Association Football : World Cup
General Histories
Brian Glanville & Jerry Weinstein : World Cup (1958 Hale)
David Guiney : The Dunlop Book of the World Cup (1973 Eastland Press)
Brian Glanville : Sunday Times History of the World Cup (1973 Times Newspapers)
John Robinson : The FIFA World Cup 1930-1986 (1986 Marksman pb)
Andrew Godsel : The World Cup (1990 Nimrod)
Ian Morrison : The World Cup - A Complete Record 1930-1990 (1990 Breedon)
Jack Rollin : The Guinness Record of the World Cup 1930-1994 (1994 Guinness pb)
John Robinson : Soccer - The World Cup 1930-1994 (1997 Soccer Book Publishing £11.95)
Gary Lineker & Stan Hey : Gary's Golden Boots - The World Cup's Greatest
Strikers 1930-1998 (1998 Hodder & Stoughton £16.99)
Tournament Commentaries
Switzerland 1954
Ralph Finn : World Cup - A Day by Day Record of the World Cup Soccer Series
(1954 Hamilton pb)
Sweden 1958
John Camkin : World Cup 1958 (1958 Hart-Davis)
Chile 1962
Gordon Jeffery : World Cup '62 - The Report from Chile (1962 Souvenir)
Donald Saunders : World Cup 1962 (1962 Heinemann)
England 1966
(Ed) Hugh McIIvanney : World Cup '66 (1966 Eyre & Spottiswoode)
Jack Rollin : England's World Cup Triumph (1966 Davies Books)
Ralph Finn : England, World Champions (1966 Hale)
Harold Mayes : World Cup Report 1966 (1967 Heinemann)
Sven Simon : Das Tor des Jahrunderts (1967 Kindler & Schiermeyer, Munich pb)
Martin Tyler : Boys of '66 - The England Team that Won the World Cup Then & Now (1981 Hamlyn)
David Miller : England's Last Glory - The Boys of '66 (1986 Pavilion)
Roger Hutchinson : It is Now .. The Real Story of England's 1966 Wolrd Cup Triumph
(1995 Mainstream £14.99)
Kenneth Wolstenholme : They Think It's All Over (1996 Robson £14.95)
David Thomson : 4-2 (1996 Bloomsbury £16.99)
Mexico 1970
Hugh McIlvanney : World Cup '70 (1970 Eyre & Spottiswoode)
Dave Miller : World Cup 1970 (1970 Heinemann)
Martin Peters : Mexico '70 (1970 Cassell)
Bobby Moore : Moore on Mexico (1970 Stanley Paul)
West Germany 1974
Phil Evans : Book of the World Cup 1974 (1973 Knight pb)
Allen Wade & Colin E Murphy : A report on the World Cup 1974 (Football Assoc pb)
Argentina 1978
Colin Malam : World Cup Argentina (1978 Collins pb)
Ken Gallacher : Flowers of Scotland - The Official Book of Scotland's World Cup Squad
(1978 Trustee Savings Bank pb)
Phil Soar : World Cup '78 (1978 Marshall Cavendish)
Spain 1982
Hunter Davies : England ! The 1982 World Cup Squad (1982 Macdonald)
Gordon Brown & Bill Campbell : The Scotsport Guide to Spain '82 (1982 Mainstream pb)
David Barnes : The Game of the Century - World Cup Spain 1982 (1982 Sidgwick & Jackson)
Phil Soar & Richard Widdows : Spain '82 - The Winningof the World Cup (1982 Hamlyn)
Mexico 1986
Phil Soar & John Bone : Mexico '86 (1986 Windward)
Peter Dunk : Playfair World Cup - Mexico 1986 (1986 Queen Anne pb)
Julie Welch : The World Cup - Essential Guide to Mexico 1986 (1986 Virgin pb)
Bobby Robson : So Near and yet So Far - Bobby Robson's World Cup Diary 1982-86 (1986 Willow)
Italy 1990
Peter Davies : All Played Out - The Full Story of Italia '90 (1990 Heinemann)
Dixon Blackstock : Italia '90 - Scotland - Five in a Row, the Road to Rome (1990 Sportsprint pb)
Jack Charlton : Jack Charlton's World Cup Diary (1990 Macmillan)
Phil Evans : World Cup '90 (1990 Hodder & stoughton pb)
Mary Hunt : There We Were - Italia '90 (1991 Sparrow pb)
USA 1994
Stewart Beckett : The Greatest Show on Earth - World Cup America 1994
(1993 Comprehensive Art Services pb)
Mary Hunt : Here We Go - Republic of Ireland's Route to the World Cup (1993 Sparrow pb)
Andy Townsend : Andy's Game - The Inside Story of the World Cup (1994 Stanley Paul pb)
John Sugden & Alan Timlinson : Hosts and Champions - Soccer Cultures, National Identities
& the USA World Cup (1994 Arena)
Doug Cheesman : This is Soccer - Images of USA '94 (1994 Gollancz pb £9.99)
Gwyn Jenkins : Cwpan Y Byd '94 (1994 Gwasg Carreg Gwalch pb)
France 1998
Peterjon Cresswell & Simon Evans : France '98 - The Rough Guide (1998 Rough Guides £1.99)
Keir Radnege : World Cup France '98 - The Official Guide (1998 Carlton £6.99)
Team Studies
Clive Leatherdale : England's Quest for the World Cup - A Complete record (1984 Methuen)
Clive Leatherdale : Scotland's Quest for the World Cup - A Complete Record 195-1986
(1986 John Donald)
Ronnie Hanna : Six Glorious Years 1980-86 (1986 Causeway Press, NI)
Clive Leatherdale : Ireland - The Quest for the World Cup - A Complete Record
of Every Game 1934-94 (1994 Desert Island pb £7.99)
Paul Rowan : The Team That Jack Built (1994 Mainstream, Eire £12.99)
Alex Ribeiro : Who Won the '94 World Cup ? (1995 Rivers Int, Brazil pb £6.99)
Graham McColl : Scotland in the World Cup Finals (1998 Chamelon Books £14.99)
Graham McColl : England - The Alf Ramsey Years (1998 Chamelon Books £14.99)
Fiction & Humour
Alan Bold : Scotland, yes - World Cup Football Poems (1978 Harris)
Eric Morecambe & Roddy Bloomfield : Over the Moon .. Sick as a Parrot (1982 Stanley Paul)
Pele & Herb Resnicow : The World Cup Murder (1988 Wynwood Press, US) - novel
Arthur Smith & Chris England : An Evening with Gary Leneker (1992 Warner Chappell) - playscript
READING
Peter Seddon : A Football Compendium (1995 British Library £60)