A passionate football writer with an obsession for the beautiful game. Still has not seen either his club - West Ham - or country win a trophy during his time on earth. Aside from football, he is also a keen follower of golf, tennis, and darts.
Damien is an experienced journalist and has seen it all as a West Ham season ticket holder of 30 years. Well, everything except a major trophy - sorry Intertoto. Jimmy Walker would have saved it
Mark Murphy is a massive football and music fan, as well as a recent ‘Multimedia Journalism’ graduate from the University of Essex with an NCTJ diploma. He has done work for BBC Suffolk and the Colchester Gazette
Martin Cooper is a senior editor and writer at The Focus. The man behind the style guide comes from a newspaper and magazine background and has worked in the sports, aeronautical and hospitality industries. While head of production at The Argus he appeared on the Jeremy Vine radio show and worked as a freelancer on the sports desk at The Sunday Times. Martin is also an FA Level 1-qualified coach and took his youth team from division five to division one in two seasons before going out at the top.