James Sharpe
@thesharpeend.bsky.social
Sports Reporter for Mail Sport | Former Leicester City correspondent at Leicester Mercury | SJA feature writer of year shortlist 2021 | Co-host of Fantasy Island FPL podcast
🚨🔴 NEW: Secrets of Sunderland
🎳 Kingpin Xhaka
🏃♂️ New Kante?
🧘♂️ Mr (Tactically) Flexible Le Bris
💪 Duel monster Mukiele
⛔️ High press AND low block
🧤 Superman Roefs
Latest edition of #TheBreakdown is how the Black Cats became the blue print. #SAFC
🎳 Kingpin Xhaka
🏃♂️ New Kante?
🧘♂️ Mr (Tactically) Flexible Le Bris
💪 Duel monster Mukiele
⛔️ High press AND low block
🧤 Superman Roefs
Latest edition of #TheBreakdown is how the Black Cats became the blue print. #SAFC
THE BREAKDOWN: The secrets of Sunderland success
Sunderland clearly did not receive the memo. Promoted sides are not supposed to enjoy Premier League life as much as this, and certainly not a club that has been away for almost a decade.
www.dailymail.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
🚨🔴 NEW: Secrets of Sunderland
🎳 Kingpin Xhaka
🏃♂️ New Kante?
🧘♂️ Mr (Tactically) Flexible Le Bris
💪 Duel monster Mukiele
⛔️ High press AND low block
🧤 Superman Roefs
Latest edition of #TheBreakdown is how the Black Cats became the blue print. #SAFC
🎳 Kingpin Xhaka
🏃♂️ New Kante?
🧘♂️ Mr (Tactically) Flexible Le Bris
💪 Duel monster Mukiele
⛔️ High press AND low block
🧤 Superman Roefs
Latest edition of #TheBreakdown is how the Black Cats became the blue print. #SAFC
❌ Banned from UK over 30-year-old cocaine conviction
⛳️ Unable to caddy for Harris English at #TheOpenChampionship
🔥 “It seems like a double standard.”
Exclusive interview with Eric Larson.
⛳️ Unable to caddy for Harris English at #TheOpenChampionship
🔥 “It seems like a double standard.”
Exclusive interview with Eric Larson.
Meet reformed cocaine-dealing caddie who was denied visa for The Open
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY JAMES SHARPE: The friendly voice at the end of the phone sounds jovial, but you need not strain your ears to hear the steel in the words of a man left behind.
www.dailymail.co.uk
July 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
❌ Banned from UK over 30-year-old cocaine conviction
⛳️ Unable to caddy for Harris English at #TheOpenChampionship
🔥 “It seems like a double standard.”
Exclusive interview with Eric Larson.
⛳️ Unable to caddy for Harris English at #TheOpenChampionship
🔥 “It seems like a double standard.”
Exclusive interview with Eric Larson.
🔍 Analysis: How Spurs will look under Thomas Frank.
🔁 Premier League's most adaptable manager
📝 Specific tactical plans for each opponent
👑 Turning Brentford into set-piece kings
🔑 Why Maddison could hold key
#thfc #coys
🔁 Premier League's most adaptable manager
📝 Specific tactical plans for each opponent
👑 Turning Brentford into set-piece kings
🔑 Why Maddison could hold key
#thfc #coys
How Frank's Spurs will play and why he CAN replicate Brentford success
In swapping Big Ange for Flexible Frank, Spurs chairman Daniel Levy has switched one of the Premier League's most unshakably principled managers for one of the most adaptable.
www.dailymail.co.uk
June 13, 2025 at 11:39 AM
A day at Crystal Palace when the rain fell, flare smoke filled the air and heroes were welcomed at a parade supporters never thought they’d see.
🏆🦅🚌
#cpfc
🏆🦅🚌
#cpfc
Thousands flock in for Crystal Palace FA Cup trophy parade
JAMES SHARPE: As the Crystal Palace buses carrying their FA Cup heroes reached the corner of Whitehorse Lane and Park Road, and Selhurst Park came into view, the grey clouds gave way.
www.dailymail.co.uk
May 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
A day at Crystal Palace when the rain fell, flare smoke filled the air and heroes were welcomed at a parade supporters never thought they’d see.
