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.

4,153 articles published

Articles by Ste McGovern

League of Ireland

Three observations from the LOI: Goal glut, Bohs revenge, and Dundalk’s deficiency

Three observations from the League of Ireland on Gameweek 29, including a glut of goals across the country, Bohemians inflicting sweet revenge on defenceless…

18/08/2019

Tweets that sum up the weekend’s football: VAR rage, Aguero’s quality, #LampardOut

The best and funniest tweets that sum up the past weekend of football, featuring VAR, Sergio Aguero’s quality, the Dani Ceballos love-in, Steve Bruce…

18/08/2019

Walters opens up on career-ending injury, ‘tough’ recovery and his nightmare week last year

Jonathan Walters has opened up on the injury problems that have effectively ended the Burnley player’s career as a professional footballer. The Irish international…

18/08/2019

Tweets of the Week – The perfect pass, Ronaldo’s awful acting, and Lampard the night king

The best and funniest football-related tweets of the week, featuring the perfect pass, Cristiano Ronaldo’s awful acting in an awful advert, Daniele De Rossi…

17/08/2019

The stat that shows Spurs have always been more resilient than you think

Spurs surprisingly hold the Premier League record for a statistic that you wouldn’t normally have associated with the North London club. “Lads, it’s Tottenham”…

14/08/2019

Small town Ireland catches glimpse of the magic of the FAI Cup

League of Ireland football descended upon so-called small towns in Ireland this past weekend thanks to the FAI Cup, bringing a sense of occasion…

12/08/2019

Auba this world, Sissoko’s shocker, and Grealish is the Cheesestrings Man – Premier League Weekly Awards

It’s time for the Premier League Weekly Awards, where The Football Faithful reward the very best and worst of England’s top flight from the week gone…

12/08/2019

Frank Lampard and ten other club legends who became managers at former clubs

Can Frank Lampard learn anything from other club legends who went back to manager their former teams? Frank Lampard was recently confirmed as Chelsea’s…

11/08/2019

The virtue of investing in youth: how Premier League clubs can make a killing in the transfer market

More than ever big football clubs are willing to take a punt on young talent with massive transfer fees. Why is this the case?…

11/08/2019

Tweets of the Week: Premier League returns, Bellerin’s accent and the worst player reveal ever

The best and funniest football-related tweets of the week, featuring the start of the new Premier League season, how Spurs got around image rights,…

10/08/2019