Seb Stafford-Bloor
Seb Stafford-Bloor is a football writer at Tifo Football and member of the Football Writers' Association. He was formerly a regularly columnist for the FourFourTwo website, covering all aspects of the game, including tactical analysis, reaction pieces, longer-term trends and critiquing the increasingly shady business of football's financial side and authorities' decision-making.
Latest articles by Seb Stafford-Bloor
Premier League Best of the Weekend: FFT's favourite player, team and goal
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Premier League FourFourTwo's look our best performances, strikes, players and saves from the weekend that was in the Premier League...
Sunderland to close off part of Stadium of Light in readiness for relegation
By Seb Stafford-Bloor published
In Other News... The Black Cats' long plunge towards the bottom is continuing at a pace
Ranked! The 10 best Premier League transfers of the 2017/18 season
By Seb Stafford-Bloor published
Premier League From the centre-back of the future to a Brazilian bargain, it's Seb Stafford-Bloor's finest transfer deals of the Premier League season so far. Sorry, Romelu...
Watch: Reno 1868's Lamar Hunt scores classic own goal in US Open Cup
By Seb Stafford-Bloor published
In Other News... A real vintage effort in America – but the goalkeeper will be having nightmares about this one
Why Harry Winks is such a source of pride for Mauricio Pochettino
By Seb Stafford-Bloor published
Tottenham Hotspur Seb Stafford-Bloor asks how far Spurs' precocious star can go – and what it is that already makes him stand out
Why can't West Ham be a quieter football club?
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West Ham United The Hammers were in favour of ending the season already due to coronavirus – in a move that felt opportunistic from a club with a habit of putting their foot in it
ICYMI: Ozil marks 200th Arsenal appearance in style as Gunners triumph
By Seb Stafford-Bloor published
Premier League FourFourTwo's round-up of the Saturday action, as the Premier League returns following the international break.
What – not who – Arsenal need in the manager who'll replace Arsene Wenger
By Seb Stafford-Bloor published
Arsenal Seb Stafford-Bloor on the qualities required for the long-serving Frenchman's successor in north London
Holding the Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia is not about using football as a force for good. It's about money
By Seb Stafford-Bloor published
Spanish La Liga When big matches are held in countries with poor human rights records, football authorities are quick to use the argument that the game can bring about social change. Does anyone believe them?
Jens Lehmann: Goalkeepers need to be athletes
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Strength Former Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann says modern goalkeepers need to be athletes
Unai Emery was supposed to be the boring anti-Wenger – so why has he made Arsenal's flaws even worse?
By Seb Stafford-Bloor published
Arsenal It was supposed to herald a new dawn for the Gunners; one of organisation and serious improvement. Instead, the circus goes on...
Liverpool's last title win: How Kenny Dalglish led a grief-stricken club to glory in 1989/90
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Liverpool With the Reds seeking their first championship in 29 years, Seb Stafford-Bloor contextualises their remarkable post-Hillsborough success
This FA Cup run merely masks Newcastle's sorry stasis under Mike Ashley
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Newcastle United Newcastle's dramatic win over West Brom in the FA Cup fifth round would be cause for celebration at any other club.
Meet the man with the biggest job in English football – what challenges await new Premier League CEO David Pemsel?
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Premier League The Premier League has taken over a year to find a successor to Richard Scudamore. How will his replacement deal with TV rights, Brexit and Jeremy Corbyn?
FourFourTwo’s Best 100 Football Players in the World 2016: No.20 – Mesut Ozil
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FFT100 Seb Stafford-Bloor casts an eye over the Arsenal playmaker's stellar year for club and country…
Why Tanguy Ndombele could be a bigger problem than Tottenham ever realised
By Seb Stafford-Bloor published
Tottenham Hotspur The French midfielder has all the tools to succeed - but seems to lack the mindset to get there
FA Cup Good Weekend, Bad Weekend: Lincoln go loopy, Lions tame Leicester – and both discover quarter-final opposition
By Seb Stafford-Bloor published
Premier League FourFourTwo's winners and losers on another FA Cup weekend that really didn't disappoint
Watch: Ajax score not one, but two stunning free-kicks in the same game
By Seb Stafford-Bloor published
In Other News... Ajax trounced Sparta Rotterdam on Sunday, scoring five times away from home - and two of those goals came directly from free-kicks
Liverpool's Nathaniel Clyne appears in dreadful American reality TV show
By Seb Stafford-Bloor published
In Other News... Clyne hasn't been seen on a football pitch for nearly a year. It turns out he's been hiding on VH1...
Erik Lamela returns to Tottenham, but will his future be at Spurs?
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Tottenham Hotspur As Erik Lamela returns to training in north London after a lengthy injury, Seb Stafford-Bloor asks whether the Argentina international can reclaim his place at Tottenham
Premier League preview: What (definitely) will and won't happen this weekend
By Seb Stafford-Bloor published
Premier League Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is set to make his Arsenal debut against Everton, while Tottenham travel to Anfield
Best of the Premier League weekend: FFT's top player, performance – and moan
By Seb Stafford-Bloor published
Premier League Chelsea underline their progress and Bournemouth learn their lesson, while it was a horror show for Jose Mourinho and Manchester United. It's all in this week's Best of the Weekend...
The Week In Tottenham: What went well, what didn't – and who won and lost
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Tottenham Hotspur As part of a new series on FourFourTwo.com, Seb Stafford-Bloor analyses the good and bad of Spurs' last seven days...