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SCOUTED is the best way to discover the next generation of football talent.
A totally independent, employee-owned and reader-supported publication, we’ve been the leading voice in youth football journalism since 2014.
We believe the ad economy has irreparably damaged the state of football writing and journalism on the internet - so we don’t do that stuff. Instead, we ask readers to pay a small fee for access to our magazine.
In return, you get one great thing to read on the future of football every single weekday (unless we’re working on something longer, which is often). This is football writing as it used to be: engaging, emotive, beautifully written, and slow. No clickbait, no ads covering every page. A proper, classic reading experience for those who miss how things used to be.
SCOUTED is for the thinkers, the tinkerers, the minds. The people who want to detach from the madness of social media and take their time with an engrossing story or idea. And, of course, look really smart in front of their mates at the pub.
Join as a free reader right now to try our collection of free stories; subscribe to unlock everything we ever do.
The future won’t wait!
Note: if you’re a student or otherwise financially ill-disposed and would like to access SCOUTED for help with a project, coursework or job interview (or something of that ilk, you know what I mean), please reach out to the editor at tom@scoutedftbl.com. We’ll hook you up.
Who are we?
Unlike most premium football outlets, SCOUTED isn’t owned by some conglomerate, or bankrolled by a venture capitalist. We’re just a group of guys who met as students and tried to build something cool.
Everything we make goes straight back into the magazine’s pockets so we can keep SCOUTED alive. No shareholder dividends, no parent company leeching profits to buy second houses: just us, some writers making a modest living.
Tomo Curren - Editor-in-Chief / Tom is the founder of SCOUTED. He is a writer and editor living in London and interested in bridging the gap between analysis and narrative. He writes a frequent column and a monthly blog called The Technical Area, in which paid subscribers can follow the team’s journey of building a sustainable football publication.
Stephen Ganavas - Analysis Editor / Stephen is an experienced analyst, writer, journalist and scout. He served as Project Lead on the Handbooks for four years. He’s a long-suffering Juventini, not least because following football destroys his Australian sleep schedule.
Llew Davies - Scouting Editor / Llew is a writer, analyst and scout with a history of spotting top talent. Joe dubbed him the ‘Michael Burry of scouting’ and it stuck. Seriously, this guy has a database of notes on every talent from every corner of the globe, it’s concerning. He frequently opens that vault for SCOUTED readers. He’s also our Design Lead.
Jake Entwistle - Social Editor / Jake is currently Social Lead at Squawka. He does stuff for us in secret but shhh, don’t tell them.
Phil Costa - Senior Journalist / Phil is a professional podcaster with FootballVision, ArsenalVision and Arseblog. He was once a Commercial Editor with OneFootball, and has a background in football journalism. He’s always looking for SCOUTED’s next big scoop.
Joe Donnohue - Senior Journalist / Joe is a journalist with the Yorkshire Evening Post and covers Leeds United professionally. He moonlights as the smooth voice of SCOUTED’s podcast and frequently digs out hot stories and features as our man on the ground. And what a man he is.
So that’s us! Just a bunch of friends, half of whom contribute to SCOUTED between full-time gigs. We have no idea what we’re doing, but we’re pretty good at it, I think.
Why subscribe?
Our readers are ahead of the game.
Unlike other outlets, who shamelessly hype and make unfounded claims about obscure teenagers they’ve never watched, our coverage is based on deep research by experts who know the game inside out.
Among our readership are executives from Premier League clubs, scouts from top teams, recruitment experts, players and football professionals from across the industry.
When SCOUTED talk, football listens.
Here you’ll find:
Curated analysis and insight from our in-house team of experts
Long-form writing from a rotating cast of our industry friends and favourites
Coverage of youth tournaments not found on traditional outlets
Premium episodes of the Notebook podcast
Plus, Notebook subscribers will join our global community of football fans hunting for the next big thing. You’ll have access to our team and enjoy full transparency as we build our employee-owned, reader-supported publication.
Subscribers also get free digital copies of every print magazine we’ve ever published, yours to download and keep.
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