Jordan Benford
Freelance Football Writer
ABOUT JORDAN BENFORD
Second-year Specialist Sports Journalism student at the University of Derby.
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ARTICLES BY JORDAN BENFORD
Ghana Could Be a Serious Threat At The World Cup... Even Without Uncle Ayew
Ghana Could Be a Serious Threat At The World Cup... Even Without Uncle Ayew Ghana are back in business — not at AFCON, b...
Inside The Tension Brewing in the England Camp: “It’s Not About You Anymore”
Inside The Tension Brewing in the England Camp: “It’s Not About You Anymore” If Thomas Tuchel has made anything clear si...
Ranking Every Premier League Clubs Away Fans
Ranking Every Premier League Clubs Away Fans From our research, every single side has the best away fans in the country ...
Inter’s New Star: Italy’s Biggest Clubs Are Already Regretting Letting This One Slip
Inter's New Star: Italy's Biggest Clubs Are Already Regretting Letting This One Slip Ange-Yoan Bonny may be a name that ...
The Next Ivan Toney? The Championship Striker Everyone Is Talking About
The Next Ivan Toney? The Championship Striker Everyone Is Talking About When QPR snapped up Richard Kone from Wycombe Wa...
Everyone's Blaming Ange... What About The Owner?
Everyone's Blaming Ange... What About The Owner? After a campaign for the ages last season, it is now nothing but doom a...
Premier League Clubs Questioned His Character - Now He's The Best Player in Turkey
Premier League Clubs Questioned His Character - Now He's Scoring Goals in Turkey For the past few seasons, if you were t...
The Debate Football Can't Ignore: Should He Come Back for Shearer's Throne?
The Debate Football Can't Ignore: Should He Come Back for Shearer's Throne? Harry Kane broke into the Spurs first team i...
Back on Top: How a Forgotten Powerhouse Suddenly Looks Unstoppable
Back on Top: How a Forgotten Powerhouse Suddenly Looks Unstoppable When you think of the elite European teams, the crème...
18 Games Unbeaten... And Still Nobody's Talking About Them as a Serious Top 4 Contender
18 Games Unbeaten... And Still Nobody's Talking About Them as a Serious Top 4 Contender Crystal Palace ended Liverpool's...
The Signing Going Under The Radar: Is This The Signing of the Season Already?
The Signing Going Under The Radar: Is This The Signing of the Season Already? When Tottenham snapped up João Palhinha on...
Bigger Isn’t Better: The World Cup Expansion No One Asked For
Bigger Isn't Better: The World Cup Expansion No One Asked For FIFA has never been shy about making bold changes to the g...
How a Spanish Strategist Is Planning to Reshape One of England's Biggest Clubs
How a Spanish Strategist Is Planning to Reshape One of England's Biggest Clubs Aston Villa's appointment of Roberto Olab...
Reputation Repair: Why Graham Potter Needs To Start Again in the Second Tier
Reputation Repair: Why Graham Potter Needs To Start Again in the Second Tier Graham Potter is the perfect example of why...
Aston Villa Anxiety: Is This Just a Blip - or the Start of a Battle For Unai Emery?
Aston Villa Anxiety: Is This Just a Blip - or the Start of a Battle For Unai Emery? Just five months ago, Aston Villa pu...
Five Things You May Have Missed in the Champions League This Week
Five Things You May Have Missed in the Champions League This Week There is no sweeter sound than the crescendo of the Ch...
Alexander Isak Makes His Liverpool Bow: Lukewarm Start or Promising Signs?
Alexander Isak Makes His Liverpool Bow: Lukewarm Start or Promising Signs? Liverpool left it late to win on another dram...
Mental Score-Lines and Red Cards: A Totally Honest Review of the 25/26 Champions League Matchday One
Mental Score-Lines and Red Cards: A Totally Honest Review of the 25/26 Champions League Matchday One The Champions Leagu...
New Ideas? Nah. Sheffield United Turn to Chris Wilder...Again.
New Ideas? Nah. Sheffield United Turn to Chris Wilder...Again. "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over ...
The Hungarian Army Knife: Why Szoboszlai Is Excelling In Makeshift Role
The Hungarian Army Knife: Why Szoboszlai Is Excelling In Makeshift Role Dominik Szoboszlai was signed from Red Bull Leip...
Premier League Transfer Window Rankings: Every Club's Summer Business Rated 1-20
Premier League Transfer Window Rankings: Every Club's Summer Business Rated 1-20 The Premier League Summer Transfer Wind...
The Best Ever Summer Deadline Day Deals (Top 10)
The Best Ever Summer Deadline Day Deals (Top 10) The transfer deadline day is one of the highlights of the footballing c...
Birmingham City’s PSR Gamble: Is Heavy League One Spending Paying Off?
Birmingham City's PSR Gamble: Is Heavy League One Spending Paying Off? When Knighthead Capital and Tom Brady took over a...
From Academy Prospect to Premier League Regular: The Story of Sean Longstaff
From Academy Prospect to Premier League Regular: The Story of Sean Longstaff Sean Longstaff’s career has taken him from ...
From Farnham Town To The Villa: The Story of Harry Cooksley
From Farnham Town To The Villa: The Story of Harry Cooksley The journey of Harry Cooksley is one of the most unique stor...
2025/26 Premier League Matchweek 2 Recap: Super Sunday's Matches in Review
2025/26 Premier League Matchweek 2 Recap: Super Sunday's Matches in Review Crystal Palace 1–1 Nottingham Forest A hard-f...
Is There a Nepotism Issue In Football?
Is Nepotism Holding Football Back? In football, just like in life, the saying often rings true: "It's not what you know,...
What Is Happening With Gianluigi Donnarumma? Contract Breakdown & Potential Transfers
What Is Happening With Gianluigi Donnarumma? Contract Breakdown & Potential Transfers Gianluigi Donnarumma’s career has ...
Rangers Fans Turn as Club Brugge Defeat Piles Pressure on Russell Martin
Rangers Fans Turn as Club Brugge Defeat Piles Pressure on Russell Martin Russell Martin's record in his short time in Sc...
Villa's Jacob Ramsey Sale: A Case Study in PSR Problems
Villa's Jacob Ramsey Sale: A Case Study in PSR Problems Each year, we see that the power balance of the Premier League i...
FPL Lessons: The Big Winners and Losers from the Weekend
FPL Lessons: The Big Winners and Losers from the Weekend From the under-performers who already have you sweating over th...
The Greatest Opening Weekend Matches in Premier League History
The Greatest Opening Weekend Matches in Premier League History The Premier League is finally back this weekend, kicking ...
Giovanni Leoni: We Watched Him So You Don't Have To
Giovanni Leoni: We Watched Him So You Don't Have To Liverpool's summer spending spree looks set to continue as they welc...
Fantasy Football: This Weekend's FPL Top Picks
Fantasy Football: This Weekend's FPL Top Picks Fantasy Premier League is finally back this week. If you are anything lik...
'It's Not Happening Anymore': Heckingbottom Bans Preston Players from Personal Trainers
'It's Not Happening Anymore': Heckingbottom Bans Preston Players from Personal Trainers We know that managers can be str...
Nobody Saw This Coming: Breaking Down The Shock Ballon d'Or Picks
Nobody Saw This Coming: Breaking Down The Shock Ballon d'Or Picks What Is The Ballon d'Or? Often regarded as the most pr...
