Harry Pearson

Harry Pearson is a British author, journalist and humorist known for his witty writing about sport, history and the peculiarities of British life. He has written for the Guardian, the Financial Times and numerous other publications, and has authored several books that blend sports writing with social observation, local history and dry Northern humour. The Beast, the Emperor and the Milkman explores the extraordinary, strange and often forgotten stories from the history of the European football championship qualifiers. Pearson unearths tales of eccentric characters, improbable matches and bizarre incidents from the fringes of international football, bringing the same wry wit and warmth to the beautiful game's margins as he brings to everything he writes. Available as both a book and an audiobook, The Beast, the Emperor and the Milkman offers entertaining listening and reading for football fans, history enthusiasts and anyone who appreciates British humour at its driest and most affectionate.