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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]

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  1. ^ 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.
  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.
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  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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