About the Author

Chris Flanagan has been a journalist for 10 years and was present at all 18 of Bolton Wanderers' matches in the UEFA Cup as a lifelong supporter of the club. He graduated from Oxford University and has since spent many years travelling to more than 30 countries watching sport. He has reported on Amir Khan fights in the United States and rugby league in Australia, as well as writing about his experiences of European football in Hungary and the depths of the Russian winter. In 2014 he was nominated for the daily sports journalist of the year at the British Regional Press Awards, for his work at the Lancashire Telegraph.