Scotsman Books of the Year: Sport

The first thing which strikes you about David Weir’s autobiography is that, mercifully, any urge to give it a trite title has been resisted. We’re not in Weir’s Way territory here. This is a football autobiography which eschews many of the traits which mean the genre is so often mocked.

Alan Pattullo reveals which sport books scored well with him over the past 12 months