🏆🦅🚌
#cpfc
🏆🦅🚌
#cpfc
🥶 Wood's hot streak goes cold
📉 Defensive numbers off a cliff
🥵 Thin squad stretched to its limits
Why #NFFC's Champions League dream is falling apart — but why it's wrong to say they're bottling it.
(Also, don't worry, you're playing Leicester next.)
📉 Defensive numbers off a cliff
🥵 Thin squad stretched to its limits
Why #NFFC's Champions League dream is falling apart — but why it's wrong to say they're bottling it.
(Also, don't worry, you're playing Leicester next.)
The reasons why Forest's Champions League dreams are falling apart
Champions League football looked firmly within the two-time European Cup winner's grasp. One win in six has seen Nuno's side drop out of the top five with just three games to go. What's gone wrong?
www.dailymail.co.uk
May 10, 2025 at 8:42 PM
🥶 Wood's hot streak goes cold
📉 Defensive numbers off a cliff
🥵 Thin squad stretched to its limits
Why #NFFC's Champions League dream is falling apart — but why it's wrong to say they're bottling it.
(Also, don't worry, you're playing Leicester next.)
📉 Defensive numbers off a cliff
🥵 Thin squad stretched to its limits
Why #NFFC's Champions League dream is falling apart — but why it's wrong to say they're bottling it.
(Also, don't worry, you're playing Leicester next.)
Reposted by James Sharpe
📉 The demise of Leicester City
👀 Vardy motivation
🏃 Defenders weak v pace (and strength)
@mattdaviesff.bsky.social is joined by @thesharpeend.bsky.social to give us the lowdown on Leicester (and West Ham) #nffc
🍎 Apple podcasts: tinyurl.com/m3uzn4r8
📱 YouTube: tinyurl.com/mwrejysh
👀 Vardy motivation
🏃 Defenders weak v pace (and strength)
@mattdaviesff.bsky.social is joined by @thesharpeend.bsky.social to give us the lowdown on Leicester (and West Ham) #nffc
🍎 Apple podcasts: tinyurl.com/m3uzn4r8
📱 YouTube: tinyurl.com/mwrejysh
May 9, 2025 at 10:08 AM
📉 The demise of Leicester City
👀 Vardy motivation
🏃 Defenders weak v pace (and strength)
@mattdaviesff.bsky.social is joined by @thesharpeend.bsky.social to give us the lowdown on Leicester (and West Ham) #nffc
🍎 Apple podcasts: tinyurl.com/m3uzn4r8
📱 YouTube: tinyurl.com/mwrejysh
👀 Vardy motivation
🏃 Defenders weak v pace (and strength)
@mattdaviesff.bsky.social is joined by @thesharpeend.bsky.social to give us the lowdown on Leicester (and West Ham) #nffc
🍎 Apple podcasts: tinyurl.com/m3uzn4r8
📱 YouTube: tinyurl.com/mwrejysh
🚨 Promoted sides didn’t all go down for nearly 100 years…now it will happen two seasons in a row.
💩 Worst bottom three ever
🫣 Freak or concerning trend?
💰 Why spending big isn’t enough
This week’s column is on how to survive.
#LCFC #SaintsFC #itfc
💩 Worst bottom three ever
🫣 Freak or concerning trend?
💰 Why spending big isn’t enough
This week’s column is on how to survive.
#LCFC #SaintsFC #itfc
How to secure Premier League survival as a promoted club - SHARPE END
THE SHARPE END: All this has led to the question: is this the worst Premier League bottom three of all time? That's the easy bit: yes.
www.dailymail.co.uk
April 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
🧤Are goalkeepers getting worse?
Onana. Ederson. Two of the most expensive GKs ever, both making mistakes.
🙈 Errors on the rise…but why?
📉 Save percentages falling
🛡️In defence of the modern keeper
This week’s column.
Onana. Ederson. Two of the most expensive GKs ever, both making mistakes.
🙈 Errors on the rise…but why?
📉 Save percentages falling
🛡️In defence of the modern keeper
This week’s column.
