Lionel Messi is a legend--Barcelona's star player and the world's best soccer player. But when was young, he was so small that his friends would call him "Little Leo: and coaches worried he wasn't big enough to play. Yet through bravery, talent and hard work, he proved them all wrong.
Lionel Messi is a legend--Barcelona's star player and the world's best soccer player. But when was young, he was so small that his friends would call ...
The perfect gift for the football-mad kid in your life. Football is the world's favourite game where there's everything to play for and anything can happen. Like, a dog walking on the pitch in injury time and saving your team from relegation... A goal keeper saving two crucial goals with a broken neck... Or even a game erupting in no man's land between the British and German soldiers during the Christmas Truce. From great events to the completely unknown and down-right ridiculous, these are the best stories from the beautiful game. Compiled by bestselling author Matt Oldfield,...
The perfect gift for the football-mad kid in your life. Football is the world's favourite game where there's everything to play for and anything ca...
From the author of Ultimate Football Heroes comes the first book in the new Johnny Ball series, perfect reading for football-mad kids Johnny Ball LOVES football. He loves reading about it, talking about it, watching it - and he loves playing it too. He's a good player, but not quite good enough to make the Tissbury Primary School team for the super-huge Under-11s County Cup. But never mind, because their clueless coach, Mr Mann, has a special role for Johnny: ASSISTANT MANAGER! With only Grandpa George's old scarf, a 'pocket' notebook and his brilliant football brain, can Johnny lead the...
From the author of Ultimate Football Heroes comes the first book in the new Johnny Ball series, perfect reading for football-mad kids Johnny Ball L...
The second Unbelievable Football book from bestselling author and winner of the 2020 children's sports book of the year, Matt Oldfield - this time a collection of stories of football changing the world - and how you can too!
The second Unbelievable Football book from bestselling author and winner of the 2020 children's sports book of the year, Matt Oldfield - this time a c...