There is still time to order your Official History of Leicester Tigers and be in with a chance of winning a copy signed by some of the club's past captains.
Compiled by club historian Stuart Farmer and journalist David Hands, the book includes more than 500 pages of Tigers information to create the definitive history.
And all supporters buying a book before the launch date on October 15 will be entered into a prize draw with the winner receiving a leather-bound copy of the book signed by some former Tigers captains.
Topping 500 pages and printed in full colour, the new volume includes:
• Complete, updated and extended club history from 1880 to 2014, compiled in an easy-to-follow style.
• Full career details of every player to have played for the Leicester first team, plus a detailed biographical section on all players to have been awarded a club cap by making 100 starts.
• Pen picture details of all club officials, coaching teams and Board members.
• Results, scorers and team line-ups for every first-class fixture, extended to include the timings of tries and chronological league positions in the modern era as well as official attendances.
• Updated and comprehensive statistics in an A-Z format contained in a Tigers Encyclopaedia section.
• Lavishly and superbly illustrated, using unpublished new material wherever possible.
The book is being published with any profits benefiting the Rugby Development Foundation, a charitable organisation backing and supporting grassroots rugby including the development of elite young players through the Tigers.
Order now, price £45 (including UK post and package, courtesy of DX). Books will be distributed during late-October. For details see www.rugby-foundation.org.uk/products/tigers-book
Compiled by club historian Stuart Farmer and journalist David Hands, the book includes more than 500 pages of Tigers information to create the definitive history.
And all supporters buying a book before the launch date on October 15 will be entered into a prize draw with the winner receiving a leather-bound copy of the book signed by some former Tigers captains.
Topping 500 pages and printed in full colour, the new volume includes:
• Complete, updated and extended club history from 1880 to 2014, compiled in an easy-to-follow style.
• Full career details of every player to have played for the Leicester first team, plus a detailed biographical section on all players to have been awarded a club cap by making 100 starts.
• Pen picture details of all club officials, coaching teams and Board members.
• Results, scorers and team line-ups for every first-class fixture, extended to include the timings of tries and chronological league positions in the modern era as well as official attendances.
• Updated and comprehensive statistics in an A-Z format contained in a Tigers Encyclopaedia section.
• Lavishly and superbly illustrated, using unpublished new material wherever possible.
The book is being published with any profits benefiting the Rugby Development Foundation, a charitable organisation backing and supporting grassroots rugby including the development of elite young players through the Tigers.
Order now, price £45 (including UK post and package, courtesy of DX). Books will be distributed during late-October. For details see www.rugby-foundation.org.uk/products/tigers-book