The 'dreadful' numbers that show goalkeepers are getting WORSE
THE SHARPE END: Onana's two years at United has been littered with mistakes, like when he charged out of his goal to hand Ipswich an early goal in February
www.dailymail.co.uk
April 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
🧤Are goalkeepers getting worse?
Onana. Ederson. Two of the most expensive GKs ever, both making mistakes.
🙈 Errors on the rise…but why?
📉 Save percentages falling
🛡️In defence of the modern keeper
This week’s column.
Onana. Ederson. Two of the most expensive GKs ever, both making mistakes.
🙈 Errors on the rise…but why?
📉 Save percentages falling
🛡️In defence of the modern keeper
This week’s column.
NEW: The Darwin Nunez Conundrum 🔴
🙈 Proof he’s one of the worst finishers
🔥 One area where he’s still elite
🎯 Why Haaland is more clinical
🤔 …but is he actually getting BETTER?
This week’s column is on the Liverpool enigma. ⬇️
🙈 Proof he’s one of the worst finishers
🔥 One area where he’s still elite
🎯 Why Haaland is more clinical
🤔 …but is he actually getting BETTER?
This week’s column is on the Liverpool enigma. ⬇️
How Darwin Nunez became the most wasteful striker in England
THE SHARPE END: When Liverpool announced the £85million signing of striker Nunez just a day after Erling Haaland joined Man City, it felt like it could be the dawn of a great Premier League rivalry.
www.dailymail.co.uk
February 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
NEW: The Darwin Nunez Conundrum 🔴
🙈 Proof he’s one of the worst finishers
🔥 One area where he’s still elite
🎯 Why Haaland is more clinical
🤔 …but is he actually getting BETTER?
This week’s column is on the Liverpool enigma. ⬇️
🙈 Proof he’s one of the worst finishers
🔥 One area where he’s still elite
🎯 Why Haaland is more clinical
🤔 …but is he actually getting BETTER?
This week’s column is on the Liverpool enigma. ⬇️
🧘🌟 Don’t get distracted by Haaland stuff, Myles Lewis-Skelly is a star.
⚽️ why he’s an elite ball-keeper
⚖️ restores balance to Arsenal’s left
🚀 allows Declan Rice to thrive
Here’s why the kid’s special. #AFC
⚽️ why he’s an elite ball-keeper
⚖️ restores balance to Arsenal’s left
🚀 allows Declan Rice to thrive
Here’s why the kid’s special. #AFC
How Arsenal's Myles Lewis-Skelly took the Premier League by storm
JAMES SHARPE: Who are you? Erling Haaland asked Arsenal's teenage debutant Myles Lewis-Skelly after John Stones had snatched a dramatic late point for Man City at the Etihad in September.
www.dailymail.co.uk
February 5, 2025 at 10:21 AM
🧘🌟 Don’t get distracted by Haaland stuff, Myles Lewis-Skelly is a star.
⚽️ why he’s an elite ball-keeper
⚖️ restores balance to Arsenal’s left
🚀 allows Declan Rice to thrive
Here’s why the kid’s special. #AFC
⚽️ why he’s an elite ball-keeper
⚖️ restores balance to Arsenal’s left
🚀 allows Declan Rice to thrive
Here’s why the kid’s special. #AFC
"I went to a West Ham game as a fan on the train and no one recognised me!"
🔧 what Potter has changed
🥘 London's terrible paella
🐐 playing with Messi
🤷🏻 his Hammers future
Interview with #WHUFC's Carlos Soler.
🔧 what Potter has changed
🥘 London's terrible paella
🐐 playing with Messi
🤷🏻 his Hammers future
Interview with #WHUFC's Carlos Soler.
Carlos Soler opens up on life at West Ham & working with Graham Potter
JAMES SHARPE: Soler joined West Ham on the final day of the summer transfer window on loan from PSG, whom he joined in 2022 from Valencia. It took him a while to settle, on and off the pitch.
www.dailymail.co.uk
February 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
"I went to a West Ham game as a fan on the train and no one recognised me!"
