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

Opinion/Features

Mo Salah’s daughter, Man City’s kit crime and Higuain’s howler: 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…

14/05/2019

Bohs found out, Sligo on the rise, and Eidur Gudjohnsen is a Longford fan: League of Ireland Gameweek 16

Dundalk defeated Bohemians 2-0 in the game of the week, showing the title pretenders how it’s done, while there were also good showings from…

13/05/2019

“I think the term is, scenes!” – Tweets of the Week

The funniest and best football-related tweets from an absolutely mental week, featuring Glenn Hoddle, John Aldridge and Brian Kerr losing their minds, Marcelo Bielsa’s…

12/05/2019

Five players who will benefit from Chelsea’s transfer embargo

On Wednesday afternoon it was confirmed that Chelsea had failed in their appeal to overturn a transfer ban handed down to them by Fifa…

09/05/2019

Five of the Best – Liverpool matches vs Spanish opposition

Liverpool host Barcelona tonight with the hopes of overturning a 3-0 deficit. If they did so it would be one of the most stunning…

07/05/2019

Five observations from the League of Ireland: Gameweek 15

The top three are conspiring to not win the SSE Airtricity Premier Division, Derry City are coming in under the radar, Waterford FC exact…

06/05/2019

Ramsey’s farewell, Hazard’s drag back, and Travers’ dream debut – 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…

06/05/2019

Lionel Messi, Maradonaland and football’s new age – The best football writing from last week

Some of the best football writing to be found online from the past week, featuring football’s new age, Lionel Messi is even more dominant…

06/05/2019

Tweets of the Week – Neil Warnock Edition

On the day his team were dumped out of the Premier League, Neil Warnock went viral, but not in the way you might expect.…

06/05/2019

English football’s weird obsession with morality

The events of Leeds United and Aston Villa’s Championship clash exposed English football’s strange preoccupation with moral fibre and the unwritten etiquette of the…

30/04/2019