THIS WEEK'S TOP 10 SPORTS BOOKS

1 European Football - Fan's Handbook - The Rough Guide, Peterjon Cresswell and Simon Evans (Rough Guides, paperback, pounds 14.99)

2 Left Foot in the Grave? A View from the Bottom of the Football League, Garry Nelson (Collins Willow, hardback, pounds 14.99)

3 Survival of The Fattest 3 - An Alternative Review of the '96-'97 Season, edited by David Jenkins and Judi Holly (Red Card Publishing, paperback, pounds 9.99)

4 Official NFL 1997 Record and Fact Book, National Football League (Workman, paperback, pounds 14.99)

5 The 1997 Air New Zealand Rugby Almanack, edited by C Akers and N McMillian (Hodder Moa Beckett, paperback, pounds 19.95)

6 Dicks Out 2 - You're Not Singing Anymore, Rob Merrills (Red Card Publishing, paperback, pounds 9.99)

7 Racing Post Jumpers to Follow 1997/98, edited by Nicholas Godfrey (Racing Post, paperback pounds 7.99)

8 Steve Waugh's World Cup Diary, Steve Waugh (HarperSports, paperback, pounds 10.99)

9 Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1997/98, edited by Mick Cleary and John Griffiths (Headline, paperback, pounds 16.99)

10 Four Iron in the Soul, Lawrance Donegan (Viking, hardback, pounds 15.99)

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