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Jon is the Multi-Media Editor for Loughborough Students' Union in England, responsible for the student magazine, radio station and TV station.

A keen sports fan and journalist, he has won awards writing for the Students' Union magazine and has become the Editor-In-Chief, also taking the reins at the heads of the broadcasting wings of Loughborough Students' Media.

Having taken a break from writing on Bleacher Report to focus on his career, Jon is back writing and will be contributing regularly on the football and cricket sections.

Any comments, queries or opinions are welcome, so please feel free to write on any articles or my bulletin board.

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Jon's Recent Articles

CHESTER-LE-STREET, ENGLAND - MAY 18: Graham Onions of England pours champagne over Andrew Strauss of England after their win over West Indies during day five of the 2nd npower test match between England and West Indies at The Riverside on May 18, 2009 in Chester-le-Street, England. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)

Ashes Test at Lord's: Time For the Selectors to Pick Onions

Published 4 months ago
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MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - MAY 16: Manchester United celebrate winning the Barclays Premier League trophy after the Barclays Premier League match between Manchester United and Arsenal at Old Trafford on May 16, 2009 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images)

Premier League 2008-09: The Awards of the Season

Published 5 months ago
623 reads 13 comments

LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 19: Sir Alex Ferguson manager of Manchester United looks on prior to the FA Cup sponsored by E.ON Semi Final match between Everton and Manchester United at Wembley Stadium on April 19, 2009 in London, England. (Photo by Jamie McDonald/Getty Images)

Sir Alex Ferguson Pays Football The Ultimate Disrespect

Published 6 months ago
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LONDON - APRIL 14: Didier Drogba of Chelsea celebrates the own goal scored by Pepe Reina of Liverpool during the UEFA Champions League Quarter Final Second Leg match between Chelsea and Liverpool at Stamford Bridge on April 14, 2009 in London, England. (Photo by Jamie McDonald/Getty Images)

Liverpool's Champions League Dream Ended by Chelsea: Where Did It All Go Wrong?

Published 7 months ago
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Jon Writes About

Opinion (45),
World Football (37),
Cricket (32),
EPL (24),
Liverpool (18),
Chelsea (16),
Manchester United (12),
England Cricket (11)

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Favorite Athletes

Steven Gerrard, Fernando Torres, Ian Rush, Novak Djokovic, Lewis Hamilton, Joe Calzaghe, Ricky Hatton, Ian Bell, George Best, Kevin Pietersen, Shane Warne, Sachin Tendulkar, Ian Botham.
Favorite Sports Teams

Liverpool FC, England and Wales Cricket Team, London Wasps and the Delhi Daredevils
All Time Sports Moment

Liverpool 3-3 AC Milan (Liverpool win 3-2 on penalties) - best final I've ever seen and possibly the best final ever.
Most Memorable Game Attended

Tottenham 4-4 Chelsea.
Most Unbreakable Sports Record

Don Bradman's Test average - a heartbreaking 99.94. Dixie Dean's records come a close second - 383 goals in 433 appearances for Everton, 60 league goals in one season.
Ruth or Mays?

Ruth. She's much nicer.
Pele or Maradona?

Pele - his hands were only ever on the trophies, not the ball.
Federer or Sampras?

Both have achilles' heels at the French, but I'd plump for the Fed through his sheer and unadulterated class with every stroke he makes.
Tiger or Nicklaus?

The Golden Bear until Tiger beats his 18 Majors record.
Schumacher or Senna?

Senna for me; a tragic loss to the sport and one that has had permanent repercussions.

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by Shikha
3 months ago

Hello!
made a general cricket slideshow: (humor)

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/220172-sledging-in-retrospect-a-humor-touch

Hope u can take a look.
by Barney
7 months ago

Remembering the 96...

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/156467-remembering-hillsborough-youll-never-walk-alone
by Goutham
7 months ago

Hello bro..i published the second part of the funniest soccer quotes ever.,..so pls have a look and give your opinion..
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/155881-funniest-soccer-quotes-ever-pt-2
by Rohini
7 months ago

Hello Jon...i was thinking on the lines of a rewind sort of a thing, one World Cup match that is most memorable from a fan's line of thought, i thought if i could start it by this week, it would be fun. what say, are you game??
by Barney
7 months ago

Hey Jon,

I've written an article about Liverpool with religious connections as it is Easter Sunday. Now, I'm not the most religious guy on this earth, as you may have guessed, so I'm not sure how it has come out! I would appreciate your thoughts and views on it as I'm not convinced it came out as well as I had planned!

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/154914-an-easter-sunday-special-the-parable-of-liverpool-football-club

Cheers,
Barney
by Barney
7 months ago

The results are in and the votes have been counted! Check out this month's winners of the World Football Awards!

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/153383-br-world-football-community-awards-march-2009-results

Cheers,
Barney
by Goutham
7 months ago

Pls read my latest article(Humor) and say what you fell:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/152876-funniest-quotes-ever-made-by-soccer-playersits-really-funny
by Jamie
7 months ago

Hi Jon,

Your POTD was well worth it.

As to the tags - I always rammed as many tags on an article as i could to, like you say, increase traffic.

But after spending a few months here and getting to know the system - as well as the b/r rules on tagging - I realise how frustrating it is to spend time writing an article for it to be knocked off the Liverpool front page by 2-3 articles that are tagged wrongly.

I now advertise by using facebook etc, it gets quite a few hundred reads straight away by publishing in ure news feed as well as posting it in applications relevant to your team.

There is of course the obvious twitter and myspace alternitives.

Thanks for chatting to me about it and take care,

Jamie
by David
7 months ago

Alan Shearer takes the reigns at Newcastle United, but I think he needs a bit more than 7 weeks. Sing this parody and comment on what you think fate has in store:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/152333-parodies-couldnt-i-have-had-more-time-featuring-alan-shearer

Thanks again,

Weird Dave.
by Goutham
7 months ago

Hello bro..pls read my latest article and say what you feel about it..
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/147369-which-is-the-best-league-in-europe-serie-a-la-liga-or-premier-league
by Rohini
7 months ago

you are the ex-community leader for cricket, aren't you?? welcome back...[:)] these days i have taken up the charge..would really appreciate if you could help in case any difficulty arises...thanks...
by Jersey Al
7 months ago

Here's my first shot at a "soccer" article: Would love to hear your comments:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/146452-us-mens-soccer-is-landon-donovan-really-the-best-we-can-do
by Goutham
7 months ago

hello Jon,pls read my article and say what you feel..
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/142106-footballtop-10-seria-a-players-since-2000
by Dave
11 months ago

Hey Jon—Dave Mo here, a Bleacher Report Community Coordinator.

I've been spending time on our Cricket page and read a couple of your old articles. Really on-point analysis...you do good work.

Given that you haven't written in a while, I thought I'd check in and see if you're interested in picking up your coverage again. What do you say?

If not, it would be great if you could give me some feedback on why you decided to stop writing and what we could have done to better serve you. If you wouldn't mind, please shoot me a line at dmorrison@bleacherreport.com with any thoughts.

Thanks so much,

Dave Mo
by Zander
about 1 year ago

Hey Jon—how's it going?

Just wanted to check in and see how things in the Cricket Community were going. Seems like we're getting a solid base of writers together but that we're having more trouble generating discussions in the threads...

What about writing on the bulletin boards of the Community's top members and encouraging them to get more involved/comment on every article? This also might be a good time to begin publishing a weekly Round Table where you get the best Cricket minds on B/r together to talk about the game each week.

Let me know thoughts when you have a chance. Hope you're having a great summer!!

Zander

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