Football School Facts: A Fact for Every Day of the Year: The perfect football gift for fans age 7-11,...

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Alex Bellos Ben Lyttleton

Football School Facts

A Fact for Every Day of the Year: The perfect football gift for fans age 7-11, from the bestselling...

Alex Bellos, Ben Lyttleton, Spike Gerrell

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Walker Books Ltd
01 September 2025

Series: Football School

THE BRAND-NEW BOOK IN THE BESTSELLING SERIES WHERE FOOTBALL AND FACTS COME TOGETHER IN A DREAM TEAM FORMATION

Welcome to Football School Facts! It’s a book of facts and so let’s start with an important one: football is the best sport in the world.

Did you know that Erling Haaland is a record-breaking goalscoring machine? That a player was once sent off for farting on the pitch? Or that Diego Maradona has a religion named after him?

Discover all this and much, much more all about your favourite players, great goals, super stadiums and marvellous mascots – the perfect gift for all young fans and their families to enjoy.

‘We love this series!’ Match of the Day Magazine
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There’s a whole world of Football School to enjoy, where every lesson is all about football – collect the series! Football School Encyclopedia – Find out everything you want to know about football Star Players – Read the inspiring true stories of 50 football legends Epic Heroes – Celebrate the greatest names and teams in football history Terrific Teams – Discover the incredible stories behind the most famous clubs in the world The Amazing Quiz Book – Test your World Cup knowledge with 300+ brain-busting questions about international games The Incredible Joke Book – Laugh out loud reading 200+ side-splitting football jokes The Ultimate Puzzle Book – Train your brain and enjoy hours of football-themed puzzles The Greatest Ever Quiz Book – Test your football knowledge with 300+ funny and fascinating questions about the beautiful game

Four books that explains the best and worst things in the world through football! Season One: Where Football Explains the World Season Two: Where Football Saves the World Season Three: Where Football Tackles the World Season Four: Where Football Celebrates the World

By: Alex Bellos, Ben Lyttleton
Illustrated by: Spike Gerrell
Imprint: Walker Books Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 244mm, Width: 184mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 780g
ISBN: 9781529526004
ISBN 10: 1529526000
Series: Football School
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 01 September 2025
Recommended Age: From 7 to 12 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.