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Alan Combes

city boy

City Boy

$16.95

Josh is disappointed when he doesn’t do well in matches at school, so his granddad co...

football tales

Football Tales

$48.50

Three fun hi/lo football stories for struggling readers, from UK writer and football jo...

red card

Red Card

$16.95

Pig-headed Seb finds it hard to get along with the new ref because she’s a girl. But ...

united here i come!

United Here I Come!

$16.95

Joey and Jimmy are both awful footballers but Jimmy is convinced he’ll play for Unite...

Alan Combes

Alan Combes was first published in the Guardian, writing about his camping holiday behind the Iron Curtain. Since then his journalism has been published in numerous nationals and during his 30 year teaching career, his writing appeared regularly in the TES.

For twelve years he was a football correspondent for the Sunday Times. Several of his titles have been published by Barrington Stoke where his United Here I Come was a bestseller. He also co-wrote Black Potatoes, a musical that played to full houses in the York Upstage Centre.