George Simms
@georgesimms.bsky.social
Sports Reporter @ The Observer| SJA Best Young Sportswriter 2023, Press Awards 30 under 30 | He/Him - George.simms@observer.co.uk
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On the road with football’s new old boys’ network
George Simms goes on tour to see how ex-professional footballers have become professional ex-footballers
observer.co.uk
In the name of Serious Journalism, I've spent the last three weeks following professional ex-footballers round the country
The future can betray you in infinite ways, but the past won't let you down...
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The future can betray you in infinite ways, but the past won't let you down...
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Have spent a lot of time with ADHD footballers, but
Mark Phillips might be the most interesting and most likely to actually change how the sport views neurodiversity
Spent two hours with him recently @observeruk.bsky.social
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Mark Phillips might be the most interesting and most likely to actually change how the sport views neurodiversity
Spent two hours with him recently @observeruk.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
‘Everything made sense’, says former footballer Mark Phillips on his ADHD diagnosis | The Observer
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November 13, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Have spent a lot of time with ADHD footballers, but
Mark Phillips might be the most interesting and most likely to actually change how the sport views neurodiversity
Spent two hours with him recently @observeruk.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
Mark Phillips might be the most interesting and most likely to actually change how the sport views neurodiversity
Spent two hours with him recently @observeruk.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
Have spent a lot of time with ADHD footballers, but
Mark Phillips might be the most interesting and most likely to actually change how the sport views neurodiversity
Spent two hours with him recently @observeruk.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
Mark Phillips might be the most interesting and most likely to actually change how the sport views neurodiversity
Spent two hours with him recently @observeruk.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
‘Everything made sense’, says former footballer Mark Phillips on his ADHD diagnosis | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Have spent a lot of time with ADHD footballers, but
Mark Phillips might be the most interesting and most likely to actually change how the sport views neurodiversity
Spent two hours with him recently @observeruk.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
Mark Phillips might be the most interesting and most likely to actually change how the sport views neurodiversity
Spent two hours with him recently @observeruk.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
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“Saudi Arabia is definitely a better place than Wigan, Barnsley, Hildesheim... Have you seen Wigan? Now that’s bad for mental health.”
Sat down with James Wade to talk ADHD, why ‘there’s nothing worse than a casual darts fan’, and his pond @observeruk.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/4uavzx5m
Sat down with James Wade to talk ADHD, why ‘there’s nothing worse than a casual darts fan’, and his pond @observeruk.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/4uavzx5m
James Wade on ADHD – ‘I want to tell my 20-year-old self it will be all right’ | The Observer
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November 9, 2025 at 9:44 AM
“Saudi Arabia is definitely a better place than Wigan, Barnsley, Hildesheim... Have you seen Wigan? Now that’s bad for mental health.”
Sat down with James Wade to talk ADHD, why ‘there’s nothing worse than a casual darts fan’, and his pond @observeruk.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/4uavzx5m
Sat down with James Wade to talk ADHD, why ‘there’s nothing worse than a casual darts fan’, and his pond @observeruk.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/4uavzx5m
“Saudi Arabia is definitely a better place than Wigan, Barnsley, Hildesheim... Have you seen Wigan? Now that’s bad for mental health.”
Sat down with James Wade to talk ADHD, why ‘there’s nothing worse than a casual darts fan’, and his pond @observeruk.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/4uavzx5m
Sat down with James Wade to talk ADHD, why ‘there’s nothing worse than a casual darts fan’, and his pond @observeruk.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/4uavzx5m
James Wade on ADHD – ‘I want to tell my 20-year-old self it will be all right’ | The Observer
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November 9, 2025 at 9:44 AM
“Saudi Arabia is definitely a better place than Wigan, Barnsley, Hildesheim... Have you seen Wigan? Now that’s bad for mental health.”
Sat down with James Wade to talk ADHD, why ‘there’s nothing worse than a casual darts fan’, and his pond @observeruk.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/4uavzx5m
Sat down with James Wade to talk ADHD, why ‘there’s nothing worse than a casual darts fan’, and his pond @observeruk.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/4uavzx5m
The Donald Trump Peace Prize - today I feel through the looking glass @observeruk.bsky.social
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Finally, a peace prize Trump deserves | The Observer
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November 7, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The Donald Trump Peace Prize - today I feel through the looking glass @observeruk.bsky.social
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Reposted by George Simms
In the name of Serious Journalism, I've spent the last three weeks following professional ex-footballers round the country
The future can betray you in infinite ways, but the past won't let you down...
observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
The future can betray you in infinite ways, but the past won't let you down...
observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
On the road with football’s new old boys’ network
George Simms goes on tour to see how ex-professional footballers have become professional ex-footballers
observer.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 12:24 PM
In the name of Serious Journalism, I've spent the last three weeks following professional ex-footballers round the country
The future can betray you in infinite ways, but the past won't let you down...
observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
The future can betray you in infinite ways, but the past won't let you down...
observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
Wolves: very bad, very relegated 🟡⚫️
On the eminently sackable Vítor Pereira, Fosun’s managed decline and the return of everyone’s favourite Luis Figo garden gnome, Jorge Mendes. Welcome to the long winter
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On the eminently sackable Vítor Pereira, Fosun’s managed decline and the return of everyone’s favourite Luis Figo garden gnome, Jorge Mendes. Welcome to the long winter
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14th league game without a win: Wolves’s future looks bleak
Pereira’s ailing side dismissed by Fulham and are already eight points from safety
observer.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Wolves: very bad, very relegated 🟡⚫️
On the eminently sackable Vítor Pereira, Fosun’s managed decline and the return of everyone’s favourite Luis Figo garden gnome, Jorge Mendes. Welcome to the long winter
observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
On the eminently sackable Vítor Pereira, Fosun’s managed decline and the return of everyone’s favourite Luis Figo garden gnome, Jorge Mendes. Welcome to the long winter
observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
In the name of Serious Journalism, I've spent the last three weeks following professional ex-footballers round the country
The future can betray you in infinite ways, but the past won't let you down...
observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
The future can betray you in infinite ways, but the past won't let you down...
observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
On the road with football’s new old boys’ network
George Simms goes on tour to see how ex-professional footballers have become professional ex-footballers
observer.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 12:24 PM
In the name of Serious Journalism, I've spent the last three weeks following professional ex-footballers round the country
The future can betray you in infinite ways, but the past won't let you down...
observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
The future can betray you in infinite ways, but the past won't let you down...
observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
The dark lord works in mysterious ways...
On whether Mikel Arteta turned off Atletico's hot water, and the character he created for himself
@observeruk.bsky.social
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On whether Mikel Arteta turned off Atletico's hot water, and the character he created for himself
@observeruk.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
Mikel Arteta – belligerent, defensive, and becoming the m...
Arsenal manager’s ‘fake it till you make it’ mission looks like it may finally win the league
observer.co.uk
October 25, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The dark lord works in mysterious ways...
On whether Mikel Arteta turned off Atletico's hot water, and the character he created for himself
@observeruk.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
On whether Mikel Arteta turned off Atletico's hot water, and the character he created for himself
@observeruk.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
Dispatch from a mind-bending final day of the Ryder Cup. The greater the pain, the greater the glory
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Charming Europe seal sensational Ryder Cup over products-...
Luke Donald’s men overcome late fightback and heinous abuse to win at Bethpage Black
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September 29, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Dispatch from a mind-bending final day of the Ryder Cup. The greater the pain, the greater the glory
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A magnificent article about the Ryder Cup - and Trump - by @georgesimms.bsky.social in @theobserveruk.bsky.social today. The best piece of journalism I've read on the sports pages in many years.
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A masterpiece of Ryder Cup drama with a truth Donald Trum...
Amid the fan exploitation and MAGA energy, a sporting classic broke out across the pond
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September 28, 2025 at 11:41 AM
A magnificent article about the Ryder Cup - and Trump - by @georgesimms.bsky.social in @theobserveruk.bsky.social today. The best piece of journalism I've read on the sports pages in many years.
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West Ham’s issue was never ambition, but execution - this falls squarely on David Sullivan running the club badly
Potter not doing his job well but Sullivan seems to avoid his actions having consequences #WHUFC
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Potter not doing his job well but Sullivan seems to avoid his actions having consequences #WHUFC
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Graham Potter is struggling but West Ham’s failings run m...
Erratic vision, awful transfers and general apathy come from higher up than the manager
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August 24, 2025 at 7:57 AM
West Ham’s issue was never ambition, but execution - this falls squarely on David Sullivan running the club badly
Potter not doing his job well but Sullivan seems to avoid his actions having consequences #WHUFC
observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
Potter not doing his job well but Sullivan seems to avoid his actions having consequences #WHUFC
observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
July has been a bit of a fever dream, so wanted to put my favourite pieces from it in one place 🧵
Dispatches from the Tour de France, the Open, Wimbledon, Lord’s and Silverstone below (and my favourite picture)
Dispatches from the Tour de France, the Open, Wimbledon, Lord’s and Silverstone below (and my favourite picture)
July 27, 2025 at 10:22 AM
July has been a bit of a fever dream, so wanted to put my favourite pieces from it in one place 🧵
Dispatches from the Tour de France, the Open, Wimbledon, Lord’s and Silverstone below (and my favourite picture)
Dispatches from the Tour de France, the Open, Wimbledon, Lord’s and Silverstone below (and my favourite picture)
🚨Comunicado oficial: Thrilled to announce I’ve joined The Observer as a Sports Reporter - can’t wait to get started!