🔧 what Potter has changed
🥘 London's terrible paella
🐐 playing with Messi
🤷🏻 his Hammers future
Interview with #WHUFC's Carlos Soler.
🔧 what Potter has changed
🥘 London's terrible paella
🐐 playing with Messi
🤷🏻 his Hammers future
Interview with #WHUFC's Carlos Soler.
"It feels like the club is pulling in the same direction."
💡 influx of 'new ideas'
📝 more tactical sessions
🤗 making Paqueta feel wanted
👶🏻 closer relationship with academy
Insiders reveal how Graham Potter made his mark on West Ham.
#WHUFC
💡 influx of 'new ideas'
📝 more tactical sessions
🤗 making Paqueta feel wanted
👶🏻 closer relationship with academy
Insiders reveal how Graham Potter made his mark on West Ham.
#WHUFC
How Graham Potter turned West Ham around in just three weeks
JAMES SHARPE: For the first 10 days, Graham Potter couldn't even go home. So chaotic was life as the new West Ham manager that Potter lived out of his hotel room in Stratford.
www.dailymail.co.uk
February 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
"It feels like the club is pulling in the same direction."
💡 influx of 'new ideas'
📝 more tactical sessions
🤗 making Paqueta feel wanted
👶🏻 closer relationship with academy
Insiders reveal how Graham Potter made his mark on West Ham.
#WHUFC
💡 influx of 'new ideas'
📝 more tactical sessions
🤗 making Paqueta feel wanted
👶🏻 closer relationship with academy
Insiders reveal how Graham Potter made his mark on West Ham.
#WHUFC
🔴 NEW: Where would #MUFC be without Bruno Fernandes?
🦹 panto villian or top-class talisman
🎭 theatrics mask vital goals
🔧 defensive work goes unnoticed
🔎 does he go missing in big games?
🦁 leader like Keane or Bruce?
This week's column ⬇️
🦹 panto villian or top-class talisman
🎭 theatrics mask vital goals
🔧 defensive work goes unnoticed
🔎 does he go missing in big games?
🦁 leader like Keane or Bruce?
This week's column ⬇️
Where Man United would be without pantomime villain Bruno Fernandes
JAMES SHARPE: It's fair to say that, sometimes, Bruno Fernandes doesn't help himself. A misplaced pass from a team-mate and up go the arms and out comes the sigh.
www.dailymail.co.uk
January 26, 2025 at 9:32 AM
🔴 NEW: Where would #MUFC be without Bruno Fernandes?
🦹 panto villian or top-class talisman
🎭 theatrics mask vital goals
🔧 defensive work goes unnoticed
🔎 does he go missing in big games?
🦁 leader like Keane or Bruce?
This week's column ⬇️
🦹 panto villian or top-class talisman
🎭 theatrics mask vital goals
🔧 defensive work goes unnoticed
🔎 does he go missing in big games?
🦁 leader like Keane or Bruce?
This week's column ⬇️
🔥 Top of nearly EVERY metric for #MUFC
🏃♂️ One of the best pressers in the league
🔑 The KEY area he needs to improve
How @amaddiallo19.bsky.social became Ruben Amorim’s key man. This week’s column.
🏃♂️ One of the best pressers in the league
🔑 The KEY area he needs to improve
How @amaddiallo19.bsky.social became Ruben Amorim’s key man. This week’s column.
How Amad Diallo has become crucial to Ruben Amorim - THE SHARPE END
JAMES SHARPE: Diallo has forged himself into an undroppable part of Amorim's side and was rewarded this week with a new bumper contract.
www.dailymail.co.uk
January 11, 2025 at 11:22 PM
🔥 Top of nearly EVERY metric for #MUFC
🏃♂️ One of the best pressers in the league
🔑 The KEY area he needs to improve
How @amaddiallo19.bsky.social became Ruben Amorim’s key man. This week’s column.
🏃♂️ One of the best pressers in the league
🔑 The KEY area he needs to improve
How @amaddiallo19.bsky.social became Ruben Amorim’s key man. This week’s column.
NEW: Evolution of Trent Alexander-Arnold
🌟 just what Real Madrid need
👀 role changed (again) under Slot
🔴 can Liverpool live without him?
