Ben Dobson

Ben Dobson’s is a published author and freelance sportswriter. His life has been dominated by sport, spending 32 years in the business of sport (25 years with the world’s leading sports brand, adidas), interacting with sports federations and individual athletes from David Gower and Paul Gascoigne to Kevin Pietersen and Maro Itoje, and being personally involved in some iconic sporting moments. His writing includes published articles in The Cricketer and All Out Cricket. His first book, Chasing Rainbows - is a narrative memoir reflecting on this sporting life and the emotional highs and lows of following his sporting favourites over half a century.

Too Good to Be Forgotten, a football biography of the ten years 1975 - 1985 seen through the prism of three remarkable football managers, was an Amazon bestseller in its category and received widespread critical acclaim

Also published in 2024, his third book, Taking The Positives - A Year of Ben Stokes and England Cricket's Brave New World, is a fan's diary of following England through the remarkable cricketing year of 2023. One of the most compelling Ashes series and a uninspired defence of their World Cup crown are relived in real time, considering the year-long debate as to whether the 'entertainment before victory' ethos of the Bazball approach was foolhardy, or vital in sustaining the purest form of the game - Test Match cricket. This narrative is intertwined with short essays on players and moments in the game which have enriched the author's cricket-following life.

Ben's fourth book - SOMETHING CHANGED ... BEEFY, BOADICEA, BRIXTON AND BUNTING is published on 7th July 2025 and is available for pre-order. Through the prism of cricket and the transformative year of 1981, Ben explores how sport and popular culture can influence as well as reflect society. Taking an innovative approach, he considers the remarkable synergies between two of the era’s most iconic figures – Margaret Thatcher and Ian Botham.

Ben lives in the The Chilterns with wife Mary and dog Bruno He is saddled with a lifelong devotion to Southampton Football Club and England's various national sporting teams.