Football School Facts: A Fact for Every Day of the Year

Author: Alex Bellos, Ben Lyttleton and Spike Gerrell Series: Football School

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Discover a new fun football fact for every day of the year! The Football School team is back again in full colour following on from the success of The Football School Encylopedia. This bumper bundle gives the reader a fact for every day. Each month is introduced by a birthday list of key players, which is followed by seasonally appropriate facts, stats and trivia and concludes with a quiz. Packed with fun and accompanied by laugh-out-loud illustrations, this is the perfect gift for all young football fanatics.

About the Author

Alex Bellos writes about maths and puzzles for the Guardian and is the bestselling author of Alex’s Adventures in Numberland and Alex Through the Looking-Glass, as well as two mathematical colouring books. He has also written Futebol: The Brazilian Way of Life, which was shortlisted for Sports Book of the Year, and he ghost-wrote Pelé’s bestselling autobiography.
Ben Lyttleton is a journalist, broadcaster and football consultant. He is the author of Edge and Twelve Yards: The Art and Psychology of the Perfect Penalty and his football articles have been published in over 20 countries. He is a director of Soccernomics, a football consultancy that helps teams improve their performance.
Spike Gerrell is a prolific cartoonist known for his "spiky-nosed" illustrations. His work has been published in the New Scientist, Independent, Times Educational Supplement and Guardian.