
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

Liverpool fans can grab 50% off their title-winning 2024/25 shirt
By Joe Mewis published
It was a season to remember for Reds fans and now's the perfect time to get your hands on a shirt that will go down in history

Amazon Prime Day deal: Get ready for the new season with this bargain 65-inch TV
By Joe Mewis published
Watch all of the 2025/26 action on this stunning big-screen television

Quiz! Who did Oasis star Noel Gallagher say this about?
By Joe Mewis last updated
Quiz! As Manchester City fan Noel Gallagher returns with Oasis, some might say we have the perfect quiz for you

Forget Amazon Prime Day, check out this deal on the best England shirt of the past 35 years
By Joe Mewis published
Be quick if you want to get your hands on this iconic Three Lions shirt

Amazon Prime Day deal: Grab a huge saving on a Fire Stick to stream the 2025/26 season
By Joe Mewis published
Amazon Prime Day is here and football fans can land a bargain before the new season

Wayne Rooney lands £800,000 TV role as former Man United man swaps dugout for new career: report
By Joe Mewis published
Former England skipper Wayne Rooney is reportedly set to be a regular on our TV screens

Quiz! Can you name Forbes' 30 most valuable clubs in the world?
By Joe Mewis published
QUIZ! We're asking you to name the biggest financial heavyweights from across the globe

Where is the World Cup final?
By Joe Mewis published
The 2026 World Cup is now less than 12 months away

“When I arrived, only Noel was there. I asked about the others and he said, ‘They’re back in England’. They’d had a fight with Chelsea fans on the ferry” How football fans almost derailed an early Oasis photoshoot
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EXCLUSIVE Iconic photographer Kevin Cummins shares a love for Man City with the Gallagher brothers

‘I didn’t know where Chelsea was, but I wanted to go because Gullit wanted me so much. I was broken-hearted to see him leave. You don’t do that to a legend’ Frank LeBoeuf on Ruud Gullit’s Blues exit
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE The former France defender has discussed his admiration for the Dutch legend

“Ronaldo was from another planet, like a gift from God, but sometimes you’d see a piece of metal coming out of his knee. I was like, ‘What the f**k is that?!’” Christian Vieri on his best-ever team-mate
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE Christian Vieri played alongside the Brazilian icon for three years at Inter Milan

‘That’s still my biggest regret, not scything Michael Thomas down in 1989’s Anfield title decider. You don’t want to be the bad guy, but it rankles with me’ Ray Houghton on his role in one of English football’s most historic moments
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE The former Liverpool midfielder admits he would have done it all differently in 1989

‘That’s how I thought the game should be played, with great assists and goals. If you have improvisation without the end result, you need to go to the circus’ Dimitar Berbatov reflects on his playing style
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE The former Tottenham and Manchester United man had a distinct manner on the pitch

World Cup 2026 fixtures in full
By Joe Mewis published
The 2026 World Cup will feature a whopping 72 group stage fixtures

“Atletico’s president once bet me a Ferrari if I scored a hat-trick. I’d left for Lazio by the time it was finally delivered, so said, ‘It’s OK, you can keep it’.” Christian Vieri recalls his La Liga spell
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE The journeyman Italy striker spent a year at Atletico Madrid

“After snubbing Chelsea, Ken Bates said, ‘I hope you have an effing nightmare against us home and away’, and slammed the phone down. I quite liked that!” Ray Houghton on his Liverpool exit
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE The former Ireland midfielder recalls his run-in with the ex-Chelsea chairman

“Frank Clark said, ‘Look after the players, captain’. As we drove past the bus, Mark Crossley was hanging out of a limo holding two bottles of champagne!” Stuart Pearce recalls Nottingham Forest’s Oasis adventures
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE Pearce and the Forest squad had more than one team outing to watch the Gallagher brothers in action back in Oasis’ heyday

2026 World Cup: Every team to have qualified
By Joe Mewis published
Looking for every team to have qualified for that 2026 World Cup? The tournament has been expanded to 48 teams and sides are sealing their spots

Chelsea fume at two-hour Club World Cup extreme weather delay - but will the 2026 World Cup suffer the same fate?
By Joe Mewis published
Chelsea were forced off after 85 minutes of their last-16 clash and were unable to return for almost two hours

Manchester United linked with controversial signing - who has 'Instagram clause': report
By Joe Mewis published
Manchester United's latest target has courted controversy in the past

UEFA issue Crystal Palace Europa League update, following two clubs' confirmed expulsions
By Joe Mewis published
Crystal Palace are still waiting to find out if they will be playing in next season's Europa League

Quiz! Can you name the biggest signings of the 2020s so far?
By Joe Mewis published
Quiz! We're after the biggest deals from the past five years - how many can you remember?

Manchester United handed major summer transfer problem as they face paying stars millions to leave club
By Joe Mewis published
Manchester United face the prospect of paying some huge earners massive sums to get them out of the club
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