Simon Inglis (born 1955) is an author, editor, architectural historian and lecturer. He specialises in the history, heritage and architecture of sport and recreation. Inglis is best known for his work on football history and stadiums, and as editor of the Played in Britain series for English Heritage (later Historic England). Early life Simon Inglis was born in Birmingham in 1955 and brought up in Moseley. He was a pupil at King Edward's School, Birmingham, leaving in 1973. Inglis read History and the History of Architecture at University College London, before training as a teacher in Leeds and teaching history at a comprehensive school in Walthamstow, north London. Career After six months travelling in Central and South America, from where he submitted articles to The Guardian, Simon Inglis settled in Manchester in 1980. He has since freelanced for a range of publications, including The Guardian, The Observer, the Financial Times, tRadio Times and World Soccer magazine. His book Football Grounds of England and Wales was published in 1983. Renowned sports journalist Frank Keating named it as his favourite sports book of the 20th century and it was chosen by readers of The Times as the fourth best football book of all time. Following the Bradford City stadium fire, the book was updated as The Football Grounds of Great Britain in 1987, and updated again in 1996 after the Hillsborough disaster, as Football Grounds of Britain. Inglis also wrote The Football Grounds of Europe, in 1990. After the Hillsborough disaster, Inglis was appointed to sit on two bodies set up on the recommendation of the Taylor Report; the Football Stadia Advisory Council (FSADC) and the Football Licensing Authority (FLA), renamed the Sports Grounds Safety Authority in 2011. During the 1990s, Inglis edited a number of design guidelines and technical documents for the FSADC on topics such as stadium seating, toilets, roofs, disabled access and terraces. For the FLA, Inglis edited the Fourth Edition of the Guide to Safety at Sports Grounds, commonly known as the Green Guide, which was published in 1997. He also edited the sixth edition of the Green Guide for the SGSA in 2018. In 1996, Inglis was appointed as a consultant on the National Stadium project, set up by the Sports Council to evaluate bids from Manchester, Birmingham, Sheffield and Bradford to replace Wembley Stadium. The process culminated in Wembley National Stadium Ltd winning the bid and