TOP TEN SPORTS BOOKS

1 Athletics 99, edited by Peter Matthews (Sports Books, paperback, pounds 14.95)

2 NatWest Playfair Cricket World Cup, edited by Bill Frindall (Headline, paperback, pounds 5.99)

3 Manchester United Ruined My Life, Colin Shindler, (Headline, paperback, pounds 5.99)

4 Phil Tufnell: What Now? Phil Tufnell with Peter Hayter (Collins Willow, hardback, pounds 16.99)

5 1999 PGA Tour - Official Media Guide (PGA Tour, paperback, pounds 15.99)

6 Cherries in the Red - How One Football Fan Saved his Club, Trevor Watkins (Headline, hardback, pounds 16.99)

7 How They Stole The Game, David Yallop (Poetic Publishing, hardback, pounds 5.99)

8 British Athletics 1999, edited by Rob Whittingham and Peter Matthews (Old Bakehouse Publications, paperback, pounds 12.99)

9 In pursuit of the Yellow Jersey, Samuel Abt and James Startt (Van der Plas, paperback, pounds 9.95)

10 Allan Donald - White Lightning, Allan Donald and Pat Murphy (Collins Willow, hardback, pounds 16.99)

List compiled by Sportspages Bookshops 94-96 Charing Cross Road, London, 0171 240 9604 & St Ann's Square, Manchester, 0161 832 8530; www.sportspages.co.uk