Hamiltonâs book is like a comedy really.
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Charlie Wegeliusâ book is very good but I think you read it already.
Marcus Trescothickâs is good
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TBF he was waxing lyrical about Eddie Jones book a few days ago
Paul McGraths autobiography is a fantastic read.
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That one pops up a lot but Iâve never read it.
Keith Duggan 
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Howâs the oul cough flatty? (Maybe 5 books is a little ambitious?)
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Brendan O hEithir Over the Bar
David Peace The Damned United
Donald McRae Dark Trade Lost in Boxing
Michael Lewis Moneyball
Nick Hornby Fever Pitch
Honourable mentions
Billy Rackard No hurling at the dairy door
Padraig Puirseal The GAA in its time
Eamon Dunphy Only a game?
Left foot forward Gary Nelson
Seven deadly sins David Walsh
King of the World David Remnick
The fight Norman Mailer
The Bloodied Field Michael Foley
A strange kind of glory Eamon Dunphy
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Over the Bar is a great shout. One of my all time favourites.
âBallindooley, my bollocksâ
Raising The Banner- GL
Boys will be Boys- Dallas Cowboys
Opening Up- Mike Atherton
Football against the Enemy- Simon Kuper
Thomas Hausers Ali one
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The Lost Soul of Eamonn Magee
Calico by John Foot
Hurling - The Revolution Years - Denis Walsh
Paul McGrath autobiography
The Bloodied Field âMichael Foley
The situation is fluid
Better today, but Iâll keep you in mind. Herself just got in from an ICU shift. One of her colleagues is intubated and ventilated in there.
If the figures for her region are estimated correct, and 5% of people who get it go to hospital (I donât think this is anywhere near right, but if it is), then onky 2% of the population have actually had it.
That is a horrifying thought.
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Itâs decent and one of those books you sort of have to read but at the same time there was something about its style that made me found it tough going in parts, I think it was the tweeness and very 1960s writing style.
Doyler by Mick Doyle has tremendous yarns. (cc: of @mickee321).
âThe Road to Crokerâ by Eamonn Sweeney is decent.
Worth reading if only for the bit about the Tottenham-Arsenal League Cup semi-final in 1987.
One of the first sports books I ever read was about Liverpoolâs Ray Kennedy and thatâs still one of the better ones Iâve read.
I have a good few sports books Iâve never read but would like to get around to reading at some stage:
The Val Dorgan Christy Ring book
Engage by Paul Kimmage
My Father and Other Working Class Football Heroes by Gary Imlach
The Secret Race by Tyler Hamilton
Dub Sub Confidential by John Leonard
Eye of the Hurricane by Bill Borrows (about Alex Higgins)
Living in Extra-Time by Mick Doyle
I wouldnât mind reading Kieren Fallonâs book just based off his interviews though I have very little interest in horse racing especially flat racing.
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Worrying times alright. Iâd say she wouldnât have much time for flippant comments from random internetters.
A few books mentioned here that I wouldnât be a huge fan of, the first is Bloodied field, interesting subject matter but a very dull read, Foleys book Kings of September is an Irish classic though.
The miracle of castel di Sangro I genuinely struggled to finish despite being excited to finally start it having read so much praise, maybe expecting too much. The basic premise of a writer positioning himself in a community is done infinitely better in Friday night lights.
The Dallas cowboys book âboys will be boysâ isnât bad either but I much prefer the New York Mets equivalent âthe bad guys wonâ or the story of the 70âs Raiders âBadassesâ
Iâll do a top 5 later
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+1 on this. I remember finding the Tony Cascarino one quite entertaining, as was the Zlatan one, but I wouldnât classify either as great books. Have you read Born to Run @flattythehurdler?
Engage gave me nightmares
Is that by that Dean karnazes lad, or somesuch?