Nick Harris

"HERE WE GO!": the lowdown on "football journalist" Fabrizio Romano The Italian "influencer" who has never worked as a real journalist, has 100m+ followers on social media and leverages them for cash. This is a tale about modern sports media

"HERE WE GO!": the lowdown on "football journalist" Fabrizio Romano

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Almost half of Premier League fans want a direct-to-fans broadcast service for games The debate about a "Premflix" channel (terrible name, my fault) has raged for five years, and been mooted for much longer. It's resurfaced, and isn't going away soon.

Re-upping this from March last year after confirmation the Premier League will start a direct to fans TV offer, initially in Singapore, which I first reported on in 2020 just before the Pandemic ruined it that time around
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The miracle of Bodø/Glimt & what Scottish clubs can learn from a fellow small nation Scotland and Norway have populations of about 5.5m people, and long football histories and deep passion for the game. Why does one punch way above its weight?

Bodo/Glimt produced one of the biggest upsets in Champions League history as they knocked out last year's finalists Inter to reach the last 16 for the first time. Piece from last September about the secrets of their success
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Why Real Madrid's Super League "defeat" is a mere blip on the way to the rich getting richer Football's major governing bodies, not least UEFA, which governs the world's richest leagues, continue to help the biggest, richest clubs in getting richer and more powerful

Why Real Madrid's Super League "defeat" is a mere blip on the way to the rich getting richer
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The miracle of Bodø/Glimt & what Scottish clubs can learn from a fellow small nation Scotland and Norway have populations of about 5.5m people, and long football histories and deep passion for the game. Why does one punch way above its weight?

The most extraordinary result in the Champions League tonight was Bodø/Glimt 3 Inter 1. I wrote about the miracle of Bodø back in September sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/the-miracl...

"Ted Lasso is one of my favourite TV shows. But the case for Season 4? I'm not so sure." It was the sleeper hit of 2020 about a folksy coach handed a chance in a sport alien to him. It was wildly popular and ran its course over three seasons. But now there's more

Chatted to someone recently about Ted Lasso, a show I (almost) unreservedly loved that returns with season 4 this year. It polarised opinion. Last year I wrote 2,000 (mostly) paywalled words about it. After my recent chat, I've un-paywalled it:
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Southampton's miracle win at Leicester after trailing 3-0 at H-T: a historical perspective On Tuesday, Southampton went to Leicester for a Championship match and were 3-0 down at half-time. But they won 4-3. It was utterly extraordinary, and here's why

Saints are only 140 years old and already they've won a match from 3-0 down. There's now a whole piece about this, including stats for all the clubs currently in England's top two divisions. Such comebacks are EXTREMELY rare, for anyone.
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Southampton's miracle win at Leicester after trailing 3-0 at H-T: a historical perspective On Tuesday, Southampton went to Leicester for a Championship match and were 3-0 down at half-time. But they won 4-3. It was utterly extraordinary, and here's why

Southampton's miracle win at Leicester after trailing 3-0 at H-T: a historical perspective
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EXPOSED: the rise of illegal and unregulated betting companies in international cricket What does a betting firm PR man have in common with a London lingerie model and a Malaysian punk singer? They have all been used as fronts for dodgy sports sponsors

EXPOSED: the rise of illegal and unregulated betting companies in international cricket
Brilliant piece by @stevemenary.bsky.social
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EXPOSED: the rise of illegal and unregulated betting companies in international cricket What does a betting firm PR man have in common with a London lingerie model and a Malaysian punk singer? They have all been used as fronts for dodgy sports sponsors

EXPOSED: the rise of illegal and unregulated betting companies in international cricket
Brilliant piece by @stevemenary.bsky.social
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Mo Farah: a case study of asking difficult questions to a lauded sportsperson you admire What happens when a sporting superstar who has become a cherished national figure faces issues that need scrutiny? Tact, lawyers and PRs tend to collide in the fallout

A piece about the complicated and controversial life and times of Mo Farah, who I first met when he was 16, and the challenges of reporting on that, fairly and accurately, in the face of PRs and lawyers
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Mo Farah: a case study of asking difficult questions to a lauded sportsperson you admire What happens when a sporting superstar who has become a cherished national figure faces issues that need scrutiny? Tact, lawyers and PRs tend to collide in the fallout

A piece about the complicated and controversial life and times of Mo Farah, who I first met when he was 16, and the challenges of reporting on that, fairly and accurately, in the face of PRs and lawyers
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Jmail, logged in as jeevacation@gmail.com You are logged into jeevacation@gmail.com, Jeffrey Epstein's email. Sourced from the November 2025 House Oversight Committee data release.

