
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.
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Romania World Cup 2026 squad: Mircea Lucescu's latest selection ahead of the World Cup qualifying play-offs
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Romania meet Turkey for the right to face either Slovakia or Kosovo with a World Cup 2026 place on the line

Tottenham identify Vicario replacement - and he's a Leeds United reject: report
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Tottenham could again look to Serie A for their next shotstopper

Tottenham Hotspur relegation odds: Spurs chances shorten after Forest defeat
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It was another huge weekend in the battle to avoid the Premier League drop

Quiz! Can you name every League Cup final scorer since 2000?
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QUIZ! As Manchester City celebrate their ninth League Cup victory, which players have delivered in recent finals?

‘I’d woken up at 7am, still tired because the day before we’d been drinking. I thought, “Today I’m not drinking anything.” But by 8.10am we were back at it!’ Marcelo on his romantic Fluminense return
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EXCLUSIVE The Brazilian icon returned to his former club in 2023

‘I was joking with Ben Davies and Brennan Johnson about Italy possibly playing Wales in the World Cup play-offs. I told them both that we’re going to win it, 100 per cent!’ Destiny Udogie on what he said to Spurs team-mates
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EXCLUSIVE There was plenty of banter flying around the Tottenham training ground when November’s draw was made

‘If Ireland can get to the play-off final, I’d give them a 90 per cent chance of qualifying’ Terry Phelan on Ireland’s World Cup play-off hopes
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EXCLUSIVE The Irish are gearing up for their World Cup play-off semi-final against the Czech Republic

‘Craig Bellamy hasn’t been afraid to go against who the fans or media think should be in the team. He’s working on the short-term and long-term success of Wales’ Ryan Giggs on what Bellamy brings to the Wales job
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EXCLUSIVE Giggs was in charge of Wales between 2019 and 2022

‘I got to Manchester at 4.30am after my train was abandoned – the trip was worth it to get Scott McTominay to play for Scotland’ Alex McLeish on his efforts to secure the Napoli star’s international allegiance
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EXCLUSIVE McLeish was Scotland manager when the former Manchester United midfielder declared for the Tartan Army

‘I learned how to play under pressure at Blackpool and used those experiences with Villa’ Morgan Rogers on his formative loan spell and a viral quote
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EXCLUSIVE Rogers was at Blackpool when Mick McCarthy was asked ‘it can’t go on like this, can it?’

‘I chose Liverpool over Everton, even though my dad was a Blue – I’m glad I stuck to my guns’ Anfield legend Ian Callaghan on going against his family
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EXCLUSIVE Callaghan remains Liverpool’s record appearance holder

‘I’d trade three of my Champions Leagues for a World Cup. I’d still have two Champions Leagues – how many footballers can say that?’ Marcelo on reflects on his trophy-laden career
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EXCLUSIVE The Brazilian left-back accumulated five Champions League winners’ medals during his time at Real Madrid

Quiz! Can you name every club outside Europe's top five leagues to have reached the Champions League quarter-finals?
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QUIZ! Our latest fiendishly difficult quiz is about those European sides who have upset the Champions League status quo

England travel chaos: Which football matches will be impacted by the upcoming London Tube strikes?
By Joe Mewis published
Industrial action on the London Underground is set to impact football supporters

Quiz! Can you name every player to have won the Champions League - and reached these international finals in the same year?
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QUIZ! Our latest quiz is about the players who perform for both club and country

What Manchester City can expect after Premier League issue their biggest-ever fine
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Manchester City might be about to see a huge punishment for their 115 charges, after Chelsea were been slapped with a massive £10m fine

Tottenham Hotspur in bid for Italian midfielder: report
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Tottenham Hotspur are believed to be in the hunt for the Italy international

First-choice goalkeeper to miss Tottenham vs Atletico Madrid, as injuries mount up for both sides
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Tottenham will need a remarkable turnaround if they are to make the Champions League quarter-final

Bournemouth celebrating the first Premier League owner to win an Oscar
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Minority AFC Bournemouth owner Michael B. Jordan is celebrating his first Best Actor gong

Get VIP England tickets for ONLY £75
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Thomas Tuchel's side continue their World Cup preparations with a Wembley double header this month and you can enjoy the action from the comfort of the hospitality section for as little as £75 with Seat Unique

‘Chelsea couldn't keep me due to financial sanctions. Even my wife had to stop going to the club gym because Chelsea could no longer pay the fees’ Saul Niguez opens up on his Chelsea loan move
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EXCLUSIVE The former Spain international spent the 2021/22 season on loan at Stamford Bridge

‘I would like to play against my brother – him for Ghana and me for Spain. My parents would have a heart attack because they wouldn’t know who to go with!’ Nico Williams hoping to live out his World Cup dream this summer
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EXCLUSIVE The Spanish winger could come up against his brother Inaki at this summer’s tournament

‘Bale’s overhead kick showed that football is sometimes more improvisation than planning. He scored like that because he needed to’ Marcelo on what it meant to assist Gareth Bale’s Champions League final stunner against Liverpool
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EXCLUSIVE The Welshman’s superlative overhead kick helped see off Liverpool in the 2018 Champions League final

‘Despite being a legend, Zidane showed humility. He was different from the rest – and he was our coach. We were fortunate’ Marcelo opens up on what his best Real Madrid managers brought to the club
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE The Brazilian was managed by the likes of Zinedine Zidane, Jose Mourinho and Carlo Ancelotti at the Bernabeu
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