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

Tweets of the Week: Grealish’s escapades, footballers scapegoated, and the greatest goal ever

The best tweets of the week from the world of football, featuring a novel way to keep Jack Grealish from causing trouble, the scapegoating…

05/04/2020

Six of Ireland’s greatest ever wins: England, Netherlands and conquering the world champions

For such a small nation, the Republic of Ireland have pulled off some extraordinary wins over the past four decades. Here are six of…

05/04/2020

Mick McCarthy vacates Ireland job ahead of schedule, Stephen Kenny to take over

Republic of Ireland manager Mick McCarthy has left his role ahead of schedule, making way for Stephen Kenny to take over the job. McCarthy, a…

04/04/2020

90’s Football Hall of Fame: Aston Villa cult hero Dalian Atkinson

Dalian Atkinson was an Aston Villa cult hero in the early to mid-nineties, scoring a spectacular Goal of the Season winner in the inaugural…

02/04/2020

Doing their bit: Football’s good deeds during the coronavirus pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic has shut down football all over Europe, but there are of course greater concerns out there at the moment. Almost 800,000…

01/04/2020

QUIZ: Name every relegated Premier League team since 1992

The current Premier League season is at an impasse and we may not get a satisfying conclusion to it any time soon, if at…

29/03/2020

Tweets of the Week: Boris Johnson, Coronavirus and the greatest goal of the month competition ever

The best tweets of the week from the world of football, featuring a solution to concluding the season, Boris Johnson’s hands-on approach to the…

29/03/2020

The English clubs with the most points earned in the top flight since 1888

Believe it or not, football pre-dates the Premier League era despite the wealth of stats often only accounting for a behemoth of a competition…

26/03/2020

90's Football Hall of Fame: Super Dan Petrescu

Dan Petrescu was a Chelsea legend in the latter half of the nineties for his relentless attacking and knack for scoring brilliant goals –…

26/03/2020

10 must-watch football documentaries and films you should be streaming right now

There’s next to no football on our screens these days, what better way to fill the void in our daily lives than by gorging…

25/03/2020