Author Event: Ben Robinson: Trillion Dollar Conman - West Bridgford Library

Join investigative journalist and author Ben Robinson for an afternoon delving into every twist and turn of the most remarkable season in Notts County’s history. 

In 2009, Notts County FC were struggling to survive in League Two when they were taken over by a mysterious company supposedly backed by the Bahrain royal family. The club was promised millions of pounds worth of investment and marquee players, including Sol Campbell and Kasper Schmeichel, were signed by former England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson.

Within months, the dream turned into a nightmare as it transpired the club had been duped.

The world's oldest professional football club found itself at the centre of one of the most outlandish frauds in sporting history, which spanned the globe from Nottingham to North Korea, involving fake sheikhs, fast cars, broken promises and a trail of destruction.

Based on the hit BBC 5Live podcast series, The Trillion Dollar Conman is a tale of audacious international fraud that is stranger than fiction.

About the author 

Ben Robinson is an award-winning investigative journalist at the BBC where he's a senior producer on the Radio 4 documentary series File on 4 Investigates. He has also been series producer for numerous narrative podcasts including Gangster: The Story of Viv Graham, Sport's Strangest Crimes: The Trillion Dollar Conman and Brixton: Flames on the Frontline. He was previously a reporter at the Sunday Post and Lancashire Post.

Ben Robinson is an award-winning investigative journalist at the BBC where he's a senior producer on the Radio 4 documentary series File on 4 Investigates. He has also been series producer for numerous narrative podcasts including Gangster: The Story of Viv Graham, Sport's Strangest Crimes: The Trillion Dollar Conman and Brixton: Flames on the Frontline. He was previously a reporter at the Sunday Post and Lancashire Post.