Product Description

Where does Rooney stand in the order of World Strikers?] Is Cech better than Casillas? Where does Gerrard rate against Vieira? Using its unique form guide, the "MOTD Annual" answers these crucial questions and many more, running down the top 50 deadliest strikers, the 50 meanest defenders, the 50 classiest midfielders and the top 25 keepers in the world. Also including the most detailed guide around to the Premiership clubs, plus interviews with top players, footballing insights from the MOTD presenters, and a guide to Euro 2008, it offers incredible value and genuinely new and exclusive information for discerning football fans. Everything that you would expect from a sporting brand as mighty as Match of the Day. "The MOTD Annual" was conceived two years ago by one-man band Terry Pratt, a former publisher of current football annual market-leader Match. With the Match Annual starting to look tired, but still hitting sales of 250,000, Terry spotted an open goal. He drafted in old colleague and former Match managing editor Chris Hunt, and together they created a far superior product and launched it under a much stronger brand. Terry was rewarded with 250 per cent sales growth from year one to two, and third place in the Football Annual bestsellers chart, behind only "Match and Shoot". After this excellent launch, and with the same team now packaging the Annual for BBC Books, we are perfectly placed to take it all the way to the top.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #185203 in Books
• Published on: 2007-10-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 94 pages

About the Author
Terry Pratt is the one-man band behind sports imprint Interact Publishing, whose other titles include The MOTD Football Yearbook; World Cup Stories: A History of the FIFA World Cup; The MOTD Guide to the 2006 World Cup and The Official MOTD Annuals 2006 and 2007. Interact will now package the MOTD Annual for BBC Books. MOTD Annual editor Chris Hunt also has an impressive track record in this market. He became managing editor of Match in 1993, and over the next eight years transformed the title into the UK's biggest-selling football magazine, with weekly sales peaking at 242,000 copies. During his editorship he also launched fortnightly sister title Sported and was voted Emap's Editor Of The Year.

Customer Reviews

Great Companion for any Football Fan
The 2008 Match of the Day annual may appear aimed for the younger reader, but it is still very useful and interesting and a good read to any aged fan. As usual the book focuses on a review of the Premier League last season featuring a barrel of statistics, some of which I don't even know how they work out. Along with that there is my favourite part of the book which is the lists of the top fifty strikers, midfielders and top twenty five goalkeepers in the world. To my surprise this edition sees Francesco Totti top the striker's poll. Complete with even more extras, trivia, facts, reviews and analysis from none other than the BBC, this annual is a great companion to any football nut and at such a low price, what are you waiting for???