WAlex Ferguson: My Autobiography is the second official autobiography of Alex Ferguson, the former football manager and player. It was released on 30 October 2013 and covers the period from 2000 to 2013.
WThe Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio is an annual publication concerning football in Italy, from the first division to lower leagues that compose the league system in the country.
WAmong the Thugs: The Experience, and the Seduction, of Crowd Violence is a 1990 work of journalism by American writer Bill Buford documenting football hooliganism in the United Kingdom.
WThe Beckham Experiment: How the World's Most Famous Athlete Tried to Conquer America is a non-fiction work by Sports Illustrated writer Grant Wahl. The book chronicles David Beckham's move to Major League Soccer and his impact on American soccer.
WBilly the Kid is a children's novel by the English author Michael Morpurgo, first published in 2000.
WBroken Dreams: Vanity, Greed and the Souring of British Football is a 2003 non-fiction book by the British biographer and investigative journalist Tom Bower about business dealings in English association football. The book was well received critically and was the recipient of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year for 2003.
WThe Damned Utd is a biographical novel by British author David Peace, published in 2006. Depicting events in the life of English football personality Brian Clough, it is set during Clough's brief and unsuccessful spell as manager of Leeds United during 1974, with frequent flashbacks to his earlier period as manager of Derby County. Despite critical acclaim, the novel was also the subject of controversy for its perceived negative portrayal of Clough and some historical inaccuracies. It was adapted into a film called The Damned United, released in 2009.
WEl delantero centro fue asesinado al atardecer (1989) is a novel from Manuel Vázquez Montalbán.
WExposure is a sports novel for young adults by Mal Peet, published by Walker Books in 2008. Inspired by William Shakespeare's Othello, the story follows Otello, a black association football player and his high-profile relationship with Desmerelda, a white celebrity. It also has a parallel plot about three street kids trying to live life in abject poverty.
WFever Pitch: A Fan's Life is a 1992 autobiographical essay by British author Nick Hornby. The book is the basis for two films: Fever Pitch and Fever Pitch. The first edition was subtitled "A Fan's Life", but later paperback editions were not.
WThe Football Annual was a reference work published annually from 1868 to 1908. It reported on the various codes of football played in England, and also provided some coverage of the other home nations, supplemented on occasion by reports from around the world. Association and rugby football provided its main focus, but it also included some material on public school football, Sheffield football, and, on occasion, even Australian and American football. A typical issue would include laws of the various codes, a summary of the preceding season, a listing of football clubs in England, and essays about aspects of the game.
WThe Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick is a 1970 short novel by the Austrian Nobel prize winning writer Peter Handke. It was adapted into a 1972 film with the same title, directed by Wim Wenders.
WGoals in the Air is a 1972 children's novel by prolific British author Michael Hardcastle.
WHalf a Team is a 1980 children's novel by prolific British author Michael Hardcastle.
WHow Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization is a book written by American journalist Franklin Foer. It is an analysis of the interchange between soccer and the new global economy.
WI'm Still Standing is the autobiography of Fabrice Muamba, released on 4 November 2012 by Trinity Mirror Sport Media, ISBN 978-1908695406.
WThe Invention of The Beautiful Game: Football and the Making of Modern Brazil is a book by historian Gregg Bocketti published by the University of Florida Press in 2016. The book examines “the changes in Brazilian football from the era of Charles Miller and the sportsmen to the consolidation of the ideas of the beautiful game and of Brazil’s ownership of the game, the transition from foot-ball to futebol.”
WKeeper is a sports novel for young adults by Mal Peet, published by Walker Books in 2003. It was Peet's first novel and the first of three football stories featuring South American sports journalist Paul Faustino. Cast as an interview with Faustino, the world's best goalkeeper, El Gato, tells his life story. Peet won the Branford Boase Award, recognising the year's best debut novel for children.
WA Life too Short: The Tragedy of Robert Enke is a 2012 biography by Ronald Reng about the Hannover 96 captain and Germany goalie Robert Enke, who committed suicide after six years of depression on 10 November 2009.
