🎙️ | SPORTS BOOK CLUB
Author Grant Bage joined host Adrian Durham and Neil Foggin to discuss his book 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐢𝐫 𝐀𝐥𝐟: 𝐀 𝐃𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐨. 📖
The book offers a new narrative for a fresh insight into the life and career of Sir Alf Ramsey.
Look out for the new episode live later today.
🏆 The 2025 WilliamHill Sports Book of the Year Award Winner is...
The Escape by Pippa York and David Walsh.👏
Congratulations to Pippa, David and the team at
Mudlark Books!
🖼️ Behind every great sports book is a beautiful cover.
We asked and you've spoken.
Your 2025 Judge A Book By Its Cover Winner is... The Last Bell designed by Craig Fraser. 👏
Congratulations to Craig and the team at Simon & Schuster! 🙌
Lunch is over and we're down to business. 🤝
@leephelps is speaking to each author from the shortlist ahead of the big reveal at 3pm.
🚨 We're LIVE on @talksport.com
📻 Tune in now to catch all the action from our awards ceremony.
Listen below. ⤵️
🗣️ Lunch begins ahead of the ceremony with an introduction from William Hill's Lee Phelps and Chair of the Judging Panel,
Alyson Rudd.
The atmosphere's building...
We're at @bafta.org in Piccadilly! 🎬
Amazing to be at such a iconic venue for this years sportswriting genre! 💫
Today's the day we announce your 2025 winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award! 🙌
Stay tuned to this thread for all the action from the official awards ceremony. 👇
#SBOTY25
📚 | 2025 Shortlist
@lilycanter.bsky.social and @emmajourno.bsky.social: Ultra Women
"Shedding light on why female athletes are outperforming men in endurance events, despite the obstacles put in their way." — WHSBOTY 2025 Reading Panel
Check out our full shortlist here ⬇️
📚 | 2025 Shortlist
Jimmy Anderson: Finding The Edge
"How England's finest cricketer processes an unexpected end to his international career." — WHSBOTY 2025 Reading Panel.
Check out our full shortlist here ⬇️
news.williamhill.com/sports-book-...
📚 | 2025 LONGLIST
VAR. Fans hate it, players hate it, managers hate it and pundits love to hate it.
But why?
@daisychristo.bsky.social's persuasive book examines why football has struggled so much with video technology, compared to so many successes in other sports.
📚 | #WHSBOTY What are we reading this week?
🗣️ “It’s a hard recommend from me.”
@mattmwilliams.bsky.social takes us through David Walsh and Pippa York’s new book 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞: 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐞.
Check out Matt’s thoughts in full.
🎙️ | SPORTS BOOK CLUB – LONGLIST SPECIAL
🗣️ “There’s something for everybody on this list…”
Host @theadriandurham.bsky.social and Neil Foggin discuss the process of deciding the 2025 longlist from 150 to just 15 books.
Haven’t seen the longlist episode? Watch here: bit.ly/LonglistSpecial2025
📚 | 2025 LONGLIST
"Shedding light on why female athletes are outperforming men in endurance events, despite the obstacles put in their way."
@emmajourno.bsky.social and @lilycanter.bsky.social joined forces to uncover the history behind sexism in sports in their longlisted book Ultra Women.
📚 | 2025 LONGLIST
Sir James Anderson's book gives you a front-row seat on not only England's journey during this time, but also his own coming of age story from being an outsider growing up in Burnley, to becoming one of the greatest bowlers of all-time.
NEW: Several renowned sports journalists in contention for prestigious @bookieprize.bsky.social as longlist of 15 books is announced 📚
🏆 Along with the coveted trophy, there is also a £30,000 prize for the winner… #WHSBOTY
#sportsmedia #sportsjournalism
Lovely to see Ultra Women longlisted in @bookieprize.bsky.social amongst a sea of men's sports books. @emmajourno.bsky.social and I fought to have the stories of these women told and we're delighted our perseverance paid off 😃 #WHSBOTY
Missed the latest episodes of Sports Book Club? We’ve got you covered… Check out three of our most recent episodes on rugby, boxing and cricket.
𝐑𝐨𝐲 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐬
🎙️ bit.ly/RoyFrancis
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐥
🎙️ bit.ly/thelastbell
𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐝𝐠𝐞
🎙️ bit.ly/findingtheedge
📚 | #WHSBOTY What are we reading this week?
@mattmwilliams.bsky.social takes us through F1 journalist Frank Hopkinson’s 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐚 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐬: 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐰. 🏎️
The book details the evolution of the sport from the curves of Monza to long-lost circuits like Pescara.
Check out Matt’s thoughts.
One more batch hoping to get on the Longlist for @bookieprize.bsky.social 2025.
We make our decision on the Longlist very soon so these are hoping to make an impression quickly. There is at least one of these that I’m very excited has been entered…
📚 | #WHSBOTY What are we reading this week?
@mattmwilliams.bsky.social delves into Christopher Clarey’s 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫: 𝐑𝐚𝐟𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐍𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐲. 🎾
The book details Rafael Nadal's most mind-blowing record of 14 French Open titles.
Check out Matt’s thoughts on the book below.
We’re into the latter stages of the US Open! 🎾
We’ve taken a look back at the strongest tennis entries of our William Hill Sports Book of the Year award to date.
The Racket – @conorniland.bsky.social
Searching for Novak – Mark Hodgkinson
Althea – Sally H. Jacobs
The Master – Christopher Clarey
Entries for the 2025 William Hill Sports Book of the Year award close tomorrow! 🏆
⏱️ Want to submit a last-minute entry? Enter here: bit.ly/ENTRIESSBOTY25
@mattmwilliams.bsky.social
Another batch ducks under the wire hoping to make it onto the Longlist for @bookieprize.bsky.social 2025.
Some of these have only just been released so have good reason...
Those who chose to wait til now to enter may come to regret it given the number of books being entered so late…
📚 | #WHSBOTY What are we reading this week?
Matt Williams delves into Ben Robinson's 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐚𝐧.
The book details how Notts County, the world's oldest professional football club, found itself within one of the biggest scandals in football history. ⚽️
Check out Matt’s thoughts.
There’s just 48 hours until entries close for this year’s William Hill Sports Book of the Year award! 📖
Yet to submit your entry? Follow this link: bit.ly/ENTRIESSBOTY25 ⬅️
The US Open starts this weekend, so we’re revisiting #WHSBOTY winner Connor Niland's memory of competing there. 🎾
In 2011, days after food poisoning, he retired vs Novak Djokovic in Round 1.
His book The Racket won our 35th award and is our only tennis winner. ✍️
Entries for this year's #WHSBOTY award will close in just ONE week. 🏆
Still haven’t submitted your entry? Follow this link: bit.ly/ENTRIESSBOTY25 👈
