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William Hill Sports Book Club - Sports Books of the Year Longlist

The William Hill Sports Book of the Year will be announced next month, and today we get the longlist of books nominated for the most prestigious award a sporting tome can win.


Book Club regulars Adrian Durham & Neil Foggin discuss the longlist, and we hear from some of the authors who have featured on the book club over the last year.

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