WThe Miracle of Castel di Sangro is an account by American writer Joe McGinniss of the first season Italian association football club Castel di Sangro Calcio spent in Serie B.
WThe Penalty is a sports novel for young adults by Mal Peet, published by Walker Books in 2006. It is the second football stories featuring South American sports journalist Paul Faustino. The teen football prodigy El Brujito disappears without a trace and Faustino is drawn to the mystery. He unfolds the story behind the disappearance.
WRed or Dead is a novel by British author David Peace. It details Bill Shankly's period as manager of Liverpool football club from his appointment in 1959 to his unexpected resignation in 1974.
WSoccer Comes First is a 1966 children's novel by prolific British author Michael Hardcastle. It is the first in a series of books focusing on the fortunes of fictitious English football team Scorton Rovers.
WThe Soccer War is a book by Ryszard Kapuściński, the Polish press correspondent in Africa and Latin America in the 1960s. The eponymous Soccer War erupts between the Central American Republics of Honduras and El Salvador, partially as a result of a football match between teams of the two countries. The deeper reasons for the conflict were political.
WSpalding is an American sports equipment manufacturing company founded by Albert Spalding in Chicago, in 1876. It is now headquartered in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Spalding currently focuses on basketball, mainly producing balls but also commercializing hoops, rims, nets and ball pump needles. Softballs are commercialized through its subsidiary Dudley Sports.
WSpalding Athletic Library sold sports and exercise books through American Sports Publishing Company from 1892 to 1941. Both companies were owned and founded by Spalding. Books cover over 30 different sports and exercises, and over 20 different organizations.
WTemples of the Earthbound Gods: Stadiums in the Cultural Landscapes of Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires is a book by scholar and journalist Christopher Thomas Gaffney published by the University of Texas Press in 2008.Relating Brazilian and Argentinian culture with stadiums, Gaffney conducted an analysis of effects of stadiums in changes in culture. Gaffney described stadiums as "historical, economic, political, sociocultural, technological, and globalizing processes as they are expressed on the local level." The book guides through the history of stadiums in general also in Brazil and Argentina. Through Gaffney, stadiums were considered as portrayals of changes.
WThe Football Yearbook is a British football reference book published annually by Headline. It was first published in 1970 for the 1970–71 season, its first compilers being Tony Williams and Roy Peskett. For many years the editors were father and daughter Jack and Glenda Rollin. The Rollins' involvement ended with the 2012-13 edition, with the parting somewhat acrimonious.
WUnited! is a 1973 children's novel by prolific British author Michael Hardcastle. It is the second in a series of books focusing on the fortunes of fictitious youth football team Bank Vale United.
WUnseen Academicals is the 37th novel in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. The novel satirises football, and features Mustrum Ridcully setting up an Unseen University football team, with the Librarian in goal. It includes new details about "below stairs" life at the university. The book introduces several new characters, including Trevor Likely, a street urchin with a wonderful talent for kicking a tin can; Glenda Sugarbean, a maker of "jolly good" pies; Juliet Stollop, a dim but beautiful young woman who might just turn out to be the greatest fashion model there has ever been; and the mysterious Mr Nutt, a cultured, enigmatic, idealistic savant. According to the publisher, Transworld, the "on sale" date for the hardback was 1 October 2009 although the official publication date is 8 October 2009. Bookshop chain Borders included a small set of exclusive Discworld football cards with each book.
WWhen Pelé Broke Our Hearts: Wales & the 1958 World Cup is a 1998 book by Mario Risoli recounting the Welsh national football team's 1958 World Cup campaign. Wales registered three draws in their group stage, then a win in a tie-breaker against Hungary, advancing them to the quarter-finals, losing 1–0 to Brazil, on a score by then 17-year-old Pelé. As of 2020, this is the only appearance by Wales at the World Cup.
WWilliam and Mary Men's Soccer is a book published in 2010 by Arcadia Publishing.
W43 years with the Same Bird is a 2008 book written by Daily Mirror columnist Brian Reade. It documents his lifelong following of Liverpool F.C.