Chequered Flag Publishing: 18 books

Sixty years on from its birth in 1954, Formula 1 stock cars remains the premier oval motorsport. Unlimited horsepower propels the cars around the track, but speed isn’t everything – contact is expected and encouraged. It takes a huge amount of bravery to win in this brutal arena. Jump...

Frankie Wainman Junior has been taking the chequered flag in Formula 1 stock car races for thirty years – never before has one driver been so successful for so long. Thirteen-time National Points Champion, nine-time British Champion and World Champion in three different countries – the scale of...

Younis Ahmed was a talented, attacking middle-order batsman who left his native Pakistan to forge a successful career in cricket around the globe. But he is not remembered for his vibrant batting. Instead it is for moments of controversy: an international ban for touring apartheid-era South Africa,...

When Arthur Carr played his last first-class cricket match in 1934, it was the end of an impressive career which saw him play for Nottinghamshire for 25 years, lead England as captain and score 45 centuries. Yet Carr graced Trent Bridge little in the years after his retirement. The reason?...

In 1859, twelve cricketers left Liverpool to embark on the first overseas tour by a representative England side. Their destination was the place where cricket looked most likely to flourish: Canada and the United States. It was not an easy trip – the English players experienced death on...

In 1859, Fred Lillywhite accompanied the twelve top cricketers of the day to Canada and the USA. It was a turning point in the history of the sport – the first overseas cricket tour by an English side. Lillywhite’s account of the trip means that this crucial moment is recorded in detail,...

Described as one of the greatest all-round athletes of the Victorian era, Teddy Wynyard lived a remarkable and action-filled life which encompassed far more than just the sports field. His path crossed with those of Robert Baden-Powell, Arthur Conan Doyle and Winston Churchill, while he shared a wicket...

Success in the world of Formula 2 stock car racing takes a rare combination of aggression, skill and luck. Only the best drivers get to race under the gold roof of the World Champion. In KEEP TURNING LEFT, twelve top F2 drivers give an open and honest account of racing bumper to bumper in...

When 35 of the best stock car racing drivers came together to contest the World Championship in September 2013, few people predicted that James Rygor would come from the back of the grid in his debut World Final to claim the greatest prize in the sport. Yet Rygor snatched glory in the dying...

In 1987, John Lund’s eleven year struggle behind the wheel finally came good – he won the stock car World Final. Little did he realise that over twenty years later he would still be part of the sport, having won the World Final more times than any other. GOLD TOP tells the story behind...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE CRICKET SOCIETY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2002 A model Victorian sporting all-rounder, Charles Alcock was a prime mover in the development of both football and cricket as the world’s biggest sports. As a player, he was the first ever footballer to be ruled offside, the...

I have written two books about Whitehead. The first, Whitehead: The Town with No Streets, is a comprehensive history of the development of the town from its early beginnings to the present day. The second is a history of Whitehead Golf Club, expanded from a chapter in the original book and written...

“I just feel that my time has come.” When Paul Harrison uttered those words before the Formula 1 Stock Car World Final in 2011, he was about to make history. It was the culmination of a life spent trying to match his father’s achievement and wear the gold roof that signifies the World...

‘Who’s this grey-haired bleeder?’ Few people expected the slim, bespectacled 33-year-old who made his Test debut at Lord’s in 1975 to be the one to rescue England after a first Test thrashing in the Ashes – especially after he took a wrong turn in the pavilion on his way to the middle....