Chris Weatherspoon The Athletic has appointed Chris Weatherspoon as its first dedicated football finance writer. Chris is a chartered accountant who will be using his financial acumen as The BookKeeper to explore the money behind the game. He is starting with a series this week analysing the financial health of some of the Premier League’s […]
Michael Walker The scene is a weekday morning, some time around 1954. It is Old Trafford, Manchester, and as locals make their way to work, perhaps on the nearby docks, even though it is early, a young blonde-haired boy is belting a ball against the stadium’s red brick walls. He does so repetitively, left foot, […]
Oliver Kay This is football heritage. A four-word sentence that became a meme after Jose Mourinho said it seven times in a single press conference. This was the opposite of “I prefer not to speak”. It was March 2018 and Manchester United had been beaten at Old Trafford by Sevilla in the Champions League’s first […]
Oliver Kay and Thom Harris Mason Mount likes to challenge himself. Heading to the Netherlands as an 18-year-old, joining Vitesse Arnhem on loan, he set himself a target of 10 goals. He beat it, scoring 14. It was the same on loan at Derby County the following season. He was warned the Championship would be […]