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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Articles by Ste McGovern

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Opinion/Features

The tabloids are still up to their old tricks – but footballers are fighting back like never before

“What a result!” the headline screamed. “Campaigning football star Marcus Rashford buys five luxury houses worth more than £2 million,” the Mail On Sunday…

16/11/2020

90s Football Hall of Fame: Muzzy Izzet, the Leicester legend who loved a golazo

The latest inductee into the prestigious and totally legitimate 90’s Football Hall of Fame is Leicester City legend Muzzy Izzet. Owner of one of…

15/11/2020

The youngest players to make their England bow in the Premier League era

The youngest players to make their international bow for the England football team since 1992, the year the Premier League broke away from the…

15/11/2020

Tweets of the Week: Scotland qualify, Auba’s mask feud with Kroos, Gunnersaurus returns

The funniest tweets from the world of football this past week, featuring Scotland reaching Euro 2020, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang feuding with Toni Kroos over silly…

15/11/2020

Granny Rule XI: The best English-born footballers to play for Ireland in each position

For decades the Republic of Ireland national team has drawn on the diaspora for its football players, the descendants of Irish men and women…

12/11/2020

The Fantasy Faithful podcast: Which Premier League teams are actually any good?

The Premier League is away for a week to make room for an international break no one asked for, but we are still here…

11/11/2020

Premier League Weekly Awards: Brilliant Bruno, excellent Eze, don’t Lookman

Every week we reward the best – and worst – of the Premier League action, and this week’s awards ceremony features a Bruno Fernandes…

09/11/2020

Fantasy Premier League team of the week for Gameweek 8: Eze pickings

With an average score of 55 points it was a decent week all round for Fantasy Premier League managers before the international break. Interestingly…

09/11/2020

The best Premier League stats of gameweek 8: Liverpool regression, Aston Villa progression

The standout statistics from gameweek 8 of the Premier League, featuring Liverpool’s stuttering form of late, Aston Villa’s impressive start to the season, Man…

09/11/2020