Evan Bartlett

Sports Editor @theipaper/@theipapersport. Please direct all pitches/abuse to 👉 [email protected]

[Evan Bartlett @ev_bartlett]

Delighted for some very talented @theipaper colleagues being nominated for this year's @SportSJA awards

Bravo @danielstorey85, @johnnyddavidson and @AlexLLennox 👏

https://t.co/x7fprJdEXS

[Mark Douglas @MsiDouglas]

😬 'I might be stupid, but I'm not that stupid..'

Went to see @GaryLineker & he was on brilliant form

⚫️ 'Liberated' after BBC exit & how they moved the goalposts
⚫️ England chances & 'murder' in Mexico
⚫️ 'Unpredictable' Trump

Exclusive interview 👇
https://t.co/YSJagWSN2u

[John Davidson @johnnyddavidson]

What was once the pinnacle of rugby league is now waning and its place at the national stadium is no longer beneficial.

https://t.co/c3irxRcBLr @TheiPaperSport

[Bobby Manzi @BobbyManzi]

“We are the boys who will win your little game,” a Selhurst Park tifo read at the start of Crystal Palace’s Uefa Conference League journey. They did, indeed, live up to the billing.

Piece on European glory and where #CPFC go next.
https://t.co/yCpG7uNYI3

[Daniel Storey @danielstorey85]

Introducing my World Cup 2026 project:

🚗 7,200-mile solo drive across the USA

🇺🇸 24 states in 48 days

🏟️ Matches in 10 US stadiums

✍️ On-the-ground features, newsletters and video diaries from a World Cup like no other

I can't wait. Full details ⬇️

https://t.co/ITfqJ3kVpx

[Bobby Manzi @BobbyManzi]

Crystal Palace's immortals and the price of glory, told by those who know it best.

🧤 Henderson’s ‘depression’ after FA Cup win
🏆 The unthinkable reason Lacroix joined #CPFC
🔖 Johnson on handling the favourites tag
https://t.co/vIBHbocMUJ

[Mr Demos of Pnyx @gem_ste]

I just saw a tweet on hurling and it reminded me about the time the Kinlochshiel shinty keeper intentionally saved a 100 mph projectile with his head. Still one of the maddest things I've ever seen in sport.

[Mark Douglas @MsiDouglas]

🚨 Exclusive: Shola Ameobi is to leave role as loans manager at #nufc.

🆕️ Moving into new expanded ambassador role and remains highly rated by club insiders but recruitment changes afoot.

All the details here (free to read) 👇 https://t.co/yrkGhnIBdo

[Mark Douglas @MsiDouglas]

🚨 Inside the #nufc recruitment reset

⚫️ Pivot to new, deeper list of targets
⚪️ Four lists, more eyes and data
⚫️ Striker, goalkeeper... & 6️⃣ on radar
⚪️ 'We need to stop fearing player sales'
⚫️ Will Howe oversee it?

Read. £1 for 3 months offer 👇 https://t.co/PWTKed8pIu

[Mark Douglas @MsiDouglas]

🚨 Inside the PIF / #nufc Matfen Hall 'summit'

⚫️ Owners commitment - and Eddie Howe view
⚪️ Valuation now exceeds £1bn
⚫️ #nufc recruitment stepping up - club 'scouting for a Howe team'

'Off-site' comes at a key time. Read (£1 for 3 month offer) 👇 https://t.co/X4Np8JjSlC

[Evan Bartlett @ev_bartlett]

"Appointing Rosenior might just have been the worst mid-season appointment at an elite club in decades"

✍️ @danielstorey85 on the toxic mess at Chelsea

#CFC
https://t.co/uqTZ11NTKF

[Bobby Manzi @BobbyManzi]

The wait for Brennan Johnson to fulfil the expectations of his £35m move to Crystal Palace continues.

Oliver Glasner praised his performance against West Ham, but #CPFC paid for attacking results, not defensive traits. Piece:
https://t.co/tydMLwVVTJ

[Peter Hall @PeteHall86]

What has happened to Matthijs De Ligt?

It’s more complicated than you think. #MUFC

https://t.co/5d85Gzw1HJ

[Evan Bartlett @ev_bartlett]

"They are disgusting to do this to innocent families"

The i Paper is aware of at least 55 individuals who claim they are owed money by the company behind ailing rugby league club North Wales Crusaders

✍️ Excl by @johnnyddavidson

https://t.co/exEvB2os3V

[Mark Douglas @MsiDouglas]

🚨 Jonjo Shelvey interview - on #nufc, Dubai missiles, and bending Eddie Howe's ear

⚫ "Eddie deserves more than the fans are giving him" 👍
⚪ Dubai aim ⚽
⚫ "I'll never go back to Essex/London - there's too many scumbags around" 😲

Free to read 👇
https://t.co/JjUavY50dN

[Mark Douglas @MsiDouglas]

🚨 EXCL: Frank Lampard and Inigo Perez among names in frame for #afcb job as Andoni Iraola leaves.

🔴 Kieran McKenna 'keen'
🔴 #afcb offered 3 year deal but Iraola turned down
🔴 Iraola NOT got job lined up - but exit alerts #mufc and others

Read 👇🍒 https://t.co/GQqWeMaxUY

[Evan Bartlett @ev_bartlett]

Eleven players out of contract, head coach leaving and only saved by emergency loans - Sussex's plight is a warning shot to every non-Hundred county

✍️ @StocksC_cricket

#CountyChamp
https://t.co/cwOCfnH64c

[Evan Bartlett @ev_bartlett]

Some gold from Monty in @TheiPaperSport this morning... on biscuits, bad shots and Ryder Cup glory

🗣️ "Confidence is so important as a sportsman - and I was full of it"

#TheMasters
https://t.co/Wmg7qUiqTn

[Daniel Storey @danielstorey85]

I spent Easter weekend behind the scenes with Lincoln City as they confirmed promotion to the second tier for the first time in 65 years.

This is the story of the most overachieving club in England.

https://t.co/zHZL3OWMsD

[Evan Bartlett @ev_bartlett]

🗣️ "I got to the top of Everest and it was almost like I f**king slipped off the other side"

2016 Masters champion @Danny_Willett bares his soul to @TheiPaperSport on that whirlwhind week - and his painful slide since

#TheMasters
https://t.co/QQnDIpYX5J

[Evan Bartlett @ev_bartlett]

@cameronponsonby Congratulations Cam 👏 thoroughly well deserved