THIS WEEK'S TOP 10 SPORTS BOOKS

1 A Lot of Hard Yakka, Simon Hughes (Headline, hardback, pounds 16.99)

2 Left Foot in the Grave? A View From The Bottom Of The Football League, Garry Nelson (CollinsWillow, hardback, pounds 14.99)

3 Dickie Bird - My Autobiography, Dickie Bird and Keith Lodge (Hodder and Stroughton, hardback, pounds 17.99)

4 The Greatest Footballer You Never Saw - The Robin Friday Story, Paul McGuigan and Paolo Hewitt (Mainstream, paperback, pounds 9.99)

5 Golden Boy - A Biography of Wilf Mannion, Nick Varley (Aurum Press, hardback, pounds 14.95)

6 Guvnors - Mickey Francis and Peter Walsh (Milo Books, paperback, pounds 6.99)

7 Fausto Coppi - The True Story, Jean-Paul Olivier (Sport and Publicity/Bromley Books, paperback, pounds 15.99)

8 Muhammad Ali - His Life and Times, Thomas Hauser (Pan, paperback, pounds 15.99)

9 Elliott's Golf Form 1998, Keith Elliott (Portway Press, paperback, pounds 18.95)

10 An Intimate Portrait of the Tour de France, Philippe Brunel (Buonpane Publications, hardback, pounds 29.99)

L:ist compiled by Sportspages Bookshops: 94-96 Charing Cross Road, London (0171 240 9604) and St Ann's Square, Manchester (0161 832 8530)