THE NOMINEES FOR this year’s WilliamHill.com Irish Sports Book of the Year have been announced today.
There are 30 contenders for this year’s award, the largest entry since the award was established six years ago.
“The standard of sports writing this year has again improved with some top class books in the running for the award and a range of stories from autobiographies to accounts of some of the most famous occasions in Irish sport,” said Tony Kenny, PR Manager for the bookmakers.
“This year’s is probably the most competitive list of contenders we have seen so there will certainly be a deserving winner come December.”
The shortlist will be announced in November with the winner of this year’s award being revealed in early December. The likes of George Hook, Matt Cooper, Eamon Dunphy and Sky Sports’ Paul Dempsey make up the judging panel.
Christy O’Connor’s The Club won last year. Which do you fancy this time around?
The Dubs: Road to Sam Maguire - Malachy Clerkin
100 Irish Rugby Greats - John Scally
Ambassadors on horseback - Michael Slavin and Louise Parkes
Born to Perform - Gerard Hartmann
Brothers in Sport - Charlie Mulqueen
Can you manage? - Tim Healy
One Hell of a Ride- Carberry Autobiography
Cyclone
Deadlock - Eoghan Corry
Life, death and hurlign - Michael Duignan
Engage: the fall and rise of Matt Hampson - Matt Hampson and Paul Kimmage
Inside the Peloton - Nicolas Roche
Red Blooded - Alan Quinlan
God v Mortals - Paul Keane
GAA County by County - Mike Cronin, Mark Duncan and Paul Rouse
Blue blood - Bernard Jackman
Joking Apart - Donncha O'Callaghan
Just Follow The Floodlights - Brian Kennedy
A Parish Far From Home - Philip O'Connor
Without a Shadow of a Doubt - Joe Kernan
Mick Mackey - Henry Martin
My Autobiography - Tony McCoy and Donn McClean
Ocean Fever - Damian Foxall and David Brannigan
Whose Side Are you On? - Teddy Jamieson
Places We Play - Mike Cronin and Roisin Higgins
Six after Six - Ger Siggins
The Official Book of the FAI Cup - Sean Ryan
This Is Our Year - Declan Bogue
Who Dares, Runs - Gerry Duffy
Walk On - Ronnie Whelan
