A Football Report

Eric Beard: Co-Founder, Head Writer, Editor-in-chief

Jordan Beard: Co-Founder, Creative Director

Dominic Vieira: Senior Writer, Lisbon

Dominic is a half-English, half-Portuguese student with a strong passion for coaching, watching, and analysing football. Dominic writes frequently for AFR, focusing on European football and scouting the next generation of talent.

Oliver Sparrow: Senior Writer, London

Graduating from the University of Leeds last summer with a degree in both English and Philosophy, Mr. Sparrow is a great writer with his own unique style of capturing all the humour, intensity, and genius that surrounds the game we all know and love. Oliver, or Oli, will provide a proper Englishman’s lens on the beautiful game. 

Andy Jones: Premier League writer, London

Andy is your average bloke. He has three loves: university, the pub and most importantly football. He’s a passionate Arsenal fan, but follows football all over Europe and some of South America. He has a Premier League column, ‘The Virtuoso’s View’, which arises on Friday mornings.

Mirko Corli: Italian Calcio Expert, Torino

A Torino-based writer/calcio enthusiast who writes the column on Serie A and Serie B known as “Mondays with Mirko the Maestro.”

Ulysse Pasquier: Premier League & French Football Writer, Montreal

A France-born student at McGill, Ulysse has been watching Arsenal since Thierry Henry grazed Highbury and has undying support for Les Bleus. Though the pace of the Premier League is more to his liking, Ulysse also follows Ligue 1.

Amit Katwala: Dutch & English Football Expert, London

Soraya Soemadiredja: Football & Politics writer, Toronto/Singapore

Soraya describes herself as just another recovering diplobrat with a passion for the beautiful game! She’s particularly fascinated by the socio-political aspects of football, which she often mentions in her own blog. Having grown up transcontinentally, trailing after parents in international development and working in humanitarian relief, she has experienced first hand how football truly does bridge linguistic, religious, cultural, economic and age gaps…as much as it can divide. 

Nick Lichtenberg: US Soccer and European football writer, New York City 

An avid follower of English and American ‘soccer’, Mr. Lichtenberg attended the inaugural MLS Cup in 1996 when John Harkes led DC United to the first of successive titles. Having spent time studying abroad in London and growing up in a family that appreciated Italian calcio, Nick knows the game just as well as anyone. 

Darshan Joshi: European football writer, Sydney 

Currently studying at the University of Sydney, Darshan may be from down under, but he is as apt as anyone when it comes to the beautiful game.

Gordon Fleetwood: European and South American football writer, New York City

Known as “Socratinho”, Gordon is a student who loves the beautiful game when it’s played with style and thought, so clearly his favourite football to watch is nothing other than the Brazilian brand of “Joga Bonito”.

Saf Hossain: Premier League writer, London

A Liverpool supporter through and through, Saf is a recent university graduate who follows the Premier League and is trying to find a way that English football can rise to prominence once again.

Elizabeth Hanchett: La Liga and European football writer, New York/Spain

Elizabeth is an FC Barcelona, Athletic Bilbao and Spain NT supporter from the United States, although she has spent most of her life in Spain. She has been following La Liga off-and-on since 1997 (on since around 2007).

Angel Medina: US Soccer, MLS, and Mexican football writer, Portland

Fernando Sell: Brazilian football writer, Rio