WORTHY EVENT TO LAUNCH NEW BOOK IN LEEDS

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and plenty of other retro sports titles.

James Brown, The Late Tackle, talkSPORT

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of hope for sports authors aspiring or established.

The Sports Bookshelf.com

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commissioning of boxing material stands
as a rebuke to more established houses

Boxing Monthly

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and clever ideas. They work out what the aficionado
would want to read, then deliver it with great verve.

Paul Hayward, The Daily Telegraph

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They do so with great presentation and editorial flair.

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to polish it, published it and helped inspire thousands
around the world to get into the sport of triathlon.

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The process of working with Pitch to produce Picking up the Threads
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expectations and becoming a resounding success.

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and realise that interest in football extends beyond the
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and experience to help produce a brilliant book.

Sam Pilger, Ashes Match of My Life

Pitch took our original concept and further enhanced it,
using their knowledge, experience and expertise, and helped
make Got, Not Got one of the football books of the year for 2011.

Derek Hammond, Got, Not Got series of books

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channeling profits and proceeds from Eleven into helping
some of the most disadvantaged young people in the world.

Steve Fleming, Eleven

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Pitch have consistently demonstrated the happy
knack of spotting, nurturing and promoting winners.

Neil Dunkin, Anfield of Dreams

05 Jul

WORTHY EVENT TO LAUNCH NEW BOOK IN LEEDS

Former Premier League talent spotter and now Pitch Publishing author Dave Worthington will appear at a special Truman Books event at the Old Woollen in Leeds, on Wednesday 20 August 2025.

Run by Farsley-based independent bookseller Truman Books, Dave and his co-author Phil Dawkes will explore Worthington’s long career in football scouting, as featured in his new memoir Worthy, with the event hosted by ITV Calendar’s Chris Dawkes.

Worthington’s career has taken him from non-league football to scouting for Premier League clubs including Bolton Wanderers and Chelsea. The event will offer insight into the lesser-known world of football recruitment, with stories from inside the game and reflections on the changing nature of scouting.

His new book lifts the lift on the dynamic, clandestine, pressurised, sometimes humdrum, often crazy life of a football talent-spotter, in this revealing autobiography we find Dave:

Unearthing hidden gems for Sam Allardyce to polish at Bolton
Helping Jose Mourinho spend big as part of Chelsea's 'Roman Empire'
Providing the means for Leicester to shock the world
Witnessing first-hand at Everton how messy things get when you recruit three faltering number 10s and strikers who don't score

Very few scouts have experienced Premier League history at close quarters in the 21st century as Dave Worthington has. But then few people have two footballing parents, fewer still grow up as one of three brothers who all became professionals and even fewer go on to make close to 500 Football League appearances, securing cult status as Dave did at Grimsby.

The event promises to be a fascinating evening, kicking off at 8pm, with tickets are available via Eventbrite, with the option to include a signed copy of Worthy. Doors open at 7pm. Click here for more information and to buy a ticket.

Click here for more information on Worthy: The Scouting Adventures and Football Life of Dave Worthington.