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Chris McMenamy

Belfast, Italy, Leeds
As seen in: The Square Ball: Leeds United Podcast, Liverpool FC, Balls.ie
Covers:  Football (English, Italian, Irish, wider Europe). - Features, interviews, opinion, match reviews, experience pieces, investigative.
Editor @tirofootball • Writer @thesquareball
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Pimps, Fixers and Fine Margins * The Square Ball

Pimps, Fixers and Fine Margins * The Square Ball

Chris McMenamy wonders if Dezso Solti might provide the answers to some questions about an infamous night in …

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The price of identity * The Square Ball

The price of identity * The Square Ball

With Leeds United returning to the Yorkshire Rose crest, it's time to give designer Brenda Reader her credit …

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One Night Stand * The Square Ball

One Night Stand * The Square Ball

In the middle of a wretched title defence, Leeds ushered in the New Year of 1993 by flying to Italy to face t…

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Tarik Muharemovic's long road to Leeds United * The Square Ball

Tarik Muharemovic's long road to Leeds United * The Square Ball

He's been making headlines since he was just three years old.

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Andrea Radrizzani and Sampdoria’s mystery millions

Andrea Radrizzani and Sampdoria’s mystery millions

When money appears out of thin air, people begin to ask questions like: "Why is an illegal gambling company i…

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Jayden Bogle, I get it now - The Square Ball

Jayden Bogle, I get it now - The Square Ball

Every Leeds United promotion-winning team needs a strong right side.

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Phil Masinga: The Hardened Executioner of Inter - The Square Ball

Phil Masinga: The Hardened Executioner of Inter - The Square Ball

It might not have worked out at Leeds, but against all odds Masinga became a hero at a different one-club cit…

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Leeds United 1-0 Harrogate Town: Positives, positives - The Square Ball

Leeds United 1-0 Harrogate Town: Positives, positives - The Square Ball

A win in the FA Cup third round for only the sixth time in the last two decades, beating lower league opposit…

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Ao Tanaka & six more great overshadowed Leeds United goals * The Square Ball

Ao Tanaka & six more great overshadowed Leeds United goals * The Square Ball

Because we're not allowed nice things.

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Do the other thing! * The Square Ball

Do the other thing! * The Square Ball

Sometimes it's just nice find out whether [Player B] is the answer or not.

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Finding Mirco * The Square Ball

Finding Mirco * The Square Ball

Chris McMenamy could have gone to the San Siro to watch AC Milan vs Juventus. Instead, he went to Ferrara to …

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The night Mark Viduka taught Alessandro Nesta a thing or two about football * The Square Ball

The night Mark Viduka taught Alessandro Nesta a thing or two about football * The Square Ball

Forget the games against Milan or win at Anderlecht, Leeds' finest result of the Champions League run was bea…

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Ancona: Risen and Fallen | TMG Italia - A place for calcio lovers

Ancona: Risen and Fallen | TMG Italia - A place for calcio lovers

Ancona might be a cursed football club. They're one of the only clubs in the world that have been bankrupt qu…

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The opposition lowdown: Bologna - Liverpool FC

The opposition lowdown: Bologna - Liverpool FC

A pre-match preview of Bologna FC for Liverpool's official club site.

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Willy Gnonto learned Latin so Leeds could go up * The Square Ball

Willy Gnonto learned Latin so Leeds could go up * The Square Ball

A feature about Willy Gnonto's leading role in Leeds United's 2024-25 promotion push.

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Match reaction: Leeds United 0-1 Burnley

Match reaction: Leeds United 0-1 Burnley

Post-match reaction to Leeds United's home loss to Burnley.

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Where's Radz? * The Square Ball

Where's Radz? * The Square Ball

A year after arriving at Sampdoria as a saviour, Andrea Radrizzani has vanished from action.

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Pascal Struijk and the big 'what if'? * The Square Ball

Pascal Struijk and the big 'what if'? * The Square Ball

The Big Sexy Pirate has been so quietly impressive I can't help but wonder how last season would have ended i…

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Florence: Coming in from the rain | TMG Italia - A place for calcio lovers

Florence: Coming in from the rain | TMG Italia - A place for calcio lovers

24 hours in one of football's most unique settings.

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Siena: From the Piazza to the rubble | TMG Italia - A place for calcio lovers

Siena: From the Piazza to the rubble | TMG Italia - A place for calcio lovers

From Chiesa to multiple bankruptcies to a bizarre Armenian takeover, this is the story of Robur Siena.

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Gaetano Berardi is building his own flying machine * The Square Ball

Gaetano Berardi is building his own flying machine * The Square Ball

Bera has started out on a road that leads to elite coaching, one with a reference list longer than your arm.

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Genoa: La Superba | TMG Italia - A place for calcio lovers

Genoa: La Superba | TMG Italia - A place for calcio lovers

Warning. This won't be an insightful football article. Genoa's hugely stressful and impossibly atmospheric 2-…

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Tourist de Force * The Square Ball

Tourist de Force * The Square Ball

Things can change fast for an old club with new American owners, as Chris McMenamy discovered in Venice.

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Joel Pohjanpalo and Venezia: Passing the Vibe Check | TMG Italia - A place for calcio lovers

Joel Pohjanpalo and Venezia: Passing the Vibe Check | TMG Italia - A place for calcio lovers

Joel Pohjanpalo is now everything that's good about football. Haven't you heard?

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