Of course, I’ve loved every day with The i Paper and can’t thank the incredible team there enough
New email 📩: George.simms@observer.co.uk
Of course, I’ve loved every day with The i Paper and can’t thank the incredible team there enough
New email 📩: George.simms@observer.co.uk
May 27, 2025 at 9:17 AM
🚨Comunicado oficial: Thrilled to announce I’ve joined The Observer as a Sports Reporter - can’t wait to get started!
Of course, I’ve loved every day with The i Paper and can’t thank the incredible team there enough
New email 📩: George.simms@observer.co.uk
Of course, I’ve loved every day with The i Paper and can’t thank the incredible team there enough
New email 📩: George.simms@observer.co.uk
Angus Leckonby is aiming to break two World Records on Sunday - fastest and youngest male with an intellectual disability to run a marathon
An honour to tell his and his family’s ridiculously inspiring story 🎽
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An honour to tell his and his family’s ridiculously inspiring story 🎽
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https://inews.co.uk/sport/athletics/london-marathon-fastest-intellectually-disabled-man-3657276
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April 26, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Angus Leckonby is aiming to break two World Records on Sunday - fastest and youngest male with an intellectual disability to run a marathon
An honour to tell his and his family’s ridiculously inspiring story 🎽
t.co/knOBTHFYXm
An honour to tell his and his family’s ridiculously inspiring story 🎽
t.co/knOBTHFYXm
Not a surprise that men’s rugby has such a long way to go in understanding neurodivergence, but some of the grim details really are 🧠
'You're just a piece of meat': Inside rugby’s ADHD crisis
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'You're just a piece of meat': Inside rugby’s ADHD crisis
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'You're just a piece of meat': Inside rugby’s ADHD crisis
Neurodiversity provision and education are almost non-existent in the men's game
inews.co.uk
March 24, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Not a surprise that men’s rugby has such a long way to go in understanding neurodivergence, but some of the grim details really are 🧠
'You're just a piece of meat': Inside rugby’s ADHD crisis
inews.co.uk/sport/rugby-...
'You're just a piece of meat': Inside rugby’s ADHD crisis
inews.co.uk/sport/rugby-...
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What this piece lets out of the bag is, whatever is driving the far/right's hatred of trans people it is absolutely, positively not a desire to protect women from sexual violence. They are happy to celebrate a perpetrator of sexual violence, so long as he shares their hatred of trans people.
He boasts about being a sexual predator, he's been accused by 25 women of rape, harassment or assault, a jury found he "forcibly and non consensually penetrated Carroll's vagina with his fingers," he supports banning abortion.
But he hates trans people and so the Times calls him "a feminist hero."
But he hates trans people and so the Times calls him "a feminist hero."
February 8, 2025 at 6:55 AM
What this piece lets out of the bag is, whatever is driving the far/right's hatred of trans people it is absolutely, positively not a desire to protect women from sexual violence. They are happy to celebrate a perpetrator of sexual violence, so long as he shares their hatred of trans people.
Went to Twickenham yesterday for an hour with RFU CEO Bill Sweeney
It was *interesting*
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An audience with the most despised man in rugby
Embattled RFU CEO Bill Sweeney believes he is doing a good job
inews.co.uk
January 24, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Went to Twickenham yesterday for an hour with RFU CEO Bill Sweeney
It was *interesting*
inews.co.uk/sport/rugby-...
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That will go down as one of the iconic British sporting achievements 🎯
Luke Littler is world champion at 17, and the future is now his plaything
✍️Report from Ally Pally
inews.co.uk/sport/luke-l...
Luke Littler is world champion at 17, and the future is now his plaything
✍️Report from Ally Pally
inews.co.uk/sport/luke-l...
Luke Littler, 17, becomes youngest-ever World Darts Championship winner
Littler blitzed past Michael van Gerwen to write his name in sporting legend at Alexandra Palace
inews.co.uk
January 3, 2025 at 10:35 PM
That will go down as one of the iconic British sporting achievements 🎯
Luke Littler is world champion at 17, and the future is now his plaything
✍️Report from Ally Pally
inews.co.uk/sport/luke-l...
Luke Littler is world champion at 17, and the future is now his plaything
✍️Report from Ally Pally
inews.co.uk/sport/luke-l...
That will go down as one of the iconic British sporting achievements 🎯
Luke Littler is world champion at 17, and the future is now his plaything
✍️Report from Ally Pally
inews.co.uk/sport/luke-l...
Luke Littler is world champion at 17, and the future is now his plaything
✍️Report from Ally Pally
inews.co.uk/sport/luke-l...