This week’s The Sharpe End column.
🌟 just what Real Madrid need
👀 role changed (again) under Slot
🔴 can Liverpool live without him?
This week’s The Sharpe End column.
How Alexander-Arnold has redefined right-back role - THE SHARPE END
JAMES SHARPE: Not since David Beckham has an English wide player been able to play - and see - the passes Alexander Arnold has in his armoury.
www.dailymail.co.uk
January 5, 2025 at 12:22 PM
NEW: Evolution of Trent Alexander-Arnold
🌟 just what Real Madrid need
👀 role changed (again) under Slot
🔴 can Liverpool live without him?
This week’s The Sharpe End column.
🌟 just what Real Madrid need
👀 role changed (again) under Slot
🔴 can Liverpool live without him?
This week’s The Sharpe End column.
Just about to watch Home Alone for the first time. Apparently, this is something I shouldn’t admit in public.
December 15, 2024 at 9:41 PM
Just about to watch Home Alone for the first time. Apparently, this is something I shouldn’t admit in public.
So, what does Erling Haaland offer when not scoring goals — what’s gone wrong?
🤕 key #MCFC injuries killed service
⚽️ more ball but not where he wants it
📉 how finishing fell off a cliff
This week’s Sharpe End column.
🤕 key #MCFC injuries killed service
⚽️ more ball but not where he wants it
📉 how finishing fell off a cliff
This week’s Sharpe End column.
The mounting problems Haaland has faced since Arsenal jibe
THE SHARPE END: As my mum always used to say, pride comes before a fall and so it was after those words to Arteta that Haaland embarked on his worst league run of goalscoring in a City shirt.
www.dailymail.co.uk
December 15, 2024 at 12:08 PM
So, what does Erling Haaland offer when not scoring goals — what’s gone wrong?
🤕 key #MCFC injuries killed service
⚽️ more ball but not where he wants it
📉 how finishing fell off a cliff
This week’s Sharpe End column.
🤕 key #MCFC injuries killed service
⚽️ more ball but not where he wants it
📉 how finishing fell off a cliff
This week’s Sharpe End column.
Tomas Soucek raised nine fingers and then Jarrod Bowen held up the shirt.
Two tributes to Michail Antonio on one huge, emotional night for West Ham.
How big for West Ham’s season, how important for Julen Lopetegui and how damning for Gary O’Neil.
#WHUFC #COYI
www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba...
Two tributes to Michail Antonio on one huge, emotional night for West Ham.
How big for West Ham’s season, how important for Julen Lopetegui and how damning for Gary O’Neil.
#WHUFC #COYI
www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba...
West Ham 2-1 Wolves: Bowen provides stunning finish to secure win
JAMES SHARPE AT THE LONDON STADIUM: Two tributes to team-mate Antonio, lucky to be alive in hospital after his horrific car crash, after two huge goals on one emotional night for West Ham.
www.dailymail.co.uk
December 10, 2024 at 12:57 AM
Tomas Soucek raised nine fingers and then Jarrod Bowen held up the shirt.
Two tributes to Michail Antonio on one huge, emotional night for West Ham.
How big for West Ham’s season, how important for Julen Lopetegui and how damning for Gary O’Neil.
#WHUFC #COYI
www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba...
Two tributes to Michail Antonio on one huge, emotional night for West Ham.
How big for West Ham’s season, how important for Julen Lopetegui and how damning for Gary O’Neil.
#WHUFC #COYI
www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba...
Trying to make sense of Tottenham's consistent inconsistency 🤷🏻♂️
⚽ keeping ball when they're better without it
🏡 how they are SO much worse away from home
❄️ why they either win BIG or lose...
This week's The Sharpe End column.
www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba...
⚽ keeping ball when they're better without it
🏡 how they are SO much worse away from home
❄️ why they either win BIG or lose...
This week's The Sharpe End column.
www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba...
