9 Best irish literature books like Champagne Football: The Rise and Fall of John Delaney and the Football Association of Ireland by Mark Tighe

Cover of Champagne Football: The Rise and Fall of John Delaney and the Football Association of Ireland by Mark Tighe

Champagne Football: The Rise and Fall of John Delaney and the Football Association of Ireland

By: Mark Tighe

4.40

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Over the course of fifteen years, John Delaney ran the Football Association of Ireland as his own p…

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Cover of The Supreme Court: The Judges, the Decisions, the Rifts and the Rivalries that Have Shaped Ireland by Ruadhan Mac Cormaic

1. The Supreme Court: The Judges, the Decisions, the Rifts and the Rivalries that Have Shaped Ireland

By: Ruadhan Mac Cormaic

4.49

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

It intrigues outsiders, can make governments tremble, and has played a key role in some of the bigg… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • irish literature
  • ireland
Cover of The Second Half by Roddy Doyle, Roy Keane

2. The Second Half

By: Roddy Doyle , Roy Keane

2.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Memoir by one of the greatest of modern footballers, and former captain of Manchester United and Ir… read more

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  • soccer
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • football
Cover of Soccernomics by Stefan Szymanski, Simon Kuper

3. Soccernomics

By: Stefan Szymanski , Simon Kuper

4.67

Format: 88 pages,

Why do England lose? Why does Scotland suck? Why doesn't America dominate the sport internationally… read more

Similar categories in Stefan Szymanski's Soccernomics book and Mark Tighe's Champagne Football: The Rise and Fall of John Delaney and the Football Association of Ireland

  • history
  • soccer
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports

4. Alex Ferguson: My Autobiography

By: Alex Ferguson

4.00

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

The celebratory, revealing, inspiring, and entertaining autobiography of the greatest manager in th… read more

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5. Rough Ride: Behind the Wheel With a Pro Cyclist

By: Paul Kimmage

3.95

Format: None pages, Paperback

Paul Kimmage's boyhood dreams were of cycling glory--wearing the yellow jersey, cycling the Tour de… read more

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Cover of My Life in Red and White by Arsène Wenger

6. My Life in Red and White

By: Arsène Wenger

3.63

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

For the very first time, world-renowned and revolutionary football manager Arsène Wenger tells his … read more

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  • history
  • soccer
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
Cover of There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History by Rory Carroll

7. There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History

By: Rory Carroll

4.38

Format: 397 pages, Hardcover

Killing Thatcher is the gripping account of how the IRA came astonishingly close to killing Margar… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • ireland
  • irish literature
Cover of The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making--and Unmaking--of the World's Greatest Soccer Club by Simon Kuper

8. The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making--and Unmaking--of the World's Greatest Soccer Club

By: Simon Kuper

4.24

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

With rare and unrivaled access, bestselling coauthor of Soccernomics and longtime Financial Times j… read more

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  • history
  • soccer
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
Cover of Night Boat to Tangier by Kevin Barry

9. Night Boat to Tangier

By: Kevin Barry

3.62

Format: 255 pages, Hardcover

In the dark waiting room of the ferry terminal in the sketchy Spanish port of Algeciras, two aging … read more

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  • crime
  • ireland
  • irish literature
"Would you say there's any end in sight, Charlie?"

-Kevin Barry, Night Boat to Tangier

"The Past is uncertain, mobile. It shifts and rearranges back there yet."

-Kevin Barry, Night Boat to Tangier

"When we move by water, our hearts are moved. We are complicated fucking machines."

-Kevin Barry, Night Boat to Tangier

"A troubled silence descends—the old times are shifting again; they are rearranging like fault lines. The past will not relent."

