British Sports Book Awards adds new category". The Bookseller. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
^ ^a ^b Staff writer (23 May 2012). "Matt's book given 'awards' top gong'". This is Leicestershire (Nottingham Post). Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ "Cross British Sports Book Awards". literaryfestivals.co.uk. 7 June 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u "Previous winners". Sports Book Awards. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
^ Sue Mott (1 April 2006). "Bruno boxing clever". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
^ Simon Briggs (12 March 2010). "Andre Agassi's 'Open' wins at the British Sports Book Awards. Pity about the gloopy speech". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2 February 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
^ Simon Briggs (10 May 2011). "British Sports Book Awards: Telegraph Sport columnist Brian Moore wins best autobiography". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
^ Simon Briggs (12 March 2010). "'Harold Larwood' wins Best Biography at British Sports Book Awards". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
^ Jessica Elgot (10 May 2011). "Jewish football book wins sport award". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
^ Glenn Moore (22 May 2012). "Moving biography of keeper Robert Enke raises the bar at the British Sports Book Awards". The Independent. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
^ Staff writer (23 May 2012). "Standard's rugby columnist Hignell is honoured". Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
^ Staff writer (18 April 2012). "Stoke Park to Sponsor Inaugural Golf Book of the Year at British Sports Book Awards". Scottish Golf News. Archived from the original on 13 May 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
^ Charlotte Williams (22 May 2012). "Kimmage wins 2012 British Sports Book title". The Bookseller. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
^ Staff writer (May 2012). "British Sports Book Awards to honour Hornby". Arsenal. Archived from the original on 15 March 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2014.

External links[]

British Sports Book Awards, official website.

[1] Katie Allen (17 February 2011). "British Sports Book Awards adds new category". The Bookseller. Retrieved 26 November 2012.

[np-2] Staff writer (23 May 2012). "Matt's book given 'awards' top gong'". This is Leicestershire (Nottingham Post). Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2012.

[winners2015lf-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ "Cross British Sports Book Awards". literaryfestivals.co.uk. 7 June 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.

[Winners-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u "Previous winners". Sports Book Awards. Retrieved 29 March 2020.

[5] Sue Mott (1 April 2006). "Bruno boxing clever". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 26 November 2012.

[6] Simon Briggs (12 March 2010). "Andre Agassi's 'Open' wins at the British Sports Book Awards. Pity about the gloopy speech". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2 February 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2012.

[7] Simon Briggs (10 May 2011). "British Sports Book Awards: Telegraph Sport columnist Brian Moore wins best autobiography". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 26 November 2012.

[8] Simon Briggs (12 March 2010). "'Harold Larwood' wins Best Biography at British Sports Book Awards". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 26 November 2012.

[9] Jessica Elgot (10 May 2011). "Jewish football book wins sport award". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 27 November 2012.

[10] Glenn Moore (22 May 2012). "Moving biography of keeper Robert Enke raises the bar at the British Sports Book Awards". The Independent. Retrieved 26 November 2012.

[11] Staff writer (23 May 2012). "Standard's rugby columnist Hignell is honoured". Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard. Retrieved 27 November 2012.

[12] Staff writer (18 April 2012). "Stoke Park to Sponsor Inaugural Golf Book of the Year at British Sports Book Awards". Scottish Golf News. Archived from the original on 13 May 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2012.

[13] Charlotte Williams (22 May 2012). "Kimmage wins 2012 British Sports Book title". The Bookseller. Retrieved 4 December 2012.

[14] Staff writer (May 2012). "British Sports Book Awards to honour Hornby". Arsenal. Archived from the original on 15 March 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2014.

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