The Athletic UK: Full list of staff poached from national and regional press

The Athletic has targeted some of the top sports journalists in the UK for its coverage of the football Premier League, which launched today.

Press Gazette spoke with Athletic UK managing director Ed Malyon (pictured), ex-sports editor at the Independent, about the launch.

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The US-based sports news subscription service has hired more than 50 UK editorial staff, all of whom are offered equity in the company.

“For me that was quite a big thing because when you work for a newspaper, you never had a stake in what you’re doing,” Malyon told Press Gazette.

“You still work your arse off, but you never have any tangible upside on what happens to it, so that was certainly an attractive thing for me and several people that we’ve hired have mentioned it too.”

Former Times sports editor Alex Kay-Jelski will lead editorial coverage.

Freelances will be used to fill in gaps in reporting, or “where brilliant opportunities arise” that staff cannot cover, an Athletic UK spokesperson said.

They added that for staff covering a football team that is relegated from the Premier League “the assumption would be that the writer in question would continue to cover them”.

“There is a chance they’d be reassigned to another club but it would seem a waste of The Athletic’s efforts in establishing coverage of that club.”

The full list of 57 staff, some of whom have yet to see out their notice periods at their former publications, includes six women.

The Athletic UK’s editorial staff (and the football clubs they cover) comprises:

Staff writers:

1. Adam Leventhal – Watford
2. Amy Lawrence – Arsenal
3. Andy Naylor – Brighton and Hove Albion
4. Andy Jones – Burnley
5. Andy Mitten – Manchester United
6. Carl Anka – Southampton
7. Charlie Eccleshare – Tottenham Hotspur
8. Chris Waugh – Newcastle United
9. Gregg Evans – Aston Villa
10. Greg O’Keeffe – Everton
11. James McNicholas – Arsenal
12. James Pearce – Liverpool
13. Jordan Campbell – Rangers
14. Kieran Devlin – Celtic
15. Laurie Whitwell – Manchester United
16. Liam Twomey – Chelsea
17. Matt Woosnam – Crystal Palace
18. Michael Bailey – Norwich City
19. Nancy Frostick – Sheffield Wednesday
20. Patrick Boyland – Everton
21. Paul Taylor – Nottingham Forest
22. Peter Rutzler – AFC Bournemouth
23. Phil Hay – Leeds United
24. Richard Sutcliffe – Sheffield United
25. Rob Tanner – Leicester City
26. Roshane Thomas – West Ham United
27. Ryan Conway – Derby County
28. Sam Lee – Manchester City
29. Simon Hughes – Liverpool
30. Steve Madeley – West Bromwich Albion
31. Tim Spiers – Wolverhampton Wanderers
32. Rafa Honigstein – German Bundesliga
33. Kieran Theivam – Women’s football
34. David Ornstein – News/video/transfers
35. Danny Taylor – League-wide reporter
36. Jack Pitt Brooke – League-wide reporter
37. Oliver Kay -League-wide reporter
38. Michael Cox – Tactical analysis
39. Jack Lang – Features
40. Michael Walker – Features
41. Adam Crafton – Features
42. George Caulkin – Staff writer (North East)
43. Dom Fifield – Staff writer
44. Stuart James – Staff writer

Editors and staff

1. Adam Hurrey
2. Alex Kay-Jelski – Editor
3. Charlie Scott – Staff editor
4. David Jordan
5. Ed Malyon – UK managing director
6. Hannah Widdis
7. Harriet Drudge – Social media manager
8. James Maw – Staff editor
9. Kevin Coulson – Staff editor
10. Laura Williamson – Senior editor
11. Neil Rowlands
12. Sarah Shephard
13. Daniel Barnes

Picture: The Athletic

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