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.
Ben Lyttleton | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, author |
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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "Ben Lyttleton". Penguin.co.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ "What business can learn from football to gain a competitive edge". Inews.co.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ "Ben Lyttleton – children's author to visit KS2 children". Whitefield-pri.lancs.sch.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ "Local Children Enjoy Primary Stars Event – Stoke City FC". Stokecityfc.com. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ [1] [dead link]
- ^ "Ben Lyttleton". the Guardian. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ "Ben Lyttleton". Si.com. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ "Australian FourFourTwo". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ "Ben Lyttleton". Standard.co.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ Storey, Daykin &. "Ben Lyttleton – theBlizzard.co.uk". Theblizzard.co.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ "Eurosport UK". Eurosport UK. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Lyttleton, Ben. "Ben Lyttleton's Champions League preview". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ "Ben Lyttleton's world of football". Scotsman.com. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ acast (10 April 2018). "Ben Lyttleton With Juan Arango – BTP Media Network on acast". Acast.com. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ "Alex Bellos, Ben Lyttleton, Etan Ilfeld and Newton Faulkner, Robert Elms – Broadcasts – BBC Radio London". BBC. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ "Planet Fútbol with Grant Wahl". ART19. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ "The psychology of penalty shootouts". Aljazeera.com. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ "Cunningham & Kilbane on ROI and Big Ben". Offtheball.com. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ "ESPN FC Podcast". Espnfc.com. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ "Remembrance of mags past". Onetouchfootball.com. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ "Faragher Jones launches Football Espana". InPublishing.co.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2018.