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, 11 Freunde and the official Arsenal programme. He has authored six previous books, including the bestselling Highbury: The Story of Arsenal in N.5 and Death or Glory – The Dark History of the World Cup. A child of the ’70s, he is currently writing an ’80s follow-up to Get It On and lives in Canterbury with his wife and two daughters. He tweets from @JonSpurling1.