Kings of September voted top sports book

MICHAEL FOLEY has won the Boylesports Irish Sports Book of the Year Award for ‘Kings of September’, his account of the 1982 All-Ireland football final in which Offaly foiled Kerry’s bid for a historic five-in-a-row.

The award was made at a ceremony in the James Joyce Centre in Dublin. Foley, a sportswriter for the Sunday Times, becomes the third winner of this annual award, and joins past winners Denis Walsh, who won the award in 2005 for Hurling: The Revolution Years, and last year’s winners, Paul McGrath and Vincent Hogan for their joint effort, Back From The Brink.

Kings of September, published by O’Brien Press, gives the background to Offaly’s shock All-Ireland triumph and details the team’s preparation.