Strikers

Written in partnership with David Ross, this series of 6 books for football-mad 8-12 year olds follows the adventures on and off the field of Sherwood Strikers and their hero Thomas Headley. Plenty of action complete with league tables, match-rigging accusations, divided loyalties, management wrangles and public pressure

Young Blood

Sherwood Strikers belong at the top of the Premier League, but they’re slipping down at increasing speed. Their star players are clashing while the opposition walks away with each game. Can Thomas Headley and the Morecombe Babes really turn round the Strikers’ luck?

Big Deal

Thomas Headley, new idol of the Sherwood Strikers fans, is coping with the attention, the interviews, the offers. But he is under pressure when Redman Forster tries to enlist Thomas’s help to kick out the club’s management. Thomas begins to realise that he needs better footwork off the pitch than on…

Bad Boys

Fast and furious action on the pitch is what Sherwood Strikers are famous for – they’re big boys, they can cope. But for Thomas Headley there’s a dilemma; how to concentrate on your international chances when your little brother has run away – because of you.

World Cup

England hosts the World Cup finals and midfielder Thomas Headley is one of 5 Sherwood Strikers players to enter the home squad. But the national coach is under a cloud, the team is no happy family and the opposition is the world’s best. England will need a miracle if they are to win through from an underdog position

Shoot-Out

The richest side in the League, packed with star players – and wallowing down the bottom of the league. Is the answer really to bring in a mantra-chanting trainer from America who thinks soccer is a game that’s had its day? Veteran manager Joss Morecombe seems to have given up caring and in a barnstorming climax his young players take matters into their own hands, with exciting results…

Red Hot

Thomas Headley’s skills have made him a national hero, but magic feet on the pitch don’t prevent injuries. And family problems can happen to anyone. Thomas has to confront injury, domestic disruption and a vicious case of professional jealousy. And while he fights for form, he finds himself branded a thief. Someone is out to get him…