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 Our Publications (click title for images)
Packaged to final film by Sport and Leisure Books Ltd, and written by Graham McColl, this large-format, illustrated history of the famous old Birmingham club was compiled with the full co-operation of Villa. As well as a fascinating and informative text, the book contains rare black and white and colour photographs and an appendix, researched and compiled by Sport and Leisure Books Ltd, which contains all the club’s results since its formation in 1874. A series of four paperbacks, designed to introduce spectators to the rules, history, complexities and characters of major sports. The books are on football (Chris Nawrat), golf (Derek Lawrenson), cricket (Rob Steen) and boxing (Harry Mullan). They were conceived, commissioned and edited by Sport and Leisure Books Ltd, and designed by Audiografix Ltd.
Written by Rab MacWilliam, Peter Arnold and Kevin Connolly, this large-format, colour, illustrated book covers the top players, top managers, great teams, great games, dreams and disasters and milestones of 20th century football worldwide. An indispensable guide to the history of the game. Edited, designed and packaged by Sport and Leisure Books Ltd.
Rab MacWilliam recounts the history of the most famous tournament in European football, from the early domination of Real Madrid through the reigns of Ajax and Bayern Munich, the dominance of British teams, and England’s post-Heysel expulsion, to the emergence of the Champions League. Illustrated throughout, with the results from every tournament, player profiles and match reports of the finals. The rights have now reverted to the author, and Sport and Leisure Books Ltd are preparing an updated, text-based paperback edition.
A complete reference to the top 650 golfers in the world, based on their rankings in season 2000. Covers the European and USPGA Tours, as well as Seniors and the LPGA. Compiled and written by Sport and Leisure Books Ltd, the book offers biographies of each player, as well as their career records, stats and performances in the Majors.
This is the first history of the Gers for many years. Large-format, illustrated and comprehensive, it follows the club from their emergence in 1872 through their perennial battles with Celtic to the expensive, multi-national side of today. Written by Rab MacWilliam, the book contains anecdotes, photographs, memorabilia and match reports, and is a nostalgic and loving appreciation of the golden age of Scottish football. The book was one of the six titles shortlisted for the WH Smith Illustrated Sports Book of the Year Award in 2003.
Commissioned by Hodder Headline and published as an own-brand title by WH Smith, the book considers the history of the Gunners from Dial Square in 1886 to their position today as one of Europe’s pre-eminent clubs. Written by Rab MacWilliam, it includes a comprehensive stats section provided by Kevin Connolly. In his Foreword, Arsenal ex-goalkeeper Bob Wilson wrote ‘All the essential facts are here but it is the generous sprinkling of fascinating anecdotes which enhance this book and make it a must for any football historian, let alone every follower of Arsenal FC… this history of a marvellous club will leave all those who love being a part of it with a feeling of great pride and sastisfaction’. A history of Inverness Caledonian Thistle from the club’s formation in 1994 to their promotion to the Scottish Premier League in 2004. Written by club historian Ian Broadfoot and edited, designed, laid out, indexed and taken to final disk by Sport and Leisure Books Ltd. ‘Going Ballistic!’ refers to the famous Sun headline when Caley beat Celtic at Celtic Park in the Scottish Cup: ‘Super Caley Go Ballistic, Celtic Are Atrocious’.
Sport and Leisure Books Ltd updated both these official club titles and edited and rewrote much of the existing material.
Peter Allis' 19th Hole (Omnibus Press, 2005) A
miscellany of stories, history, players, famous matches and much
arcane but entertaining trivia from the world of golf, compiled
and written by Rab MacWilliam and approved by Peter Allis.
Latest News In 2008 we updated Encyclopedia of World Football and Encyclopedia of Formula One for Anness/Lorenz Publishing. Both books were last revised several years ago and they were completely brought up-to-date for the 2010 season. Rab MacWilliam (under the nom de plume Tom Macdonald) wrote the Encyclopedia of World Football in 2002. We have also recently edited and reported on various sports synopses for such publishers as Hamlyn and Pluto Press. We currently have a number of book projects with a variety of publishers in the USA and the UK - mainly as a result of discussions at the 2009 London Book Fair - and are exoecting positive reactions to these.
Rab MacWilliam, June 2009
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