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Author: Seve Ballesteros's Touch of Class - buy it here bit.ly/3xrZjJi
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It'd be a touch of class to treat Dad to some Seve for Father's Day - Sunday 15 June: buy the book here bit.ly/3xrZjJi 🇪🇸⛳️💪
#Seve #SeveBallesteros #golf #FathersDay #books #publishing @PitchPublishing
Seve Ballesteros's Touch of Class: The 1984 Open Championship and the Meaning of Europe's Greatest Golfer
After witnessing first-hand the Spanish golfer's famous Open Championship win at St Andrews in 1984, Seve Ballesteros was the only golfer who mattered to Kenny Reid. Uniquely centred around Seve's gre...
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I loved this book. A great story about real people in often dire straits, oh, and cricket 🏏
A new book 'GETTING OUT: The Ukrainian Cricket Team's Last Stand on the Front Lines of War' is the story of some unknown, eccentric sportspeople – and how they saved many of those around them from Russia's invasion in 2022.

🇺🇦 🏏 Details | Where to buy ⬇️
www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/getting-out
Getting Out: The Ukrainian Cricket Team's Last Stand on the Front Lines of War
Getting Out tells how Ukraine's cricketers escaped from Russia's invasion in February 2022, including first-hand accounts of the war. As the foreign-born players fled the bombings, the team’s Ukrainia...
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October 20, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Here's a @rydercup @RyderCupEurope excerpt from my book - Seve Ballesteros's Touch of Class - on @PitchPublishing 's YouTube channel. Link to the book in my bio and at the below #golf #RyderCup2025 #books #publishing #Seve #SeveBallesteros
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Seve Ballesteros Ryder Cup Legacy - Book Extract by Kenny Reid
YouTube video by Pitch Publishing
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September 28, 2025 at 3:36 PM
That time Lee Westwood and Mark Foster ⛳️🏌️‍♂️ were spectators @rydercupeurope.bsky.social @TheBelfryHotel
1993, watching Seve and José María #RyderCup #golf
September 27, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Thanks to @ToppingsStAs for the most welcome coffee and chance to sign some more books in their beautiful shop two weeks ago #Seve #books #bookshops #publishing @PitchPublishing #golf #RyderCup
September 27, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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Winner in next issue!
September 26, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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A legendary European pairing.
Two artists at work ⚽️⛳️
September 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
A legendary European pairing.
Two artists at work ⚽️⛳️
September 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
With golf's majors at an end for '25, channel your withdrawal symptoms via Seve Ballesteros, from me and Pitch Publishing
here: bit.ly/3xrZjJi
#golf #books
August 3, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Been on a @PitchPublishing bender. 5/5: I devoured this book like a plate of scouse. A fascinating, engaging story on the power of sport and of community. #football #books #LFC
Jürgen Said to Me: Jürgen Klopp, Liverpool and the Remaking of a City
Jürgen Said to Me is a human-interest story centred around Liverpool FC's most successful and charismatic leader of recent times. It charts Jürgen Klopp's impact on Liverpool through the voice of the ...
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August 3, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Been on a @PitchPublishing bender. 4/5: cracking⚽️history from @Miguel_LPereira and a great way to learn a few things about Portugal, that most friendly of countries #football #books www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/bring-m...
Bring Me That Horizon: A Journey to the Soul of Portuguese Football
Bring Me that Horizon is a quest into the heart and soul of Portuguese football. From Eusebio's glorious career to Cândido de Oliveira's adventures as a British intelligence agent, the book reveals a ...
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August 2, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Been on a @PitchPublishing bender. 3/5: smashing ⚽️history from @Miguel_LPereira and super journey around Spain #football #books pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/pasion
Pasión: A Journey to the Soul of Spanish Football
Pasión explores the rich diversity of Spanish footballing culture and how the game unites the nation. Whether talking to World Cup-winning managers, elite players and journalists or travelling around ...
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August 1, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Been on a @PitchPublishing bender. 2/5: a super tale. There's a certain skill to ghosting a book and very quickly I could sense Franny Lee sitting opposite me regaling me with his entire life story. What a journey. #book #football @ManCity buy it here:
