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Author: neilfjensen

July 3, 2018July 3, 2018neilfjensen

Tostão, tomatoes and TV: 1970

AT THE age of 11 and a half, my football career probably peaked. In fact, you could say that 1970 was my Annus mirabilis in terms of the beautiful game. In 1969-70, I was leading scorer for my primary school, Benyon of South Ockendon in Essex. I scored 10 goals in 15 and a half […]

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Game of the People is edited by Neil Jensen, an experienced corporate and football writer published in more than 40 publications worldwide.

In his career, Neil has been a magazine editor, website editor, speechwriter, advertising copy writer and ghost writer. He is a member of the Football Writers’ Association and the Football Collective and a Freeman of the City of London. He is also a columnist with the Non-League Paper and Football Weekends and Chief Executive Officer of Isherwood Editorial.

Neil has also worked for the BBC and SKY Sports over the years and has interviewed some of the big names in British and European football. He has also had four books published, Chelsea FC The first 10 years (1986), The Men from Fishponds Road (1995), Tales of the Town (2017) and Mittel – European Football Stories (2018). He is currently working on his fifth book, Those very nearly men, which will be published in 2022.

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