
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

‘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
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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
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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’
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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
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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
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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
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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
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CLUB WORLD CUP A new, expanded Club World Cup is set to debut in the summer of 2025

English football's worst-ever European qualifiers with Tottenham and Man United set to duke it out for Champions League place
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This month's Europa League final will see either Tottenham or Manchester United qualify for the Champions League

Quiz! Can you name every overseas player to have won the Premier League?
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QUIZ! We've put 25 minutes on the clock for this one as there are 208 players to name

Newcastle United report: Leroy Sane lining up move following Magpies' interest
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The former Manchester City winger could find himself back in the Premier League next season

Liverpool star Darwin Nunez in talks over big-money exit: report
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Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez could be set for a summer exit after three years with the club

Chelsea board members ready to sack Enzo Maresca: report
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Chelsea are chasing Champions League qualification and silverware with the Europa Conference League

Luis Diaz reveals talks with Liverpool over future
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Liverpool star Luis Diaz's current deal expires in the summer of 2027

Revealed: Why Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis confronted Nuno Espirito Santo following Leicester City draw
By Joe Mewis published
The Forest owner marched onto the pitch after the full-time whistle to address the club's manager

Quiz! Can you name the clubs, nations and players who won trophies in the 1990s?
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Quiz! It's back to the 1990s for our latest quiz as we want you to name that decade's big winners

'I think THAT showed Liverpool supporters, this isn't a local player who thinks about the club more than himself' Everything Jamie Carragher said following Trent Alexander-Arnold's Anfield boos
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Outgoing Liverpool right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold was the subject of jeers when he came onto the Anfield pitch as a second-half substitute against Arsenal

Manchester United: Ruben Amorim sack stance revealed, with Portuguese's job on the line
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Manchester United lost their 17th game of the Premier League season on Sunday and sit 16th in the table with two matches remaining

'The ‘Geordie Maradona’ chant has followed me around. The fans are there when we need them. Walking out there gives me goosebumps every time' Elliot Anderson opens up on what it means to be at Nottingham Forest
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EXCLUSIVE The 22-year-old swapped Newcastle United for Nottingham Forest last summer

‘Noel Gallagher had this massive Man City flag. I thought it’d be funny to stick a big black-and-white Newcastle flag over the top. It didn’t go down too well’ Andrew Cushin’s touring banter with Oasis icon
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE Newcastle-born Cushin opened for Noel Gallagher on his last tour and couldn’t resist a subtle dig

'I went bananas after winning the League Cup, throwing champagne, while the senior players were like, ‘Bosh, onto the next game’. They were such winners' What Ben Foster learned about Manchester United's winning mentality
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE The Red Devils stopper put in a man of the match display against Spurs in the 2009 final

'When I joined Barcelona, the president told me, ‘There’s this boy who will be superb’. He started training with us and I soon knew that he would replace me' Ludovic Giuly on knowing his Barca days were numbered
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE The France international knew someone special was coming through the La Masia ranks

‘No one gave us a chance, but we felt we could cause an upset. That game was the emergence of Jack Grealish – the bigger the stage, the more the kid grew’ Tim Sherwood on the moment a star was born
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE The former Aston Villa boss on the moment that Jack Grealish announced his arrival

‘When Lehmann fouled Eto’o, I put the ball in the net. I was on cloud nine, but then I realised that the referee had blown his whistle for the foul. It was unfair’ Ludovic Giuly on Barcelona’s dramatic Champions League final comeback vs Arsenal
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EXCLUSIVE The French winger still believes he should have a Champions League final goal to his name

‘Jason Tindall asked me to sing on stage. There was footage online and he was jumping up and down, waving arms in the air. That was a strange night’ Newcastle-born singer on his encounter with Magpies coach
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE The Newcastle United assistant manager is just as entertaining away from St James’ Park

‘With Maradona around we’d have won USA 94. We lost our lighthouse, our leader - we struggled to change our mentality, to play as a team without him’ How Diego Maradona’s drug ban cost them another World Cup victory
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE Diego Maradona failed a drugs test at the 1994 World Cup, marking the end of his Argentina career
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