In October 2024, St Edmund’s College had the pleasure of welcoming visiting author, Dan Freedman.
Dan is the author of the very popular ‘Jamie Johnson’ series of football-themed books and the new ‘Jamie Johnson’ TV series on CBBC. He came along to talk to our Elements and Rudiments students about his novels and his latest non-fiction book, ’50 Ways into Football – Dream Jobs on and off the Pitch’.
Dan talked about his love of football from a very young age and his dreams of playing football professionally. Once he realised, he was not quite good enough, he found other ways to stay involved with football. He started to write about football and ended up working as a journalist for the Football Association. He travelled to the World Cup in 2002 with the England football team and he has interviewed all the top international football players like Beckham, Rooney, Ronaldo and Rio Ferdinand.
The students were enthralled by his amazing stories, and he gave them lots of time to ask questions, giving away a signed football to the student with the most interesting question! Dan proved very popular with the students, and many queued up to get a signed copy of his books. It really was a special treat for the students.
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