Authors

A columnist for the Non-League Paper and Football League Paper, Adam enjoyed a successful playing career with Brighton, Celtic, Yeovil and Bristol Rovers before becoming a respected pundit following his retirement. As a summariser for BT, Sky and TNT Sports, Adam has covered England youth tournaments and a wide range of European football, whilst his domestic expertise ranges from the National League to the Championship. Away from the microphone, he has also run an academy for aspiring footballers in his native Brighton and worked as an agent. A real champion of talent in the lower leagues, Adam knows the game inside out.

Chris has been the Football League Paper’s chief writer for more than 15 years, providing features, insight and analysis, as well as an unmissable weekly column. A regular contributor to the Non-League Paper, he has covered matches everywhere from the Eastern Counties League to the Etihad Stadium - and can call on a wealth of trusted contacts throughout the game. He has also appeared as an EFL expert on Talksport, BBC Radio 5 Live, the EFL Highlights show and the BBC’s Late Kick Off.

Dave provides exclusive player-interview based features for The Football League Paper. An EFL specialist, he can regularly be found reporting on a broad range of games from the top of the Championship to the bottom of League Two. Dave has had long stints as the chief reporter on York City (2003-2019) and Luton Town (1997-2003) for the best-selling newspapers in both regions and, more recently, has provided copy for several national titles. He has also reported on a variety of other sports and worked as a sub-editor on the sports desks of the Daily Telegraph and Yorkshire Post. He is the author of two books – Sunset Over Bootham Crescent and York City Fighting Back.

Graham has been a columnist for The FLP for many years after ‘graduating’ into the Football League as a National League championship-winning manager in 2010. He offers an experienced managerial insight on issues across the EFL having enjoyed over 900 games in the dugout. Graham cut his managerial teeth with Kingstonian at the age of 28 and came to national prominence when his Farnborough Town team beat Football League opposition to land an FA Cup fourth round tie against Arsenal at Highbury in 2003. He began the first of four spells in charge of Stevenage in 2003. In his second stint at the helm, having lost out in two play-off campaigns, Graham led Boro to back-to-back promotions from the National League to League One (2009-10 & 2010-11) as well as FA Trophy glory at Wembley. In the memorable 2010-11 season, Boro also knocked Premier League Newcastle out of the FA Cup, triumphing 3-1. Graham has also managed Preston North End, Peterborough United, Newport County and Barnet. He holds a UEFA Pro Licence and a Master’s Degree and is the author of The Atelier Formula, in which he sets out his performance management and personal development philosophy.

Guy is a former pro footballer and regular columnist for the Football League Paper who is as uncompromising in print as he was on the pitch. A fearsome central defender, Branno played nearly 500 games at every level from the National League to the Championship, winning promotions with Colchester, Rotherham, Sheffield Wednesday and Kettering along the way. He retired in 2013 and has since worked as chief scout at Notts County, director of recruitment at Chesterfield and loans manager at Leicester City. Guy co-founded the Game Changer Football Agency in 2023 and also runs Sport AI Consultants.

John is the executive editor of The Football League Paper. After starting out on the news desk at the Hounslow Chronicle, he switched to sport at the Uxbridge Gazette before returning to cover sport, including Brentford before their Premier League days, at Hounslow. In 2005, he joined The Football League Paper as it launched and he has since worked extensively on both The FLP and The Non-League Paper. He is also the editor of our sister publication, Late Tackle magazine.

Simon enjoyed a distinguished career as right-back, making over 100 Premier League appearances for Aston Villa and Leicester, with whom he won the League Cup in 1997. He is now one the most experienced managers in the business, having taken charge of almost 800 games in three different countries over the course of a 20-year career in the dugout. Promoted from League One with Blackpool, Huddersfield, Preston and boyhood club Leeds, he has recently broadened his horizons by managing Indian Super League side Bengaluru and guiding Lalitpur City to the Nepalese title. Simon’s regular column offers unrivalled insight into the mindset of an EFL manager - and he isn’t afraid to tackle the big issues.