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

Name: Football School Facts: A Fact for Every Day of the Year
Brand: HarperCollins New Zealand
SKU: 9781529526004
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The perfect football gift for fans age 7-11, from the bestselling series that’s packed with funny, fascinating facts about the world of soccer

By Ben Lyttleton and Alex Bellos

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 Encyclopedia. This bumper bundle gives the reader a fact for every day. Each month is... Read More

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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 Encyclopedia.

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.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529526004

Publisher: Walker Books Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 28 August 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Walker Books Ltd

Contributors:

Illustrated by Spike Gerrell

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 184.0mm

Height: 244.0mm

Weight: 780g

Pages: 208

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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.

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