Five individuals from the world of sports and journalism will be following a rigorous judging process and reading their way through the five shortlisted books to find this year’s winner, who will be crowned the 34th William Hill Sports Book of the Year at the official award ceremony on the 1st of December at BAFTA, 195 Piccadilly, London.
Alyson Rudd will be taking up the role of Chair of the Judging Panel of William Hill Sports Book of The Year Award (WHSBOTY) for the fourth year running. She is the author of two sports books: a biography of Matthew Harding, the former Chelsea football club director; and Astroturf Blonde, an account of her playing career in men’s and women’s football teams. She is also an award-winning sportswriter at The Times.
Alongside Alyson will be broadcaster, writer and journalist Mark Lawson. In…