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Triumphs, Treachery and Toilet Rolls: The Francis Lee Autobiography
Triumphs, Treachery and Toilet Rolls is the astonishing life story of football legend Francis Lee. With searing candour, Lee reveals how he overcame treachery and betrayals to prevail. It's the story ...
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July 31, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Been on a Pitch Publishing roll. Loved this from @jonathancampion.com: humanity, grim luck, sport and its power to bring people together. Uplifting and at times sad, it played out in my head like a moving BBC Storyville documentary. #books #cricket #ukraine pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/getting...
Getting Out: The Ukrainian Cricket Team's Last Stand on the Front Lines of War
Getting Out tells how Ukraine's cricketers escaped from Russia's invasion in February 2022, including first-hand accounts of the war. As the foreign-born players fled the bombings, the team’s Ukrainia...
pitchpublishing.co.uk
July 30, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Sunningdale GC is so good even the stuff you see on the way to the loo is iconic. Or in Bob Hope's case, in a stall / cubicle in the Gents. I'm sure he'd've loved that #golf
July 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
With reposts, on X > 100k people saw this story last year. A good @TheOpen Seve tale is a tale worth repeating, I think. ⛳️🇪🇸💪📚Book link - bit.ly/3xrZjJi
- from @PitchPublishing
#Seve #SeveBallesteros #golf #golftwitter #golfinsta #book
July 17, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Lovely spying the book in Toppings Edinburgh. If you need a fix beyond #TheOpen #SeveBallesteros's Touch of Class (Pitch Publishing) can also be found Topping & Company Booksellers of St Andrews (of course!) Bath and can be ordered from Ely #Seve #SeveBallesteros #golf #golftwitter #book #theopen
July 16, 2025 at 12:16 PM
A nice last-minute Father's Day gift, Sunday 15 June: buy the book here bit.ly/3xrZjJi 🇪🇸📷#Seve #SeveBallesteros #golf #FathersDay #books #publishing
@PitchPublishing
June 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
It'd be a touch of class to treat Dad to some Seve for Father's Day - Sunday 15 June: buy the book here bit.ly/3xrZjJi 🇪🇸⛳️💪
#Seve #SeveBallesteros #golf #FathersDay #books #publishing @PitchPublishing
Seve Ballesteros's Touch of Class: The 1984 Open Championship and the Meaning of Europe's Greatest Golfer
After witnessing first-hand the Spanish golfer's famous Open Championship win at St Andrews in 1984, Seve Ballesteros was the only golfer who mattered to Kenny Reid. Uniquely centred around Seve's gre...
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June 3, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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The results are in!
From powerful memoirs to unforgettable sporting moments, meet the 2025 Charles Tywhitt Sports Book Awards winners!
A huge congratulations to this year’s incredible authors and titles, & thank you to everyone who’s championed great sports writing with us.
#CTSBA25 #ReadingForSport
May 7, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Well done to Kevin Cook (@EburyPublishing) on the Golf Book victory on May 1. And congrats on the shortlisting for @sportsbookawards.bsky.social #CTSBA25 to Beef Johnston (@HarperNonFic), @iaincartergolf (@BloomsburySport) @AlanShipnuck(@simonschusterUK) @domholland @pitchpublishing.bsky.social
May 7, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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I'm so proud to have been part of the @sportsbookawards.bsky.social at the Oval last night, where 12 superb books won awards.

Khalida Popal took the overall prize with My Beautiful Sisters. David Kynaston won cricket book of the year for Richie Benaud's Blue Suede Shoes.

#CTSBA25 #ReadingForSport
May 2, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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8 Lives. 8 Journeys. 1 Award.

This year’s Charles Tyrwhitt Autobiography of the Year shortlist, in association with @thetimes.com, is packed with grit, vulnerability, and the kind of storytelling that sticks with you.

The VOTE IS OPEN for you to choose the winner: form.typeform.com/to/uGUcZsxu
April 15, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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The Masters Tournament: Thursday, 1984. Seve @ No.13, Azalea #TheMasters #golf #Seve #SeveBallesteros
April 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The Masters Tournament: Thursday, 1984. Seve @ No.13, Azalea #TheMasters #golf #Seve #SeveBallesteros
April 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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#BOTD 1957 : Severiano Ballesteros Sota 🏌️‍♂️💪
Here's peak Seve, peak golf swing: form, control, power and beauty. #Seve #SeveBallesteros #Golf
April 9, 2025 at 11:02 AM