Yousef Hatem
@yousef-1892.bsky.social
Egyptian/Irish/Northumbrian/Londoner. Articles and podcasts about #NUFC. Jack of only one trade, as yet unmastered.
My latest for @tfnufc.bsky.social , in which I take aim and fire at (most of) the #NUFC players. open.substack.com/pub/tf1892/p...
The Blame Game #2 - The Players
YOUSEF HATEM (@yousef-1892.bsky.social) thinks the players have a lot to answer for.
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14th in the league. Out of Europe. Out of the cups. Three defeats on the spin. But today, I bring my daughter to the match for the first time. The baton is passed. Always looked forward to this day. I am beaming from ear to ear. Eddie/lads, please pull something out of somewhere. #NUFC
Spurs could go down, and Arsenal could still blow it. For those of us whose love of football is mainly based on schadenfreude / a healthy dislike of other clubs, there’s plenty left in this season.
Wrote this about taking my daughter to her first match. Something a bit different for a Monday morning read, if you fancy it. substack.com/@yousefhatem...
TF MATCH REPORT – Wingate & Finchley 0-1 Ramsgate FC (May 70’), Isthmian League Premier Division, Saturday 31 January 2026, Attendance: 262*
YOUSEF HATEM (@yousef-1892.bsky.social) takes his four-year old daughter to her first football match.
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Igor Tudor (7 clubs in 7 years, a bit of name recognition) to Spurs until the end of the season is a pleasingly round peg in a round hole.
THE SPECIAL - @yousef-1892.bsky.social in the big chair with Arsenal and other stuff on his mind - an excellent read - #NUFC tf1892.substack.com/p/the-specia...
THE SPECIAL - Arsenal at home
Newcastle United v Arsenal, 28/Sep/25, KO:16:30, St James' Park, Premier League.
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My latest for @tfnufc.bsky.social - on the latest legal developments and why they don’t really matter to #NUFC open.substack.com/pub/tf1892/p...
Man City, the Premier League, associated party transactions, and NUFC (again...)
YOUSEF HATEM (@yousef-1892.bsky.social), TF's resident legal eagle, gets stuck in again...
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My latest for @tfnufc.bsky.social Villa away tomorrow. Can’t be as bad as this from 2021. Can it? #NUFC open.substack.com/pub/tf1892/p...
FLASHBACK FRIDAY – Aston Villa 2 (Watkins 11’ Traore 42’), Newcastle United 0 – 23 January 2021
YOUSEF HATEM (@yousef-1892.bsky.social) again remembers the unmemorable.
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My latest for the mighty @tfnufc.bsky.social Nobody works at #NUFC. So let’s hold on to what we have. That means Isak. open.substack.com/pub/tf1892/p...
Don't sell Isak (whoever you even are...)
YOUSEF HATEM (@yousef-1892.bsky.social) observes the ongoing Isak saga, and worries about chickens coming home to roost.
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A crucial article. Gazans have names, talents, prospects & dreams. Yet, we get only cold statistics & photos of malnutrition. Read their stories. Share them. Don’t pity them. Respect them. They’re like us. They’re like the Oct 7 victims, too. They’re people. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
The Gaza students with scholarships to UK unable to take up their places
Visa obstacles threaten to dash the hopes of 40 students due to start in September. Here are some of their stories
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My latest for @tfnufc.bsky.social. A tribute to Callum Wilson, a worthy - and damn good looking - NUFC number nine. open.substack.com/pub/tf1892/p...
Farewell, Callum Wilson
YOUSEF HATEM (@yousef-1892.bsky.social) waves a fond goodbye to our number nine, with thanks for all the goals.
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My latest for @tfnufc.bsky.social. On the pointlessness of transfer chat, and how I can’t wait for it to all be over. #NUFC open.substack.com/pub/tf1892/p...
Choose bliss not ignorance: in support of a NUFC summer detox
YOUSEF HATEM (@yousef-1892.bsky.social) really, really doesn't enjoy transfer chat...
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My latest for @tfnufc.bsky.social. Viva Sean Longstaff! #NUFC open.substack.com/pub/tf1892/p...
TF Unpopular Opinions #1: Longstaff will be crucial next season
In the first of a new series, your TF writers explain (and try to back up) some of their more unpopular NUFC opinions. Today, it's YOUSEF HATEM, in praise of, erm...Sean Longstaff.
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Seems inappropriate to use Wembley for this lower league tripe. A geographically convenient neutral ground would be fine. In this case they could have used York’s LNER Community Stadium, or possibly Valley Parade.
Mikel Arteta has managed, in a very short space of time, to turn Arsenal from being the least objectionable of the so-called “Big Six”, to the most. Some boy.
My latest for @tfnufc.bsky.social - remembering a distinctly unmemorable North London afternoon in 1998. #NUFC open.substack.com/pub/tf1892/p...
FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Arsenal 3 (Bergkamp 21, 66, Anelka 29); Newcastle United 0, Sunday 4 October 1998
YOUSEF HATEM (@yousef-1892.bsky.social) remembers the distinctly unmemorable.
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Stuff I couldn’t care less about: The Oscars The honours system Smash burgers The transfer “rumour mill” House renovations Fantasy football What’s your list?
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