
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

Manchester United: Ruben Amorim sack stance revealed, with Portuguese's job on the line
By Joe Mewis published
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
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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
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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
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EXCLUSIVE Diego Maradona failed a drugs test at the 1994 World Cup, marking the end of his Argentina career

Quiz! Can you name every Champions League finalist to have played in the Premier League since 2000?
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QUIZ! The Champions League is back and we're here to test your knowledge of this century's finalists

'With five minutes left, I yelled at Frank Leboeuf that my dream had come true – he said, ‘What?! Just concentrate on the game!’ Then I scored to make it 3-0' Emmanuel Petit on France's 1998 World Cup win
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE The former Arsenal star scored a memorable goal when France sealed their first World Cup victory

'Fabio Capello wasn’t my type of manager. He was incredibly strict and didn’t see us as individuals. It was a blanket, 'No, you’re not doing that – like it or lump it!'' Ben Foster's verdict on his England managers
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE Former Manchester United and Watford stopper Ben Foster won eight England caps and was called up by four different managers

‘Paul Merson ran to the toilet in the ad break the other Saturday and he clearly didn’t realise how short the break was – I had to cover his match for him!’ Inside Soccer Saturday with Clinton Morrison
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE The former Crystal Palace and Birmingham City striker takes us behind the scenes at Sky Sports

‘When we knew United had drawn at West Ham, it was just relief. It still gives me goosebumps talking about lifting the trophy, but my barnet was a regret!’ Tim Sherwood on what winning the Premier League meant
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE Sherwood captained Blackburn Rovers to the Premier League title in the 1994/95 season

'I was trying to tell Nicole Scherzinger that Boro are a proper football club, but she asked, ‘Where are all of the trophies?’ I said, ‘Don’t worry about that…’' The celebrity Middlesbrough fan who attempted to recruit X Factor judge
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE It’s fair to say Nicole Scherzinger has not been a Riverside regular in the years since

'Arsene Wenger came to watch a game on a Sunday morning, then told me, ‘From tomorrow, you’re training with us’. I never left the first team after that!' Emmanuel Petit recalls the moment Wenger took a gamble on him
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE A teenage Petit was handed a senior debut by Wenger at Monaco

‘Things are better for mothers in football now. You take the time with people who do an ACL – why can’t you do that with a pregnant woman? It’s the same’ England great Katie Chapman on how women’s football has changed
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE The former Arsenal and Chelsea star racked up 28 trophies during her career

'I thought I’d better apologise to the Leeds players. I popped my head around the dressing room door, said, ‘Sorry, lads’ and got out as quickly as I could!' Alfie Conn recalls the iconic moment he sat on the ball
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE The Spurs playmaker proved he had the guts to match his skills when taking on the ferocious Leeds United side of the 1970s

Quiz! Xavi or Iniesta? 10 questions on Spain and Barcelona's iconic midfield duo
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Quiz! Our latest football quiz is an either/or affair as we give you ten facts about Spain legends Xavi Hernandez and Andres Iniesta

Quiz! Can you name every stadium to have hosted the Champions League final?
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Quiz! Our latest quiz is here to test your knowledge of European football's biggest club match

Leeds United finally get their Elland Road promotion party on a wild night of noise and colour
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Five years after being denied their chance to celebrate, Leeds United fans produced an atmosphere to behold as their team cruised past Bristol City on Monday night

Quiz! Can you name the 100 most expensive Brazilians ever?
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Our latest quiz is here to test your knowledge of the biggest Brazilian transfers

‘When we saw Sergio Busquets exaggerating, we felt a great injustice had been done. It made us mentally strong. We gave everything, we left our souls on the pitch’: Javier Zanetti on Inter Milan and Barcelona’s 2010 Champions League classic
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE Inter Milan had to dig deep in their Champions League semi-final at the Camp Nou in 2010

'I knew I was leaving Chelsea and told my family, "I’ll be back at Wembley and I’ll lead my new club out" a year later, there I was at the front of the tunnel!': Gilly Flaherty reveals the games that changed her life
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE Gilly Flaherty won 22 trophies during her career and has opened up to FourFourTwo about the biggest games of her life

‘Lionel Messi’s acceleration is a joke – I can only imagine how tough it’d have been 10 years ago. As for Busquets, he must have four eyes. He sees everything,' Scott Arfield on taking on Inter Miami’s greats in 2023
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE The former Burnley and Rangers man joined MLS side Charlotte FC in 2023 and soon came up against the former Barcelona duo
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