Neilson
Kaufman was born in London on 3 October 1950 and first watched
Leyton Orient Football Club back in the 1957-58 season. He
has, despite moving to South Africa during August 1981 served
the club as its Honorary Historian for over 30 years, a position
he has relinquished in order to write two books, the first
for the South African market on the former Manchester United,
West Ham United and Leyton Orient player Eddie Lewis, who
has spent thirty years as top manager in South Africa, and
also a book on the history of the Football League for their
120th anniversary, which he will be busy on for the next two
years before giving up his writings on football altogether
to spend more time with his family and on helping expand a
leading business publishing firm Succeed Publishing Group,
which he manages.
Neil
is author of seven other books related to the history, players
and statistical record of Leyton Orient FC. He is a founder
member of the Association of Football Statisticians—AFS
and an honorary member of the Rec. Sport Soccer Statistics
Foundation—R.S.S.S.F whose membership includes the top
football historians and statisticians from around the world.
His last two books being a biography on Tommy Johnston-The
Happy Wanderer-O's greatest ever player, published in November
2004 and Leyton Orient FC—The Complete Record 1881 to
2006, due to be published in August 2006 by Breedon Book Publishing
Ltd, a celebration of the clubs 125th anniversary and on its
promotion to League One of the Football League in May 2006.
