Ben Mabley English blood,Osakan heart

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Ben Mabley

Ben Mabley is an English writer and translator proud to share a birthplace with the sport he loves.

Born in Somerset, he graduated with a degree in Japanese Studies from the University of Oxford in 2005, investigating the role of professional football clubs within Japanese society for his undergraduate dissertation. He combines his translation work with the more enjoyable task of writing about football, and is currently compiling a book on his experiences with the hardcore supporters of his local J-League team.

Despite being already 25, a paltry 5’ 7” in height, and not having been a member of a football club for a good three years, Ben still dreams of being discovered as the new Peter Schmeichel. Should that fail, he hopes to make use of his talent to predict with eerie accuracy what English football commentators will say before they have actually opened their mouths.

• FootballJapan
• Japan Soccer Archive
• A View From a Brit