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Supporting a fictional team feels like a good option right now – they could sign all the best players, have the best stadium, win everything.

Football Shorts follows the fortunes of fictional Premier League team Shelby Town, and is a collection of short stories with the common theme of The Shelby.

Edited by Tom Watt, the ghost writer of My Side by David Beckham, the book includes stories by authors Nick Hornby, Alan Davies and Terry Deary and footballers Vincent Kompany and Faye White.

Twelve short stories and twelve poems including Billy's tall stories about his famous grandfather, Raphael's suspicions that his coach has commited murder, Tom and Jerry surprising a talent scout and Katy getting picked to play for England.

I can’t tell you how much I love Anthony Browne’s books.

This is perfect for a Dad (or Mum) wanting a footballing picture book to share with a little (or big) ’un.

The main character is a monkey and the illustrations will help you to talk about teamwork, practice, determination - all the great values of sport and family!

Willy the chimp loves football and dreams of being a star player. But he doesn't have any boots so he's never been picked for the team. Then, one evening, Willy meets a mysterious stranger and his luck begins to change.

It’s happened again. England are out of yet another international tournament; the manager has quit, the players lambasted in the press and the expectations of a nation dashed.

Since the magical World Cup win of 1966, this has been the enduring story of English tournament football: great hope outweighed by greater disappointment.

In his book, Henry Winter tries to find out where it all went wrong for England. Filled with exclusive interviews with England legends, the book provides fascinating insights while also dredging up bad memories!

Fifty Years of Hurt weaves more than forty exclusive interviews with the biggest names in the game.

And as well as players and managers, Henry Winter talks to the fans, to agents, to officials, to the governing bodies, about every aspect, good and bad, of English football.

This book, by David Peace, tells the story of one of England’s most colourful personalities, Brian Clough, and his tumultuous 44 days as Leeds United manager.

Although a novel, The Damned United is so engrossing and true to life that you feel like you are right there as Clough unsuccessfully tries to navigate the political world of the boardroom and impose his ideas on a hostile playing squad.

This book is a guaranteed page turner and a fascinating insight into what drives a manager to succeed or, in this case, to fail.

Described by its author as a fiction based on fact, it is told from Clough's point of view.

The reader is taken into the mind and thoughts of Ol' Big 'Ead himself, and brings vividly to life one of football's most complex and fascinating characters.

England’s vanquishers Iceland aren’t the first Nordic team to emerge from obscurity onto the world stage and exceed all footballing expectations.

In the mid-eighties a Danish side, technically gifted, pacey, powerful, rebellious and highly-strung burst onto the scene and captured hearts the world over.

Featuring players like Michael Laudrup, Preben Elkjaer and Lars Olsen, they became everyone’s second team.

Danish Dynamite became their nickname and the title of this excellent account of their adventures.

In 2004 Arsène Wenger’s Arsenal team won the Premier League, a feat they have not achieved since.

What’s more, they did it without losing a match and played some of the best football the Premier League has ever witnessed in the process.

The team boasted some of the finest players of their generation: Thierry Henry, Dennis Bergkamp, Robert Pires, Patrick Vieira, Gilberto Silva and Sol Campbell had flair, pace and finesse matched by power and tenacity.

Amy Lawrence takes us through the entire story of this team, from Wenger’s arrival in England, the controversial 0-0 at Old Trafford, the 2-2 draw at Tottenham that won the league and that final match against Leicester (who made history this season) which made sure that Arsenal FC are the only team with a golden Premier League trophy.