"Viewpoint" this year comes from top FIFA and Premership referee, David Elleray. Subtitled To err is human, to forgive is divine Elleray makes a plea on behalf of all referees, claiming they are held up to standards which are unrealistic at best and plain stupid at worst. He also makes a convincing case for shunning instant replays to aid decision making.

The 1999-2000 Official PFA Footballers Factfile
Barry Hugman

Now in its fifth year, the PFA Footballers Factfile is the most informative and comprehensive guide to professional footballers in England and Wales. This new edition appears in colour for the first time and includes a new Where Did They Go? section detailing what has happened to all those who were in last year's Factfile but did not make a first-team appearance during the 1998-99 season.

"News of the World" Football Annual 1999/2000
Eric Brown

This guide features all results from the 1998/99 season, including domestic European cup competitions plus international matches involving British teams. There are fixture lists for the 1999/2000 season, major European and world football awards, a soccer diary highlighting the season's biggest football stories, players and their appearances in the season for each and every league club. New for this edition is a complete preview of Euro 2000, including the low-down on all the competing teams and players.

The Carling Opta Football Yearbook: 1999-2000
Angus Loughran

Stats for every team in the Premiership plus their history. Presented in a colourful easy to read format this book gets top reviews from the reviews and is recommended.

Glenn Hoddle: the World Cup 1998 Story
Glenn Hoddle

This is the story of how Glenn Hoddle coached England to defeat in two of their four matches in France 98, and thus failed in his efforts to lead the country to World Cup triumph.

Manslaughter United
Chris Hulme

Zebedee, Dickie, Bunny, Nigel, Scouse, Ralph, Bumpy, Wayne, Trevor, Paddy and Rizler. A football team of whom nine have been convicted of murder and are serving life-sentences in HMP Kingston. The other two are warders. Chris Hulme spent the 1997-98 season with them and tells their stories. All the reviews I've seen give this 5 stars.