Football School Facts: A Fact for Every Day of the Year: Kick off the football season with a new soccer fact every day, the perfect gift for fans 7, 8 ,9 10, 11

by Alex Bellos, Ben Lyttleton, Spike Gerrell (Illustrator)

CELEBRATE FOOTBALL EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR WITH THE BRAND-NEW BOOK IN THE BESTSELLING SERIES WHERE FOOTBALL AND FACTS COME TOGETHER IN A DREAM TEAM FORMATION. THE PERFECT GIFT FOR ALL YOUNG FANS.

"The ultimate football yearbook where you can discover a new fun footie fact for every day of the year." - The Week Junior

Welcome to Football School Facts! It’s a book of facts and so let’s start with an important football is the best sport in the world.

- Did you know that Erling Haaland is a record-breaking goalscoring machine?
- That a player was once sent off for farting on the pitch?
- Or that Diego Maradona has a religion named after him?

Discover all this and much, much more all about your favourite players, great goals, super stadiums and marvellous mascots – the perfect gift for all young fans and their families to enjoy.

"An engaging, fun read that will keep children laughing, learning and dreaming of the pitch." - Women's Weekly

"We love this series!" - Match of the Day Weekly

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There’s a whole world of Football School to enjoy, where every lesson is all about football – collect the series!
Football School Encyclopedia – Find out everything you want to know about football
The Football School Puzzle Collection – Pre-order now to celebrate the 2026 World Cup and enjoy 101 football-themed activities
Star Players – Read the inspiring true stories of 50 football legends
Epic Heroes – Celebrate the greatest names and teams in football history
Terrific Teams – Discover the incredible stories behind the most famous clubs in the world
The Amazing Quiz Book – Test your World Cup knowledge with 300+ brain-busting questions about international games
The Incredible Joke Book – Laugh out loud reading 200+ side-splitting football jokes
The Ultimate Puzzle Book – Train your brain and enjoy hours of football-themed puzzles
The Greatest Ever Quiz Book – Test your football knowledge with 300+ funny and fascinating questions about the beautiful game

Four books that explains the best and worst things in the world through football!
Season Where Football Explains the World
Season Where Football Saves the World
Season Where Football Tackles the World
Season Where Football Celebrates the World

210 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 28, 2025

About the author

"I was born in Oxford and grew up in Edinburgh and Southampton. After studying mathematics and philosophy at university I joined the Evening Argus in Brighton as a trainee reporter. I joined the Guardian in 1994 as a reporter and in 1998 moved to Rio de Janeiro, where I spent five years as the paper’s South America correspondent. Since 2003 I have lived in London, as a freelance writer and broadcaster.

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In 2003 I presented a five-part series on Brazil for the BBC, called Inside Out Brazil. My short films about the Amazon have been broadcast on the BBC, More 4 and Al Jazeera International."