Ben Lyttleton

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Ben Lyttleton
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Journalist, author

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]

References

  1. ↑ Jones, Dan (25 May 2014). "Twelve Yards: The Art and Psychology of the Perfect Penalty by Ben Lyttleton". The Times . 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. ↑ [ dead link ]
  7. ↑ "Ben Lyttleton". the Guardian. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  8. ↑ "Ben Lyttleton". Si.com. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  9. ↑ "Australian FourFourTwo". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  10. ↑ "Ben Lyttleton". Standard.co.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  11. ↑ Storey, Daykin &. "Ben Lyttleton – theBlizzard.co.uk". Theblizzard.co.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  12. ↑ "Eurosport UK". Eurosport UK. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  13. ↑ "What gave Xavi Hernandez and Andrea Pirlo an edge on the rest? The secret to his vision | soccer News | Sky Sports". Archived from the original on 18 November 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  14. ↑ Lyttleton, Ben. "Ben Lyttleton's Champions League preview". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  15. ↑ "Ben Lyttleton's world of football". Scotsman.com. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  16. ↑ acast (10 April 2018). "Ben Lyttleton With Juan Arango – BTP Media Network on acast". Acast.com. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  17. ↑ "Alex Bellos, Ben Lyttleton, Etan Ilfeld and Newton Faulkner, Robert Elms – Broadcasts – BBC Radio London". BBC. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  18. ↑ "Planet Fútbol with Grant Wahl". ART19. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  19. ↑ "The psychology of penalty shootouts". Aljazeera.com. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  20. ↑ "Cunningham & Kilbane on ROI and Big Ben". Offtheball.com. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  21. ↑ "ESPN FC Podcast". Espnfc.com. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  22. ↑ "Remembrance of mags past". Onetouchfootball.com. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  23. ↑ "Faragher Jones launches Football Espana". InPublishing.co.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
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