Ed Smith

Recommended to anyone interested in sport, history, or simply human nature

A book that everyone with a serious interest in sport needs to read. Don't miss it

A terrific book - Smith has distilled into 200 pages things that took me fifteen years of playing to work out

An exceptional book: lucid, thought-provoking, informative and fair. Outstanding

Why will there never be another Bradman? 
 
How do you win 33 games in a row? 
 
Why did Zidane lose his rag on the world's stage? 
 
Foraying deep into sport's leftfield, Ed smith asks the questions we rarely ask of our teams and players. When is cheating really cheating? Is the free market good for sport? Can talent be a curse? Does luck matter? His answers, often controversial and always thought provoking, will delight anyone who has ever wondered why sport matters.

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Recommended to anyone interested in sport, history, or simply human nature

I could eat this stuff up with a spoon

A book that everyone with a serious interest in sport needs to read. Don't miss it

Recommended to anyone interested in sport, history, or simply human nature

I could eat this stuff up with a spoon

A book that everyone with a serious interest in sport needs to read. Don't miss it

Recommended to anyone interested in sport, history, or simply human nature

I could eat this stuff up with a spoon

A book that everyone with a serious interest in sport needs to read. Don't miss it

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