Sports Book Podcast

In episode 5 Matt talks to Dan Waddell about the extraordinary story of an England cricket tour of Nazi Germany and when Hitler played cricket. He also hears from Stefan Szymanski who explains why - sadly - your football club is more likely to be successful with a sugar daddy than being owned by the fans. Subscribe to us on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts and follow us on Twitter @SportsBookPod

It's marathon running, tennis and cycling this episode. William Skidelsky chats about his book Federer and Me: A Story of Obsession. Ed Caesar discusses his forthcoming book Two Hours: The Quest to Run the Impossible Marathon and William Fotheringham talks about his new book Bernard Hinault and the Fall and Rise of French Cycling.

Three guests in this episode. First up, Martin Fletcher author of 56: The Story of the Bradford Fire a harrowing personal account. Former cricketer turned cricket writer Steve James discusses his book The Art of Centuries. Also featured Simon Hughes and his book on the Liverpool FC team of 1996, The Men in White Suits.

This episode's guests in the Sports Book Podcast are Lucy Fry and Adharanand Finn. Lucy is the author of Run, Ride, Sink or Swim: A year in the exhilarating and addictive world of women's triathlon. Adharanand is probably best known to listeners from his award-winning book Running with the Kenyans.

Matt introduces his first two guests in the Sports Book Podcast. John Lazenby author of The Strangers Who Came Home: The First Australian Cricket Tour of England joins Matt with author of Running Free: A Runner's Journey Back to Nature, Richard Askwith.