About Guy Oliver

Guy is one of the world's leading authorities on football. In 1992 he produced the acclaimed Guinness Record of World Soccer, the first book that compiled the history of the game in every country of the world in one volume.

Guy's background is also in television where he was the Series Producer of FIFA Futbol Mundial for six years. He travelled extensively, filming football in countries throughout Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe.

In 2000, Guy took charge of the production team responsible for creating the multi million pound History of Football:The Beautiful Game, a 13 hour documentary series in which over 350 ex footballers from around the world were interviewed and footage obtained from over 100 archives worldwide.

In 2004 Guy made the Official Film the 1930 FIFA World Cup, using footage that had been found during the making of History of Football:The Beautiful Game. The same year, along with Tom Chittick, Guy created the Almanack of World Football and the first edition - Almanack of World Football 2006 - was published in September 2005.

Published yearly since and running to over 1,000 pages, the Almanack is regarded as the most complete reference to the year's events in football around the world.