
Joe Mewis
For more than a decade, Joe Mewis has worked in football journalism as a reporter and editor. Mewis has had stints at Mirror Football and LeedsLive among others and worked at FourFourTwo throughout Euro 2024, reporting on the tournament. In addition to his journalist work, Mewis is also the author of four football history books that include times on Leeds United and the England national team. Now working as a digital marketing coordinator at Harrogate Town, too, Mewis counts some of his best career moments as being in the iconic Spygate press conference under Marcelo Bielsa and seeing his beloved Leeds lift the Championship trophy during lockdown.
Latest articles by Joe Mewis

‘The parade was mind-blowing, I saw four people on top of a tree – I was afraid it would come down with them!’ Bruno Guimaraes doesn’t think Newcastle United’s first domestic trophy triumph in 70 years will sink in until he retires
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE Bruno Guimaraes wore the armband when the Magpies ended their seven-decade wait for a major domestic trophy this season

“I never faced anybody that had what I call ‘disguised power’ as much as him. I saved his free-kicks in training and felt the ball almost forcing my hands open” David Seaman on David Beckham’s hidden attributes
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE Davids Beckham and Seaman shared a pitch 37 times as England players

‘The abuse was disgusting. It was quite amazing how he came through that and became a better footballer. That period could have broken him, no doubt’ Teddy Sheringham on David Beckham’s redemption arc
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE Beckham’s World Cup 1998 red card threatened to derail the career of the future England skipper

‘Shevchenko was frustrated that I'd saved his header, so hit the rebound as hard as he could. If he’d chipped it or just placed it, I’d have had no chance’: Jerzy Dudek on how Liverpool were almost denied the Miracle of Istanbul
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE The Polish goalkeeper was the penalty shootout hero in the 2005 Champions League final

‘I respect Rafa as a coach for giving me my opportunity at Liverpool and what he did for the club, but there’s still a lack of respect as a man – it made me fall out of love with the club’: Ex-Liverpool man makes heartbreaking Istanbul admission
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE One of Liverpool’s greatest nights proved to be a bittersweet occasion for one of their homegrown stars

‘My preference was to stay put, but I was a saleable asset and Ruud Gullit had tried to get me at Chelsea. So did Glenn Hoddle – I met him a couple of times’ Duncan Ferguson on the wrench of leaving Everton for Newcastle United
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE The Scottish striker made an £8million move from Everton to Newcastle United in November 1998

“When he hit it, I thought, ‘You cheeky bastard’. The ball was in the air and I was thinking, ‘The gaffer’s going to kill him’. But it was floating and floating…” Gary Pallister’s reaction to David Beckham’s half-way line goal
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE David Beckham cemented his place as one of the Premier League’s best youngsters at the start of the 1996/97 campaign with an audacious goal

‘Joining Rangers came a couple of years too early – I was young, with a few quid in my pocket, and I followed McCoist and Durrant around like a poodle’ Duncan Ferguson on his British transfer record move to Rangers
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE The Scottish striker was only 21 when he made the move to the Ibrox giants

“As captain, he wasn’t the loudest, he didn’t bark at you, but you’d watch him and think, ‘I need to work harder’. His energy against Greece was ridiculous” Emile Heskey on David Beckham’s leadership
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE Beckham led by example as England skipper, with his iconic 2001 performance against Greece perfectly encapsulating his captaincy style

Arsenal wonderkid's exit talks confirmed by manager
By Joe Mewis published
The young Arsenal hopeful has no future at the Emirates Stadium

Cristiano Ronaldo edging closer to bombshell transfer - to play at the Club World Cup: report
By Joe Mewis published
Cristiano Ronaldo's Al Nassr did not qualify for next month's tournament, but CR7 could end up featuring

Newcastle United in talks with superstar who made controversial Saudi move: report
By Joe Mewis published
Newcastle United are said to have reignited their transfer interest in a previous target who made a controversial move to the Saudi Pro League

What are the pitch sizes for every Premier League stadium?
By Joe Mewis published
Premier League pitch sizes vary, as not all fit the same measurements

Gary Lineker set to quit BBC following antisemitism row and will not host 2026 World Cup coverage
By Joe Mewis published
The Match of the Day presenter will reportedly leave the broadcaster following next weekend's final show of the season

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta confirms exits of FOUR players
By Joe Mewis published
Arsenal are set for a busy summer when the transfer window opens

‘You just knew right away that he had everything you expect in a top player. I put him and Alan Shearer up there as the best there have ever been in the Premier League’: Duncan Ferguson on playing alongside a young Wayne Rooney
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE Duncan Ferguson had a front row seat for the emergence of the future England skipper

‘I got invited to a World Cup party at Becks' house – white tie and diamonds was the dress code! I spent most of the time with my lad in the kids’ play tent!’Danny Mills recalls entering the orbit of David Beckham
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE Danny Mills was present to witness David Beckham’s stunning free-kick against Greece and England’s subsequent 2002 World Cup campaign

‘My top tip to deter burglars? Don’t sleep. That’s why I caught them, I sleep with one eye open. They made an awful decision' How Duncan Ferguson thwarted TWO seperate burglaries on his home
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE The former Everton and Newcastle United striker famously stopped two burglaries in the early 2000s

‘I might take a spade and dig up a penalty spot’ Duncan Ferguson on the sadness of leaving Goodison Park and his belief that Everton will be a top half of the table team ‘forever’
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE Everton’s men's team will play their final league game at Goodison Park this weekend, 133 years on from their first game at the historic ground

‘Me and Joelinton could play as if this was just another club and not give a s**t about what it means to the fans, but that’s the opposite of what we do on the pitch – we behave like fans’: Bruno Guimaraes' love for Newcastle United
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE Newcastle United’s boys from Brazil on the bond they have formed with Magpies fans

‘It suited him better to play wide, to allow him to do his creative stuff. I don’t think he initially wanted to play there by choice, but his delivery was deadly’: David Beckham’s early Manchester United days recalled by former team-mate
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE David Beckham had to change position in order to break through at Manchester United

UEFA Women's Euro 2025: Dates, fixtures, stadiums, tickets and everything you need to know
By Joe Mewis last updated
Women's Euro 2025 kicks off next year - and England's Lionesses will try and defend their European Championship title in Switzerland

FIFA Club World Cup 2025: Dates, fixtures, stadiums, tickets and everything you need to know
By Joe Mewis last updated
CLUB WORLD CUP A new, expanded Club World Cup is set to debut in the summer of 2025
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