Get free Gazza and Gareth Southgate audiobooks as World Cup 2026 kicks off

Amazon is giving away free audiobooks by the likes of Gazza and Gareth Southgate days before England’s opening game at the 2026 World Cup

England’s FIFA World Cup campaign is just days away from getting underway and fans can get their hands on free audiobooks by Three Lions legends. The offer comes courtesy of Amazon, which is giving away a free three-month Audible subscription ahead of its Prime Day sale.

Members can enjoy one free audiobook each month, with titles including football best-sellers such as Paul Gascoigne’s memoir, Eight, and Gareth Southgate’s Dear England: Lessons in Leadership. For those caught up in the buzz surrounding this year’s tournament, there is also a newly updated edition of Inside England: Behind the Scenes of the Three Lions’ World Cup Dream, which has been revised to cover the road to ’26.

The offer is available exclusively to Amazon Prime members until July 15, while those who sign up here by July 10 will also receive a £10 Audible credit. Alongside a library of more than 900,000 best-sellers, new releases and timeless classics, Audible members can also enjoy unlimited podcasts at no extra cost, including The Rest Is Football and The Overlap.

Once the three-month promotional period comes to an end, the Audible membership will automatically renew at the full membership price — currently £5.99 per month — unless cancelled. The offer is not available to existing Audible members or anyone already taking part in an Audible trial.

In Eight, Paul “Gazza” Gascoigne reflects on his ‘meteoric’ rise as one of England’s most talented footballers 35 years after his legendary display at Italia 90. The ‘honest, raw [and] moving’ memoir also chronicles his personal struggles and the fight to conquer them, reports Birmingham Live.

Dear England: Lessons in Leadership sees Southgate lay bare the pivotal moments that shaped the leadership style he adopted as England manager. He also outlines the principles behind his most significant decisions and how he copes under immense pressure as a Premier League captain, following his penalty miss at Euro ’96, and while steering England through four major tournaments.

Jonathan Northcroft and Rob Draper are the European Football Writer of the Year and the Chief Football Correspondent at the Sunday Times respectively, and in Inside England, they document the journey from Southgate’s appointment through to Tuchel’s reign and the road to ’26. The pair were granted access to the England squad under both managers while examining England’s development both on and off the pitch.

For those who prefer a physical copy, paperback editions of each title are available at Waterstones. Meanwhile, Spotify Premium subscribers can enjoy 15 hours of audiobooks every month at no additional charge, with a further 15 hours accessible through the platform’s Audiobooks+.

New members can presently secure a three-month trial of the service, which typically costs £8.99 per month. For those taking advantage of Amazon’s three-month Audible offer, England supporters have given Gazza’s Eight a 4.7-star rating.

One said: “That was a brilliant book, definitely written from the heart. It had me crying and laughing, it was almost like Gazza was sat in the room.”

Another said: “An amazing book not just for football fans, full of laughter, tears, joy and heartbreak.”

Despite awarding it five stars, this reviewer felt the book was ‘spoiled’ by bad language: “Eight by Paul Gascoigne, perfectly narrated by David Nellist. The bad language did spoil it for me.”

While another said: “This is just brilliant to get the real story from the main man himself. A great listen for any football fan.”