Some job news: I will be leaving Twenty3 at the end of April. That means I'll be looking for a new opportunity — preferably full-time — within sport journalism/writing. If you're an editor in need of a reliable and accomplished writer, please do get get in touch!

Given the worrying rise in Islamophobia in the UK, thought it might be pertinent to share a piece I wrote back in 2020 for Liverpool.com. On Mo Salah and his fight against prejudice: liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-n…

A scintillating set of European semi-finals lie in store this week 🍿 ✍️ Callum Rice-Coates has been using Twenty3's 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹𝗯𝗼𝘅 to preview all the continental action 📊 twenty3.sport/data-drop-ever… #UCL #UEL #UECL

A piece on Arthur Okonkwo and where his future might lie: at Arsenal, with Wrexham or elsewhere? For FourFourTwo fourfourtwo.com/opinion/arsena…

The third part of our #EURO2024 preview series is here: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 😤 ✍️Callum Rice-Coates has analysed the six dark horses chasing glory in Germany 📊 twenty3.sport/spotlight-on-e…

Some people have responded to that chart with "That can’t be right", or "We can’t be worse than America". I’m afraid the chart is right. 15 years ago the UK’s record on homelessness *was* not too dissimilar to other developed countries, but things have rapidly deteriorated.

Wayne Rooney looks more like Ernest Hemingway every time I see him

Europe's biggest stars are set to descend on Germany this summer ⭐️ Callum Rice-Coates has picked out 5⃣ top talents to watch at #Euro2024, using Twenty3's 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹𝗯𝗼𝘅 🔍 twenty3.sport/scout-report-p…

#Euro2024 is nearly upon us... ⏰🔜 Callum Rice-Coates has been digging into the data ahead of the tournament's opening fixtures, using Twenty3's 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹𝗯𝗼𝘅 📈 twenty3.sport/euro-2024-data…

Finishing this beast feels like the literary equivalent of climbing Mount Everest

"Football is the property of the people. The poor have very little access to happiness, they do not have the money to buy happiness. Football, which is one of the few things that the poorest maintain, but they longer have it." - Marcelo Bielsa's press conference yesterday 🇺🇾

Wrote about football's trend towards cautiousness and how that might be a cause for concern (includes a passage from Ben Lerner's Leaving the Atocha Station) fourfourtwo.com/opinion/cautio…

𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐂𝐊 | The Blizzard: THE BEST OF THE SECOND FIVE YEARS Compendium issue of this football quarterly feat. Carl Worswick Jonathan Wilson Aleksandar Holiga Luke Edwards Daniel Edwards 💚 Callum Rice-Coates James Montague Hassanin Mubarak Ned Boulting 🏳️‍⚧️ Igor Rabiner + more! 🛒 stanchionbooks.com/collections/th…

Aged like milk. When are people finally going to acknowledge that Phil Parkinson is a very good out-of-possession coach

Really pleased to have a first piece of published fiction in the latest The Blizzard issue. Get yourself a copy below

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Issue 57 of The Blizzard, edited by Jonathan Wilson, is out now, packed full of wonderful long-form football writing from Rodrigo Barneschi, Gisle Thorsen, Colin McPherson, Neel Shelat, Callum Rice-Coates and more More here 👇 theblizzard.co.uk/shop/issues/is…