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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Fantasy Premier League: The best players to own in double gameweek 19

The first double gameweek of the Fantasy Premier League season is upon us, with 16 matches taking place in gameweek 19. We’ve looked back…

13/01/2021

Bonkers! The most headscratching results of the Premier League season so far

It’s been such a weird season that it’s hard to know where we stand with any given lest the ground beneath shift unexpectedly. No…

13/01/2021

Andrei Kanchelskis: The Soviet secret weapon who took the Premier League by surprise

Arriving to the Premier League as a virtual unknown from the Soviet Union, Andrei Kanchelskis left as a legend at Manchester United and Everton.…

12/01/2021

90s Football Hall of Fame: Newcastle United’s ‘Mad Monk’, Temur Ketsbaia

He came, he saw, he clattered the advertising hoardings. Temur Ketsbaia is most well known by Premier League fans for his bizarre outburst when…

12/01/2021

The best of Sunday’s FA Cup third round action: Crawley go giant killing, Marine live the dream, Silva’s scorcher

The FA Cup provided yet more action, shock results and heartwarming scenes on Sunday as the third round nears completion. Crawley pick up the…

10/01/2021

Fantasy Premier League: Five essential tips ahead of blank GW18 and double GW19

Fantasy Premier League has a massive ten days on the horizon with the ‘blank’ gameweek 18 and the double gameweek 19 getting underway. There…

10/01/2021

The best of Saturday’s FA Cup third round action: Chorley cupset, Justin’s golazo, Smith Rowe impresses again

The third round of the FA Cup got underway this weekend, and Saturday offered plenty of great goals, unlikely upsets and talking points. Non…

10/01/2021

Five of the most surprising Premier League stats so far this season

This season of the Premier League has thrown up many surprises, resulting in one of the most congested and wide open title races in…

10/01/2021

Tweets of the Week: 2021 is even worse than 2020, but at least Soucek got his potato salad

The best and funniest tweets from the world of football this week, featuring a chaotic start to 2021, Chris Kamara reporting from the Washington…

09/01/2021

The Premier League’s most underused players who need to move clubs this month

The Premier League is often touted as the best league with the best players in the world, and there’s a fair amount of weight…

07/01/2021