The Nowhere Men voted Sports Book of the Year

Century’s The Nowhere Men: The Unknown Story of Football’s True Talent Spotters has been voted Sports Book of the Year at the British Sports Book Awards.

The book, written by Michael Calvin, was today announced as the winner of a public vote against the seven other sports category winners at this year’s awards, which were held last month.

The Nowhere Men tells the story of football’s talent scouts.

Calvin said: “Being named as Sports Book of the Year is a huge honour, and I hope its success is seen as collective rather than personal. The Nowhere Men would not have been written without the trust of a group of men who deserve to be hailed as football's hidden heroes.”

The Nowhere Men was the winner of the Football Book of the Year category at the British Sports Book Awards.

The other books in the public vote were Jimmy Connors’ The Outsider (Bantam Press), which won Autobiography of the Year; Cricket Book of the Year The Great Tamasha by James Astill (Bloomsbury); Horse Racing Book of the Year Henry Cecil by Brough Scott (Racing Post Books); Rugby Book of the Year Simon Halliday’s City Centre (Troubador); Outstanding Sports Writing winner Harriet Tuckey for Everest: The First Ascent (Rider); New Writer of the Year winner Tim Lewis for Land of Second Chances (Yellow Jersey); and Chris Power for Incredible Waves, winner of Best Illustrated Book of the Year (Orca Publications).