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My Favourite Sports Book: Matt & Tom Oldfield - The Nowhere Men / Playing for Keeps

My Favourite Sports Book: Matt & Tom Oldfield - The Nowhere Men / Playing for Keeps

Update: 2020-04-29

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Children's authors Matt and Tom Oldfield tell us why Mike Calvin's The Nowhere Men and Playing for Keeps, by David Halberstam, are their all-time favourite sports book.

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My Favourite Sports Book: Matt & Tom Oldfield - The Nowhere Men / Playing for Keeps

My Favourite Sports Book: Matt & Tom Oldfield - The Nowhere Men / Playing for Keeps

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