Five reasons why Tottenham are so consistently inconsistent
THE SHARPE END: Trying to make sense of Tottenham is, and always has been, an impossible task. Why can Tottenham beat the big clubs but get turned over by those they should beat?
www.dailymail.co.uk
December 8, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Trying to make sense of Tottenham's consistent inconsistency 🤷🏻♂️
⚽ keeping ball when they're better without it
🏡 how they are SO much worse away from home
❄️ why they either win BIG or lose...
This week's The Sharpe End column.
www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba...
⚽ keeping ball when they're better without it
🏡 how they are SO much worse away from home
❄️ why they either win BIG or lose...
This week's The Sharpe End column.
www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba...
🔴 How Slot took Salah to another level at Liverpool 🔴
🤯 Better numbers than his 44-goal debut season (…and Suarez)
🏃🏽 Running and pressing less than under Klopp
💰 Exactly how influential he’s been — and can you replace that?
#LFC matchday read ⬇️
t.co/snTsxrFwqQ
🤯 Better numbers than his 44-goal debut season (…and Suarez)
🏃🏽 Running and pressing less than under Klopp
💰 Exactly how influential he’s been — and can you replace that?
#LFC matchday read ⬇️
t.co/snTsxrFwqQ
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-14143501/THE-SHARPE-END-Mohamed-Salah-Liverpool-Arne-Slot-Reds.html
t.co
December 1, 2024 at 10:24 AM
🔴 How Slot took Salah to another level at Liverpool 🔴
🤯 Better numbers than his 44-goal debut season (…and Suarez)
🏃🏽 Running and pressing less than under Klopp
💰 Exactly how influential he’s been — and can you replace that?
#LFC matchday read ⬇️
t.co/snTsxrFwqQ
🤯 Better numbers than his 44-goal debut season (…and Suarez)
🏃🏽 Running and pressing less than under Klopp
💰 Exactly how influential he’s been — and can you replace that?
#LFC matchday read ⬇️
t.co/snTsxrFwqQ
Bit of personal news: I am taking over covering West Ham for Mail Sport.
Excited to get stuck into a great club, looking forward to getting to know everyone and bringing supporters the stories, interviews and analysis that matter.
DMs open for stories, debate (and abuse 😁).
⚒️
#whufc #coyi
Excited to get stuck into a great club, looking forward to getting to know everyone and bringing supporters the stories, interviews and analysis that matter.
DMs open for stories, debate (and abuse 😁).
⚒️
#whufc #coyi
November 30, 2024 at 1:56 PM
Remarkable conversation with my mum about Pete Wicks’s dogs home VT on Strictly.
“I’d give him all my votes now.”
“Why?”
“He loves dogs.”
“It’s a dance competition not a who loves dogs competition…”
“Anyone who adopts from a dogs home should be in the final.”
“Of a dance competition?”
“Yes.”
😳
“I’d give him all my votes now.”
“Why?”
“He loves dogs.”
“It’s a dance competition not a who loves dogs competition…”
“Anyone who adopts from a dogs home should be in the final.”
“Of a dance competition?”
“Yes.”
😳
November 24, 2024 at 7:52 PM
Remarkable conversation with my mum about Pete Wicks’s dogs home VT on Strictly.
“I’d give him all my votes now.”
“Why?”
“He loves dogs.”
“It’s a dance competition not a who loves dogs competition…”
“Anyone who adopts from a dogs home should be in the final.”
“Of a dance competition?”
“Yes.”
😳
“I’d give him all my votes now.”
“Why?”
“He loves dogs.”
“It’s a dance competition not a who loves dogs competition…”
“Anyone who adopts from a dogs home should be in the final.”
“Of a dance competition?”
“Yes.”
😳
November 24, 2024 at 5:28 PM
Remarkable conversation with my mum about Pete Wicks’s dogs home VT on Strictly.
“I’d give him all my votes now.”
“Why?”
“He loves dogs.”
“It’s a dance competition not a who loves dogs competition…”
“Anyone who adopts from a dogs home should be in the final.”
“Of a dance competition?”
“Yes.”
😳
“I’d give him all my votes now.”
“Why?”
“He loves dogs.”
“It’s a dance competition not a who loves dogs competition…”
“Anyone who adopts from a dogs home should be in the final.”
“Of a dance competition?”
“Yes.”
😳