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Sunday, April 10, 2011

The British Sports Book Awards 2011 shortlist

The British Sports Book Awards 2011 will take place on May 9, 2011 at the Savoy Hotel, London, UK. The shortlist:

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR

* Blood, Sweat and Treason by Henry Olonga (Vision Sports Publishing)
* No Place to Hide by Errol Christie (Aurum)
* Beware of the Dog by Brian Moore (Simon and Schuster)
* Please Don't Go by John Hartson (Mainstream Publishing)
* We Were Young and Carefree by Laurent Fignon (Yellow Jersey Press)
* My Liverpool Home by Kenny Dalglish (Hodder & Stoughton)

BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR

* Frankincense and More by Robin Oakley (Racing Post)
* A Last English Summer by Duncan Hamilton (Quercus)
* Trautmann's Journey by Catrine Clay (Yellow Jersey Press)
* Get In There! by Tom Lawton Junior and Barrie Williams (Vision Sports Publishing)
* The Grudge by Tom English (Yellow Jersey Press)
* Bill Nicholson by Brian Scovell (John Blake Publishing)

BEST FOOTBALL BOOK OF THE YEAR

* Football - Bloody Hell! by Patrick Barclay (Yellow Jersey Press)
* Promised Land by Anthony Clavane (Yellow Jersey Press)
* Trautmann's Journey by Catrine Clay (Yellow Jersey Press)
* Family by Michael Calvin (Integr8 Books)
* Bill Nicholson by Brian Scovell (John Blake Publishing)
* In Search of Alan Gilzean by James Morgan (BackPage Press)
* The Anatomy of England by Jonathan Wilson (Orion)

BEST RUGBY BOOK OF THE YEAR

* The Iron Duke by Peter Jackson (Mainstream Publishing)
* Blue Blood by Bernard Jackman (Irish Sports Publishing)
* The Grudge by Tom English (Yellow Jersey Press)
* After the Lemons by Kevin Coughlan, Peter Hall and Colin Gale (Montroy Media)
* The Rugby Coaching Manual by Keith Richardson (Self Published)
* Beware of the Dog by Brian Moore (Simon and Schuster)

BEST CRICKET BOOK OF THE YEAR

* Swinging Away by Beth Hise (Scala Publishers)
* A Last English Summer by Duncan Hamilton (Quercus)
* The Victory Tests by Mark Rowe (Sportsbooks)
* Slipless in Settle by Harry Pearson (Little Brown)
* Blood, Sweat and Treason by Henry Olonga (Vision Sports Publishing)
* The Cricketer's Progress by Eric Midwinter (Third Age Publishing)

BEST RACING BOOK OF THE YEAR

* Kauto Star and Denman by Jonathan Powell (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
* The Story of Your Life by James Lambie (Matador)
* Bayardo by Peter Corbet (Rinaldo Publishing)
* Masters of Manton by Paul Mathieu (Write First Time)
* Bioenergetics and Racehorse Racing by Bob Wilkins (Overdee Press)
* Chasers and Hurdlers 09-10 by Timeform (Portway Press)
* The Art of the Race by Amanda Lockhart (Envisage Books)

BEST NEW SPORTS WRITER OF THE YEAR

* On The Road by Daniel Harris (Speakeasy Books)
* Sailing the Dream by Mike Perham (Bantam Press)
* Bounce by Matthew Syed (Fourth Estate)
* Overdrive by Clyde Brolin (Vatersay Books)
* Animals by Neil Clack (Pitch Publishing)
* The Fixer by Steve Bunce (Mainstream Publishing)

ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF THE YEAR

* Jochen Rindt by David Tremayne (Haynes Publishing)
* W.G.Grace Ate My Pedalo by Tyers and Beach (Wisden/Bloomsbury Publishing)
* Another Journey Through the Links by David Worley (Aurum)
* Manchester United 1878-2010 by Alex Murphy (Simon and Schuster)
* Twickenham by Iain Spragg (RFU/ Vision Sports Publishing)
* '61 The Spurs Double by Doug Cheeseman, Martin Cloake and Adam Powley (Vision Sports Publishing)

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