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 Football

Fantasy Premier League: Four potential replacements for the injured Kevin De Bruyne

With the confirmation that Kevin De Bruyne is injured and will miss the “next games”, as Pep Guardiola informed us, this leaves many Fantasy…

16/10/2020

The Fantasy Faithful podcast previews Gameweek 5 of Fantasy Premier League

The international break has concluded, which means we can get back to what really matters: Fantasy Premier League. In the latest episode of The…

15/10/2020

Five of the best Caribbean-born footballers to play in the Premier League

As it is Black History Month, this article is part of a series celebrating the best black players to feature in British football. The…

15/10/2020

The real ‘Big Six’? The most top six finishes in English top flight history

Until fairly recently, being a ‘top six’ team wasn’t really a thing. It wasn’t even considered all that impressive unless you were a so-called…

14/10/2020

Five of the most remarkable international debuts in the modern era

Representing your country should be one of the greatest honours for any football player, or at least it used to be. The waning importance…

13/10/2020

Thug, big game player and… leader? Dennis Wise’s complicated legacy

The reputation of Dennis Wise would have him pegged as a violent thug, a pure breed shithouse with an unquenchable thirst for blood –…

12/10/2020

Five of the Premier League’s worst away and third kits in 2020/21

Every football fan looks forward to seeing their brand new kit each season, but sometimes they don’t live up to expectations. And with most…

12/10/2020

90s Football Hall of Fame: Dennis Wise, the combustible Chelsea icon

Ex-Chelsea midfielder and notorious scrapper Dennis Wise is the latest inductee into the 90’s Football Hall of Fame. The pint-sized Englishman spent the entirety…

12/10/2020

Tweets of the Week: Gunnersaurus sacked, farmer Cavani, and pay-per-view controversy

The funniest tweets from the world of football this past week, including the unceremonious sacking of Gunnersaurus, Edinson Cavani ‘scything’ through the Premier League,…

11/10/2020