Jon Spurling
A history and politics teacher by day, Jon Spurling has written articles and interviewed footballers for numerous publications at home and abroad, including FourFourTwo, When Saturday Comes, The Blizzard, Nutmeg and 11 Freunde. Jon has authored seven previous books, including the bestselling Highbury: The Story of Arsenal in N5 and Get It On: How the ’70s Rocked Football, which was shortlisted for the Sports Writing Award at the 2023 Sports Book Awards. He is currently writing the third book of his footballing history trilogy, which will be on the ’90s. He lives in Canterbury with his wife and two daughters. He tweets from @JonSpurling1.