Ben Lyttleton

Ben Lyttleton is a London based football journalist, consultant and author for both adults and children.

Lyttleton wrote 'Twelve Yards: The Art & Psychology of the Perfect Penalty'.[1][2] He also authored ‘Edge: What Business Can Learn from Football’.[3] He has written a series of ‘Football School’ books for children with Alex Bellos [4][5] which have been longlisted for the UKLA 2018 Book Award and shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Award in 2017.[6]

He has also written for Time,[7] The Guardian,[8] Sports Illustrated,[9] and FourFourTwo[10] As well as the Evening Standard,[11] The Blizzard,[12] Eurosport,[13] Sky Sports[14] The Daily Telegraph,[15] The Scotsman.[16] and So Foot.

He has appeared on the ‘Beyond the Pitch’ podcast,[17] As well as the BBC,[18] ‘Planet Fùtbol’,[19] Al Jazeera,[20] Off The Ball,[21] and ESPN.[22]

He started on Total Football (magazine), When Saturday Comes[23] and ‘Football Italia’ magazines and edited ‘Football Espana’.[24]

He also acts as a consultant for Soccernomics and has advised association football clubs and national football governing bodies on business strategies for developing new products to the football market.[25] When asked by FourFourTwo Lyttleton chose as his favourite football book The Miracle of Castel di Sangro by Joe McGinniss (1999).[26]

References
  1. Jones, Dan (25 May 2014). "Twelve Yards: The Art and Psychology of the Perfect Penalty by Ben Lyttleton". Thetimes.co.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  2. "Ben Lyttleton". Penguin.co.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  3. "What business can learn from football to gain a competitive edge". Inews.co.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  4. "Ben Lyttleton - children's author to visit KS2 children". Whitefield-pri.lancs.sch.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  5. "Local Children Enjoy Primary Stars Event - Stoke City FC". Stokecityfc.com. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  6. "Alex Bellos, Ben Lyttleton Books, Ebooks and Recommendations. Buy Alex Bellos, Ben Lyttleton Books at Lovereading4kids.co.uk". Lovereading4kids.co.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  8. "Ben Lyttleton". the Guardian. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  9. "Ben Lyttleton". Si.com. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  10. "Australian FourFourTwo". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  11. "Ben Lyttleton". Standard.co.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  12. Storey, Daykin &. "Ben Lyttleton - theBlizzard.co.uk". Theblizzard.co.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  13. "Eurosport UK". Eurosport UK. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  14. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-11-18. Retrieved 2018-05-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. Lyttleton, Ben. "Ben Lyttleton's Champions League preview". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  16. "Ben Lyttleton's world of football". Scotsman.com. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  17. acast (10 April 2018). "Ben Lyttleton With Juan Arango - BTP Media Network on acast". Acast.com. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  18. "Alex Bellos, Ben Lyttleton, Etan Ilfeld and Newton Faulkner, Robert Elms - Broadcasts - BBC Radio London". BBC. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  19. "Planet Fútbol with Grant Wahl". ART19. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  20. "The psychology of penalty shootouts". Aljazeera.com. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  21. "Cunningham & Kilbane on ROI and Big Ben". Offtheball.com. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  22. "ESPN FC Podcast". Espnfc.com. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  23. "Remembrance of mags past". Onetouchfootball.com. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  24. "Faragher Jones launches Football Espana". InPublishing.co.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  25. "Soccernomics Agency: Consultancy, Research, Ideas » About Us". Soccernomics-agency.com. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  26. https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/fourfourtwos-best-football-books-ever-writers-choices%3F_format%3Damp
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