This month we will be looking at the greatest-ever players to wear the number 10 shirt, Andy Bollen joins us to talk about his new book "The Number 10 More Than a Number More Than a Shirt" find out who made it into the book and who narrowly missed out it is a celebration of some of the greatest ever players.

In this edition we go back to April 1985 when Marvin Hagler met Thomas Hearns. Don Stradley joins us to talk about his book "The War" which chronicles the events in the build-up to the fight and its aftermath. 37 years on from that Monday night in April the fight is still viewed as one of the greatest in Boxing history .

In this edition Alexis James author of "Unsung" joins us to look at the lives of those whose contribution is essential to the smooth running , success and integrity 

we look at the lives of the interpreters, race starters, drug testers, club chaplains its a fascinating insight into the lives of those who regularly appear on tv at event coverage and who we know so little about, yet without their presence events would simply not happen.

These people have some great stories to tell including the drug tester, there are many tales about how athletes down the years have tried to avoid coming into contact with them and who try to cheat their way around a simple urine test , including one who used his pregnant wive's urine as his own sample.

In the first edition of the new year Rugby and NFL are the featured sports, "Rugby's Greatest Mavericks" is Luke Upton's book which looks at some of the game's most celebrated names whose contribution at times has been controversial both on and off the field but who ultimately would have fans flocking to see them play, and we look at espionage at Superbowl and the lengths some would go to in order to acquire that piece of information that could be the difference between winning and losing. 

In this edition of the show Gly Rhodes MBE joins me along with author  Mark Turley, Glyn looks back on a life in boxing from growing up on a council estate in Sheffield to the day his life changed as he walked through the door of Brendan Ingle's gym and subsequently devoted his life to Boxing.

It's a tale of the high's the sport delivers in and out of the ring as a fighter and a coach and trainer but also the lows suffered after experiencing first hand the tragedy that can also befall fighters in the ring something he first experienced being on the undercard of Michael Watson Chris Eubank .

In this edition author and journalist Tris Dixon joins me to talk about his brand new book "Warrior" which tells the story of the rise and fall of Mathew Saad Muhammad . From being abandoned on a Philadelphia street corner aged 4 he rose to become one of the great champions of the era.

In this podcast we focus on the "World Cup " beginning with author Aiden Williams who joins us to talk about the greatest teams never to have won the world cup as revealed in his book "The Nearly Men". Next we talk to Stuart Horsfield who wrote about the Brazil team of 1982 and Chris Evans discusses what you actually need to be in place in order to win a world cup from his book "How to Win a World Cup".

In this edition of the show, we explore the high-stakes world of espionage in NFL and MLB through 2 new book releases, Kevin Bryant 

has spent a lifetime working in intelligence gathering as a former special agent and within the military his book "Spies On The Sidelines"

explores the lengths teams go to in order to win from concealed cameras to scouts dressed as clergy and Daniel Levitt and Mark Armour look into Baseball's 

murky past from "fake foul tips to dugout disguises and sign stealing " .

Catherine Spencer is one of England's most successful rugby players she was capped 63 times by England during which time as captain she led the team to 3 successive "6 Nations" titles played in 2 "World Cup Finals" and had a win ratio of 93% during her time as England captain.

Catherine joined me to talk about her book "Mud Maul Mascara" .

In the first edition of the new series we look at the history of women's rugby in "Scrum Queens" with guest reviewer, and author Andy Bollen plus Chris Evans joins us to talk about his new book "How To Win A World Cup" the definitive book with contributions from, Scolari, Carlos Alberto Parreira and Roberto Martinez.