Luke Littler, 17, becomes youngest-ever World Darts Championship winner
Littler blitzed past Michael van Gerwen to write his name in sporting legend at Alexandra Palace
inews.co.uk
January 3, 2025 at 10:35 PM
That will go down as one of the iconic British sporting achievements 🎯
Luke Littler is world champion at 17, and the future is now his plaything
✍️Report from Ally Pally
inews.co.uk/sport/luke-l...
Luke Littler is world champion at 17, and the future is now his plaything
✍️Report from Ally Pally
inews.co.uk/sport/luke-l...
This shouldn't be happening. This doesn't happen. But it is.
Luke Littler is back in the World Darts Championship final, at still just 17 - report from Ally Pally 🎯
inews.co.uk/sport/luke-l...
Luke Littler is back in the World Darts Championship final, at still just 17 - report from Ally Pally 🎯
inews.co.uk/sport/luke-l...
Luke Littler produces magical darts to reach second World Championship final
Littler hit the big fish to beat Stephen Bunting and secure a final against a resurgent Michael van Gerwen
inews.co.uk
January 2, 2025 at 11:15 PM
This shouldn't be happening. This doesn't happen. But it is.
Luke Littler is back in the World Darts Championship final, at still just 17 - report from Ally Pally 🎯
inews.co.uk/sport/luke-l...
Luke Littler is back in the World Darts Championship final, at still just 17 - report from Ally Pally 🎯
inews.co.uk/sport/luke-l...
And on the strange affliction affecting darts fans and beyond - going Bunting mental 🤯
How hypnotherapy and heavier darts saved the career of Luke Littler’s World Championship semi-final opponent #LGBM
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How hypnotherapy and heavier darts saved the career of Luke Littler’s World Championship semi-final opponent #LGBM
inews.co.uk/sport/stephe...
The unlikely TikTok star standing in Luke Littler's way of darts world final
Stephen Bunting is a former world champion who has become a cult hero thanks to hypnotherapy and heavier darts
inews.co.uk
January 2, 2025 at 11:19 AM
And on the strange affliction affecting darts fans and beyond - going Bunting mental 🤯
How hypnotherapy and heavier darts saved the career of Luke Littler’s World Championship semi-final opponent #LGBM
inews.co.uk/sport/stephe...
How hypnotherapy and heavier darts saved the career of Luke Littler’s World Championship semi-final opponent #LGBM
inews.co.uk/sport/stephe...
From Ally Pally last night, on the return of the Old Luke Littler and a sumptuous day of darts 🎯
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Luke Littler looks like himself again – that should terrify his darts rivals
Littler's trademark confidence was back as he breezed past Nathan Aspinall to set up a World Darts Championship semi-final against Stephen Bunting
inews.co.uk
January 2, 2025 at 11:19 AM
From Ally Pally last night, on the return of the Old Luke Littler and a sumptuous day of darts 🎯
inews.co.uk/sport/luke-l...
inews.co.uk/sport/luke-l...
If you want to know everything Luke Littler has been up to ahead of his first World Championship game tonight - look no further 🎯
Luke Littler is neither boring nor all about kebabs - he’s Marcus Aurelius in Under Armour 🧠
Spoke to him recently and tried to work out what makes the Nuke tick after his world has been upended in 12 months 🎯
inews.co.uk/sport/luke-l...
Spoke to him recently and tried to work out what makes the Nuke tick after his world has been upended in 12 months 🎯
inews.co.uk/sport/luke-l...
The deals, drives and dollars that changed Luke Littler's life
A 17-year-old multimillionaire begins his second World Championship as favourite on Saturday - it has been some 12 months
inews.co.uk
December 21, 2024 at 6:28 PM
If you want to know everything Luke Littler has been up to ahead of his first World Championship game tonight - look no further 🎯
Luke Littler is neither boring nor all about kebabs - he’s Marcus Aurelius in Under Armour 🧠
Spoke to him recently and tried to work out what makes the Nuke tick after his world has been upended in 12 months 🎯
inews.co.uk/sport/luke-l...
Spoke to him recently and tried to work out what makes the Nuke tick after his world has been upended in 12 months 🎯
inews.co.uk/sport/luke-l...
The deals, drives and dollars that changed Luke Littler's life
A 17-year-old multimillionaire begins his second World Championship as favourite on Saturday - it has been some 12 months
inews.co.uk
December 21, 2024 at 9:12 AM
Luke Littler is neither boring nor all about kebabs - he’s Marcus Aurelius in Under Armour 🧠
Spoke to him recently and tried to work out what makes the Nuke tick after his world has been upended in 12 months 🎯
inews.co.uk/sport/luke-l...
Spoke to him recently and tried to work out what makes the Nuke tick after his world has been upended in 12 months 🎯
inews.co.uk/sport/luke-l...