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

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 grew up loving playing football and drawing pictures and has managed to combine both in his work as an illustrator. Based in North London with his family, some cats and an apiary full of honeybees, Spike has been supplying his 'spiky nosed' illustrations to a whole host of clients since graduating from Central Saint Martin’s. Spike's original and inventive world is peopled with a constantly evolving cast of characters and Heath Robinson-style machines.

Product details

• Authors: Alex Bellos, Lyttleton Ben
• Assisted by: Gerrell Spike (Illustration)
• Publisher: Walker Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 12
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 28.08.2025
• EAN: 9781529526004
• ISBN: 978-1-5295-2600-4
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Football School
• Subjects: REFERENCE / Yearbooks & Annuals, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Sports & Recreation / General, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Sports & Recreation / Football, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Humor / Comic Strips & Cartoons, Football (Soccer, Association football), Children’s / Teenage general interest: Humour and jokes, General Knowledge & Trivia (Children's/Ya), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Sporting stories, Children's & Young Adult Poetry, Anthologies, Annuals, Yearbooks, annuals, almanacs, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Sporting events, Cartoons & Comic Strips (Children's/Ya)