-Kevin Barry, Night Boat to Tangier

Cover of Champagne Football: The Rise and Fall of John Delaney and the Football Association of Ireland by Mark Tighe

10. Champagne Football: The Rise and Fall of John Delaney and the Football Association of Ireland

By: Mark Tighe

4.40

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Over the course of fifteen years, John Delaney ran the Football Association of Ireland as his own p… read more

Similar categories in Mark Tighe's Champagne Football: The Rise and Fall of John Delaney and the Football Association of Ireland book and Mark Tighe's Champagne Football: The Rise and Fall of John Delaney and the Football Association of Ireland

  • history
  • politics
  • crime
  • soccer
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
  • ireland
  • irish literature
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11. Tiger Woods

By: Jeff Benedict

4.36

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

In 2009, Tiger Woods was the most famous athlete on the planet, a transcendent star of almost unfat… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • history
Cover of The Rodfather: Inside the Beautiful (Ugly, Ridiculous, Hilarious) Game by Roddy Collins

12. The Rodfather: Inside the Beautiful (Ugly, Ridiculous, Hilarious) Game

By: Roddy Collins

4.28

Format: 330 pages, Kindle Edition

The hilarious memoir from the funniest man in football!Roddy Collins is a football man - now in the… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • irish literature
  • football
Cover of The Long Game: Inside Sinn Féin by Aoife Moore

13. The Long Game: Inside Sinn Féin

By: Aoife Moore

3.82

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

Inside the rise of the political party, once subordinate to the IRA, that is on the brink of taking… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • ireland
  • irish literature
Cover of A Thread of Violence: A Story of Truth, Invention, and Murder by Mark    O'Connell

14. A Thread of Violence: A Story of Truth, Invention, and Murder

By: Mark O'Connell

3.74

Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition

From the award-winning author comes a gripping account of one of the most scandalous chapters in mo… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • ireland
  • irish literature
Cover of The Monk: The Life and Crimes of Ireland's Most Enigmatic Gang Boss by Paul      Williams

15. The Monk: The Life and Crimes of Ireland's Most Enigmatic Gang Boss

By: Paul Williams

4.24

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

On the streets of the tough Dublin inner-city neighbourhood where he grew up, Gerry Hutch was perce… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • history
Cover of The Racket: A darkly funny memoir about the strange and fascinating world of professional tennis by Conor Niland

16. The Racket: A darkly funny memoir about the strange and fascinating world of professional tennis

By: Conor Niland

4.38

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

'As elegant and powerful as a Federer backhand ... It’s Kitchen Confidential for tennis.' Ed Caesar… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
Cover of Fight or Flight: My Life, My Choices by Keith Earls

17. Fight or Flight: My Life, My Choices

By: Keith Earls

4.35

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

  ★ AN POST IRISH SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021 WINNER! ★ Fight Or My Life, My Choices is the autob… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • irish literature
Cover of Recovering by Richie Sadlier

18. Recovering

By: Richie Sadlier

4.54

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

When a career-ending injury saw former Ireland and Millwall striker Richie Sadlier retire from foot… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
Cover of Punters: How Paddy Power Bet Billions and Changed Gambling Forever by Aaron Rogan

19. Punters: How Paddy Power Bet Billions and Changed Gambling Forever

By: Aaron Rogan

4.10

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

From cheeky high-street bookmaker to billion-dollar the incredible story behind Paddy Power’s unst… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • irish literature
  • ireland
Cover of Tony 10: The Astonishing Story of the Postman Who Gambled €10,000,000 … and Lost It All by Declan Lynch

20. Tony 10: The Astonishing Story of the Postman Who Gambled €10,000,000 … and Lost It All

By: Declan Lynch

4.19

Format: 267 pages, Kindle Edition

Tony 10 was the online betting username of Tony O’Reilly, the postman who became front-page news in… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
Cover of When the World Stops Watching: Life After the Game by Damian Lawlor

21. When the World Stops Watching: Life After the Game

By: Damian Lawlor

3.60

Format: 293 pages, Kindle Edition

As every sportsperson knows, the dream can’t go on forever. After years of dedication, sacrifice an… read more

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9 Top history books like Champagne Football: The Rise and Fall of John Delaney and the Football Association of Ireland by Mark Tighe

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Soccernomics

Stefan Szymanski , Simon Kuper

4.67

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My Life in Red and White

Arsène Wenger

3.63

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There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History

Rory Carroll

4.38

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Simon Kuper

4.24

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Phil Knight

4.47

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Open

J.R. Moehringer , Andre Agassi

4.31

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Johann Hari

3.98

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The Second Half

Roddy Doyle , Roy Keane

2.50

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