As a slight detour from PhD research, I delved into the increasingly unavoidable world of fan produced digital football media. After kindly being asked to produce an article for the […]
Manchester City, Financial Fair Play and Sportswashing
Published on :Manchester City’s unfinished Champions League business with Real Madrid has assumed extra significance since the teams last met before football went into lockdown. In the first leg of their last […]
“London 2012 shoved para-athletics in your face. GB is now the example” – Andrew Small
Published on :Team GB para-athlete Andrew Small was interviewed by Liverpool John Moores University BA Sports Journalism students for a live press conference scenario on their second year Sports Features module. Below […]
Phil Neal: Heysel was the worst day of my life
Published on :I wrote this feature interview with former Liverpool captain Phil Neal to mark the 25th anniversary of the Heysel Stadium tragedy that saw 39 football fans lose their lives following […]
Mersey Hardmen: I didn’t just go around kicking people says Liverpool FC’s Tommy Smith
Published on :Following Tommy Smith’s passing this week, I recalled an interview I conducted with the former Liverpool captain for a series in the Liverpool Echo: The Mersey Hardmen. I met Tommy […]
Caption This! Paul Pogba is not alone when it comes to social media gaffes
Published on :When Mick McCarthy referred to his Wolves players as ‘twits who tweet’, Wes Brown was the incumbent of Manchester United’s number 6 shirt. “Players are going to get themselves into […]
RESEARCH: Digital Storytelling at the FIFA World Cup 2018
Published on :Now the World Cup dust has settled and we know ‘it’ eventually went chez to France, post tournament analysis begins in earnest, looking back to plan ahead for the next […]
Serena Williams on Forbes highest paid athletes list shows sport is still a man’s world
Published on :Forbes revealed its 2017 World’s Highest Paid Athletes list with a flurry of eye-catching headlines. It was a week of double celebration for Champions League winner Cristiano Ronaldo as the […]
Ian Rush: I can understand Juventus fans still angry over Heysel
Published on :As May 29th approaches and thoughts turn to the 39 football supporters who died as a result of crowd disturbances prior to the 1985 European Cup Final between Liverpool […]
Rafa Benitez hails Liverpool FC captain Steven Gerrard as complete midfielder
Published on :This was an exclusive sit down interview with then Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez to mark Steven Gerrard’s 500th game for the club. It was written as a ‘set and hold’ […]