--- title: "Bestselling football author, Matt Oldfield, visits KGS" url: "http://www.kirkhamgrammarjnr.co.uk/news/2023-03-02-bestselling-football-author-matt-oldfield-visits-kgs" school: "Kirkham Grammar School" --- - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/kirkhamgrammarschool) - [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/user/KirkhamGrammar) - [Linked In](https://www.linkedin.com/school/kirkham-grammar-school) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/kirkhamgrammar) - [Flickr](https://www.flickr.com/photos/kgsphotos/) - [Search](http://www.kirkhamgrammarjnr.co.uk/search) # Bestselling football author, Matt Oldfield, visits KGS 2 March 2023 ![Image of Bestselling football author, Matt Oldfield, visits KGS](https://files.schudio.com/kirkham-grammar-school/images/news/01-03-2023_091418.jpg) As part of this week's World Book Day 2023 celebrations, we welcomed talented author, Matt Oldfield, to school. Bestselling author of Unbelievable Football (winner of the 2020 Children's Sports Book of the Year award) and one half of the brothers behind the Ultimate Football Heroes and Classic Football Heroes book series, Matt visited KGS to talk to our First and Second Year pupils about his love of writing from a young age whilst at school, becoming an author and why he enjoys writing books about football in particular. Matt's books are fun, action-packed biographies that tell the exciting life of the world's greatest footballers, from Maradona to Messi, from Beckham to Kane, and are very popular in school with our football-loving pupils. The visit was an excellent opportunity to promote reading and writing for pleasure. Matt happily signed books which were either the pupils own books or had been purchased on the day. Our Third Year pupils also enjoyed a creative writing session with Matt in the KGS Library. **Tags:** [2022-2023](http://www.kirkhamgrammarjnr.co.uk/news/tag/2022-2023) [Careers](http://www.kirkhamgrammarjnr.co.uk/news/tag/careers) - [ previous](http://www.kirkhamgrammarjnr.co.uk/news/2023-03-01-action-packed-trip-to-silicon-valley) - [next ](http://www.kirkhamgrammarjnr.co.uk/news/2023-03-02-support-for-careers-education-at-kirkham-grammar-school) - [Mission Statement](http://www.kirkhamgrammarjnr.co.uk/about-us/mission-statement) - [Latest News](http://www.kirkhamgrammarjnr.co.uk/news) - [History of KGS](http://www.kirkhamgrammarjnr.co.uk/about-us/history) - [Location & Community](http://www.kirkhamgrammarjnr.co.uk/about-us/location) - [Term Dates](http://www.kirkhamgrammarjnr.co.uk/about-us/termdates) - [Statutory Information](http://www.kirkhamgrammarjnr.co.uk/about-us/statutory-information) - [School Policies](http://www.kirkhamgrammarjnr.co.uk/about-us/policy-documents) - [Calendar](https://calendar.kirkhamgrammar.co.uk/week.aspx?ID=158) - [The Kirkhamian](http://www.kirkhamgrammarjnr.co.uk/news-1/the-kirkhamian) - [The Friends of KGS](http://www.kirkhamgrammarjnr.co.uk/thefriends-of-kgs) - [Old Kirkhamians' Association](http://www.kirkhamgrammarjnr.co.uk/old-kirkhamians-association) - [Hire of Facilities](http://www.kirkhamgrammarjnr.co.uk/about-us/hire-of-facilities) - [Vacancies](https://www.kirkhamgrammar.co.uk/vacancies/our-vacancies) ## Kirkham Grammar School ## Kirkham Grammar Junior, Infant & Pre-School Ribby Rd Kirkham Preston Lancashire PR4 2BH Tel: **01772 684264** Email: Ribby Road Kirkham Preston Lancashire PR4 2BD Tel: **01772 673222** Email: [![HMC Leading Independent Schools](https://files.schudio.com/kirkham-grammar-school/images/partners/hmc.png)](https://www.hmc.org.uk/)[![Boarding Schools' Association](https://files.schudio.com/kirkham-grammar-school/images/partners/bsa.png)](http://www.boarding.org.uk/) © Copyright 2019–2026 Kirkham Grammar School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](http://www.kirkhamgrammarjnr.co.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)