Ste McGovern

Ste McGovern is an experienced football editor, writer and podcaster, who has been part of The Football Faithful team since the site’s early period. A Freelance football writer, Ste has bylines for the Manchester Evening News, BirminghamLive, MARCA, Balls.ie and the Nottingham Post.

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Five of the Best

Ranking the Premier League’s top five German assist makers

In the Premier League’s 29-year history German players have not necessarily been the most prominent imports, but many have made their mark on the…

06/02/2021

Friday Quiz: How well do you remember the week’s biggest football stories?

The Friday Football Quiz tests your knowledge of the week’s biggest football stories. Today’s collection of teasers features a new Premier League record, a…

05/02/2021

How an Italian cult hero became the Premier League’s youngest ever manager

It’s been written a million times before, but the Premier League utterly transformed the landscape of English football, for better or worse. The breakaway…

04/02/2021

The Premier League transfer deals that flew under the radar in January

The Premier League has been the epicentre of transfer dealing in football for quite a while now, but let’s be honest: the January transfer…

03/02/2021

Fantasy Premier League: Five must-have FPL players to own in February

Fantasy Premier League has been a wild ride this season, thanks largely to unpredictable results, last-minute postponements and a huge spate of injuries and…

02/02/2021

Premier League Weekly Awards: Brilliant Bamford, Mo Salah’s magical touch, Sheffield United’s special win

Our weekly Premier League awards honour the best – and worst – of the football action from the past seven days. Moment of the…

01/02/2021

Premier League Stats: Brighton win at home, Liverpool back on track, Man United’s Big Six blind spot

Presenting some of the standout statistics from gameweek 21 in the Premier League, featuring Brighton’s first home win of the season, Liverpool’s Mo Salah…

01/02/2021

Fantasy Premier League Podcast: Our must-have FPL players for the month of February

Fantasy Premier League has returned to being an unpredictable beast, so naturally, we try to pick who’s going to bang in February well ahead…

31/01/2021

Tweets of the Week: Bye bye Lampard, Zlatan eats his words, PL managers as The Simpsons

The funniest tweets from the world of football this week, featuring the reaction to Frank Lampard’s sacking, Zlatan Ibrahimovic opening his big mouth when…

31/01/2021

Fantasy Premier League: Three potential replacements for the injured Harry Kane

Following Harry Kane’s ankle injury, incurred while playing for Spurs against Liverpool in midweek, 43% of all Fantasy Premier League managers will need to…

30/01/2021