Marcus Hale
Chief football writer
Marcus Hale has covered English and European football for fourteen seasons, reporting from more than 600 matches across nine countries. Before joining Sporttho as its first staff writer he worked as a club analyst in the Championship, building opposition reports and set-piece plans, and he holds a UEFA B coaching licence.
His weekly column looks at one tactical trend and tests it against event data. Marcus grew up in Sheffield, played semi-professionally as a left-back until a knee injury at 23, and keeps a notebook of every corner routine he has seen work twice.
- Covers
- Premier League, European tactics
- Based in
- Manchester
- At Sporttho since
- 2019
