Senior Management
Ben Evans
Ben is a Senior Writer at GRV Media writing for a number of sites including HITC Football, 67 Hail Hail, Fulham News and F1oversteer. He has been working in the sports journalism industry since 2017, after graduating with a Journalism degree from Brunel University. Ben started his career working for NewsNow, before joining the company in July 2022 and has a particular interest in international football, and an ever-expanding collection of football shirts.
Charles Jones
Charles Jones is a football writer with more than four years of experience working on reputable websites such as Goal and 90Min. He graduated university with a First-Class honours degree in Sports Journalism from Leeds Trinity University in 2019. Charles has his eye on all things related to English football and has also taken up projects on HITC Football’s YouTube channel in the past. If Charles were England manager his first decisions would be to call up Harvey Barnes and Solly March.
Giuseppe Labellarte
Giuseppe Labellarte is a UK-based, NCTJ-qualified journalist with 10 years of experience and is currently working on HITC and The Boot Room. He moved to England from Italy as a youngster and is probably the least Italian-looking (and sounding) Italian you'll ever meet. Giuseppe has been in the football journalism game for close to a decade and has also worked as a copywriter. He has a Post-graduate degree in Journalism and studied International Relations for his first degree.
Jordan Harris
Jordan Harris is a professional football writer with more than seven years of experience in the industry. He is a Sports Journalism graduate from Southampton Solent University who has been working as a writer for GRV Media since 2015, contributing to HITC, The Boot Room and Leeds United News along the way. He puts his increasing amount of grey hairs down to the stresses of supporting Leeds. Away from football, he follows cricket and plays some very average golf.
Milo Clay
Milo Clay is a Football Writer for GRV Media working on sites including The Boot Room and 67 Hail Hail after joining the company in 2022. He graduated from Nottingham Trent University in 2021 with a BA (Hons) in Journalism and is an NCTJ gold standard journalist. He's worked as a news reporter at Cheshire Live for a year and has also volunteered as part of the media team at Macclesfield FC.
Writers
Dylan Walsh
Dylan Walsh has over eight years of writing experience in the sports industry and is a Football Writer and Writer for GRV Media, working across multiple sites such as HITC Football. A 2018 sport journalism graduate from the University of Brighton, Dylan is a Premier League, EFL and UEFA accredited reporter with over five years of experience covering live football from the view of the press box, covering the likes of Chelsea, Tottenham and the England national team at Wembley Stadium. Dylan is a big fan of Premier League football, Major League Soccer and cheesecake.
Lee Connor
Lee Connor has been writing about all things football since 2015 and is our Editorial Lead for Sheffield United News . He has worked for GRV Media since January 2020 and previously worked for Football League World at Snack Media. Lee is an expert on and lifelong supporter of Sheffield United and takes a keen interest in the tactical side of the game and raising talking points that go against the grain. He has a deep memory bank of 90s football stickers, knows the 1998 World Cup inside out and can't get enough of losing in the playoffs.
Lucas Arnold
Lucas has over 7 years of experience as a football analyst and has been freelancing in the sports journalism industry since 2015. After graduating with an honours degree in journalism from Brunel University, Lucas has worked extensively with football data and built an expertise in the Premier League and Scandanavian football. Lucas strongly believes that Olivier Giroud is the most underrated player of this generation.
Patrick Sinat
Patrick Sinat is the dedicated Celtic writer for TBR Football. With more than three years of experience covering The Bhoys, Patrick has his ear to the ground to provide the latest updates from Celtic Park. On top of being a professional sports journalist, he is also a lifelong fan of the club, meaning you can expect high-quality coverage of breaking news and expert opinions sure to relate to Celtic supporters across the globe. His favourite players while growing up were Peter Grant and Paul McStay.
Shamanth Jayaram
Shamanth Jayaram works as a Senior Entertainment and Football Editor at GRV Media across entertainment and football. He has published stories on HITC, The Boot Room and Arsenal Insider, and has been a massive Gooner for over two decades.
Subhankar Mondal
Subhankar Mondal has been at GRV Media for almost 10 years and is currently a Senior Journalist at GRV Media covering multiple Premier League clubs. A renown football writer based in the UK, he has previously worked for Goal.com International and Sky Sports. Subhankar has had work published in The Guardian, The Observer and World Soccer Magazine as well as appearing on the BBC in the past. He was cited in a major Louis van Gaal biography too.