
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

“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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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

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
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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
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