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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Opinion/Features

Premier League Weekly Awards: Appreciation for Rashford, fabulous Firmino, Haller’s showstopper

Every gameweek we reward the best – and worst – of the Premier League action with our weekly awards. This week’s column looks back…

22/12/2020

Tweets of the Week: Mystic Sherwood, Big Sam returns and Arsenal’s neverending pain

The best and funniest tweets from the world of football this week, featuring Tim Sherwood’s fortune telling, Big Sam Allardyce finds a new Premier…

21/12/2020

Man United make history on the road and the best Premier League stats from gameweek 13

The standout statistics from gameweek 11 of the Premier League, featuring Manchester United’s freaky away form, Tottenham’s missed opportunity against Liverpool, Arsenal’s ill discipline,…

18/12/2020

Fantasy Premier League: How to fit four premium midfielders in your FPL team

Now that we’re in the thick of the festive football action, it’s more important than ever to get your Fantasy Premier League transfers and…

18/12/2020

Five Premier League players who have outgrown their club and deserve an upgrade

The old adage dictates that no one player is bigger than the club. And that’s broadly true. A footballer’s career is extremely finite compared…

17/12/2020

How Gerard Houllier transformed late 90s Liverpool from Spice Boys to winners

Gerard Houllier’s legacy at Liverpool is often closely tied to the treble of trophies won in 2001, but he also laid the path for…

16/12/2020

The Fantasy Faithful podcast: Chilwell vs James, doubling up on Spurs, and big game borefests

Fantasy Premier League took another swerve in GW12 when none of the Big Six won on the same weekend for the first time in…

15/12/2020

Golazo Merchants: Darren Anderton and his wand of a right peg

If there were ever any doubts raised about the consistency of Darren Anderton, then one need not look further than his head of hair. …

15/12/2020

The best Premier League stats of gameweek 13: Arsenal in freefall, Chelsea falter against top half again

After a weekend where none of the so-called Big Six won for the first time since 2008, here are the standout statistics from gameweek…

14/12/2020

Premier League Weekly Awards: Hot head Xhaka, gossipy Evra, and magic Maddison

Every gameweek we reward the best – and worst – of the Premier League action with our weekly awards. This week’s column features the…

14/12/2020