Ben Lyttleton

Ben Lyttleton is a British football journalist and author of news articles and books. He writes sports articles mainly for newspapers such as The Times and The Daily Telegraph and also authors and co-authors books about football-related topics.

Lyttleton has written books such as Twelve Yards: The Art & Psychology of the Perfect Penalty,[1][2] and Edge: What Business Can Learn from Football,[3] as well as a series of football-themed books for children, called Football School, with Alex Bellos,[4][5] which were longlisted for the UKLA 2018 Book Award and shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Award in 2017.

Lyttleton writes sports-related articles in news publications, including Time,[6] The Guardian,[7] Sports Illustrated,[8] and FourFourTwo,[9] as well as the Evening Standard,[10] The Blizzard,[11] Eurosport,[12] Sky Sports[13] The Daily Telegraph,[14] The Scotsman,[15] and So Foot.

He has appeared on the BBC's Beyond the Pitch podcast,[16] As well as the BBC,[17] Planet Fùtbol,[18] Al Jazeera,[19] Off the Ball,[20] and ESPN.[21]

He started by writing articles for Total Football, When Saturday Comes,[22] and Football Italia magazines, and edited Football Espana.[23]