@sportingintel.bsky.social have you seen this? All the files, emails, photos, flights, organised in a Google Workspace style to search and read. Technology at its greatest and most useful www.jmail.world

Mo Farah: a case study of asking difficult questions to a lauded sportsperson you admire What happens when a sporting superstar who has become a cherished national figure faces issues that need scrutiny? Tact, lawyers and PRs tend to collide in the fallout

Mo Farah: a case study of asking difficult questions to a lauded sportsperson you admire
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The Epstein files and sport: postscript No1 Yesterday I wrote a piece about “the Epstein files” and some links to sport and how “document dumps” can be both a journalistic blessing and a curse.

The Epstein files and sport: postscript No1
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Piece tells you how to access now defunct "document dump" about Russian doping; Football Leaks; USADA docs on Lance A; a spreadsheet of 12,000 blood tests on track & field athletes from 2001-12; and some Fancy Bears stuff

As the Epstein case shows, "document dumps" are both a journalistic blessing and a curse Leaks of incendiary materials can be full of red herrings, banalities and bullshit. Diligent reporters sift the wheat from the chaff. It's not easy. But it can be fruitful

As the Epstein case shows, "document dumps" are both a journalistic blessing and a curse. Five examples from sport show why
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Piece tells you how to access now defunct "document dump" about Russian doping; Football Leaks; USADA docs on Lance A; a spreadsheet of 12,000 blood tests on track & field athletes from 2001-12; and some Fancy Bears stuff

As the Epstein case shows, "document dumps" are both a journalistic blessing and a curse Leaks of incendiary materials can be full of red herrings, banalities and bullshit. Diligent reporters sift the wheat from the chaff. It's not easy. But it can be fruitful

As the Epstein case shows, "document dumps" are both a journalistic blessing and a curse. Five examples from sport show why
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Proving to be the most popular read of 2026 so far, with all the engagement you'd expect from Man City fans especially, taking the time and effort to tell me how much they don't care about this AT ALL.

So many Man City fans seem to think the 115 case is the first time they've been accused of financial misconduct and don't recall multiple previous cases and €90m of fines, later reduced to "only" €30m. Hope this Q&A refreshes memories

It's all answered in the piece Miko - although the FA have nothing to do with the case, as I'm sure you know.

So many Man City fans seem to think the 115 case is the first time they've been accused of financial misconduct and don't recall multiple previous cases and €90m of fines, later reduced to "only" €30m. Hope this Q&A refreshes memories

A dozen questions about the end game of Manchester City's "115" case, and its aftermath The Premier League began investigating alleged rule-breaking by Man City in late 2018, charging them with 115 rule breaches in 2023. Into an eighth year, the case rumbles on

A dozen questions about the end game of Manchester City's "115" case, and its aftermath
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In elite club football, you get what you pay for, unless the owners are incompetent or geniuses Deloitte's latest 'Football Money League' dropped yesterday, detailing the richest 30 clubs in the world by revenue. Today I'll look at what their wage bills tell us about them

In elite club football, you get what you pay for, unless the owners are incompetent or geniuses
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In elite club football, you get what you pay for, unless the owners are incompetent or geniuses Deloitte's latest 'Football Money League' dropped yesterday, detailing the richest 30 clubs in the world by revenue. Today I'll look at what their wage bills tell us about them

In elite club football, you get what you pay for, unless the owners are incompetent or geniuses
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We don't need to rehash the case against Infantino but he sucked up to warmonger Putin, massively, ignoring obvious state doping; fell in love with human-rights abusing Qatar and Saudi, for cash; and has spent a year and more up the rectum of Trump.

From the company he keeps to his disregard for football, Infantino is worse than Blatter Sepp Blatter oversaw some terrible misconduct and was far from perfect. But he asked world leaders: "What can you do for football?". Infantino asks what HE can do for THEM.

Infantino isn't just a worse FIFA president than Blatter (sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/from-the-c...), he's an abysmal human. His continued obsequious behaviour towards a demented, dangerous clown like Trump is woeful. A "board of peace" with Putin, Orbán and Lukashenko is an utter farce.

I would imagine they would have stopped some of the more egregious stuff, like Mancini's two contracts. Did Pep have two too? City would never answer that question but my hunch is he probably did at the start but doesn't now. We really can't know, and City won't engage to answer.

As "disruptors" Man City try to dismantle PL rules, NEW details of financial chicanery The Premier League's 20 clubs meet in London to vote on sponsorship rules. And we publish documents and contracts that throw new light on some of City's APT deals.

As a one-off gesture in the name of transparency and to perhaps help some City fans see what their club have done, I've un-paywalled this article. Skip to the point where you can download and read a set of documents that tell you what happened.
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