2005 Winner :  My Father And Other Working Class Football Heroes - Gary Imlach

Shortlisted Books
'Butcher' - Terry Butcher and Bob Harris

'Push Yourself Just A Little Bit More' - Johnny Green

'Engineering Archie' - Simon Inglis

'The Great White Hopes' - Graeme Kent

'Dragons and All Blacks' - Huw Richards

2004 Winner :  Basil D'Oliveira - Peter Osborne

Shortlisted Books
'A Lifetime In A Race' - Matthew Pinsent

'Feet In The Clouds' - Richard Askwith

'White Angels' - John Carlin

'On And Off The Field' - Ed Smith

2003 Winner :  Broken Dreams - Tom Bower

Shortlisted Books
'In Search Of Tiger' - Tom Callahan

'Bodyline Autopsy' - David Frith

'Ajax: The Dutch, The War' - Simon Kuper

'Foul Play' - David Thomas

'Behind The Network : My Autobiography' - Bob Wilson

2002 Winner :  In Black & White - Donald McRae

Shortlisted Books
'Opening Up' - Mike Atherton

'Taking On The World' - Ellen MacArthur

'Season In Verona' - Tim Parks

'The Autobiography' - Niall Quinn

2001 Winner :  Seabiscuit - Laura Hillenbrand

Shortlisted Books
'Full Time: The Secret Life Of Tony Cascarino' - Paul Kimmage

'Looking For A Fight' - David Matthews

'War Baby: The Glamour Of Violence' - Kevin Mitchell

'A Voyage For Mad Men' - Peter Nichols

2000 Winner :  It's Not About The Bike - Lance Armstrong

Shortlisted Books
'Brilliant Orange' - David Winner

'Peak Performance' - Clive Gilson, Mike Pratt, Kevin Roberts, Ed Weymes

'Night Train' - Nick Tosches

'The Great Olympic Swindle' - Andrew Jennings

'Mystery Spinner' - Gideon Haigh

1999 Winner :  A Social History of English Cricket - Derek Birley

Shortlisted Books
'Redemption Song: Muhammad Ali and the Spirit of the Sixties' - Mike Marquesee

'The Miracle of Castel Di Sangro' - Joe McGinnis

'Saturday's Boys' - Harry Lansdown & Alex Spillius

'King of the World' - David Remnick

'Playround of the Gods' - Ian Stafford

1998 Winner :  Angry White Pyjamas - Robert Twigger

Shortlisted Books
'Addicted' - Tony Admas with Ian Ridley

'Behind the White Ball' - Jimmy White with Rosemary Kingsland

'Manchester United Ruined My Life' Colin Shindler

'We're Right Behind You, Captain!' - David Hopps

'Winter Colours - Changing Seasons in World Rugby' - Donald McRae

1997 Winner :  A Lot of Hard Yakka - Simon Hughes

Shortlisted Books
'Rugby's New Age Travellers' - Stuart Barnes

'W.G.: A Life of W.G. Grace' - Robert Low

'Left Foot In The Grave' - Garry Nelson

'Golden Boy - A Biography of Wilf Mannion' - Nick Varley

'Racers' - Richard Williams

1996 Winner :  Dark Trade - Donald McRae

Shortlisted Books
''On the Ropes: Boxing as a Way of Life' - Geoffrey Beattie

'Wally Hammond: The Reasons Why - A Biography' - David Frost

'A Girls Guide to Ball Games: What Most Men Need to Know' - Sue Mott

'Little Girls in Pretty Boxes' - Joan Ryan

'Bradman: An Australian Hero' - Charles Williams

1995 Winner :  A Good Walk Spoiled - John Feinstein

Shortlisted Books
'The Prizefighters' - Arlene Schulman.

'Out of Bounds' - Lauren St John.

'Left Foot Forward' - Gary Nelson.

'The Far Corner' - Harry Pearson.

'Bull' - Howard Wright

1994 Winner :  Football Against the Enemy - Simon Kuper

Shortlisted Books
'Sporting Colours: Sport and Politics in South Africa' - Mihir Bose

'James Hunt: The Biography' - Gerald Donaldson

'Anyone but England: Cricket and the National Malaise' - Mike Marqusee

'On Top of the World' - Rebecca Stephens

'Letting Rip:The Fast Bowling Threat from Lillee to Waqar' - Simon Wilde

1993 Winner :  Endless Winter - Stephen Jones

Shortlisted Books
'Ray of Hope' - Ray Kennedy & Dr Andrew Lees

'The Great Number Tens' - Frank Keating

'Ladies of the Court' - Michael Mewshaw

'Betrayal' - Graeme Wright

'Horse Trader' - Patrick Robinson & Nick Robinson

1992 Winner :  Fever Pitch - Nick Hornby

Shortlisted Books
'Sea Ice and Rock' - Chris Bonnington

'Half Time Whistle' - Frank Keating

'The Lord of the Rings' - Vyv Simson & Andrew Jennings

'License to Print Money' - Jamie Reid

1991 Winner :  Muhammad Ali - Thomas Hauser

Shortlisted Books
'A Strange Kind of Glory' - Eamon Dunphy

'Walking on Water' - Andy Martin

'Spring, Summer, Autumn - Three Cricketers One Season' - Rob Steen

'Athletics - The Golden Decade' - Tony Ward

1990 Winner :  A Rough Ride - Paul Kimmage

Shortlisted Books
'Basingstoke Boy' - John Arlott

'Maiden' - Tracey Edwards & Tim Madge

'Saturday's Boys' - Harry Lansdown & Alex Spillius

'Jack Doyle - Fighting for Love' - Mike Taub

Ranji - A Genius Rich and Strange' - Simon Wilde

1989 Winner :  True Blue - Daniel Topolski

Shortlisted Books
'A Sportswriters Year' - Simon Barnes

'Sport and the British - A Modern History' - Richard Holt

'At the George - and other Essays on Rugby League' Geoffrey Moorhouse

'Steaming In - Journal of a Football Fan' - Colin Ward