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I'm a featured columnist for Bleacher Report, writing about world football, in particular Serie A and the Premier League.

When not writing for B/R I work as a football analyst for Football Radar (a football analytics company in London), where I cover Serie A. I specialise in covering the following teams: AC Milan, Juventus, Napoli, Genoa, Chievo, Atalanta, Bologna, Cagliari, Parma and Torino. By watching each and every one of their matches across the league, Coppa Italia, Champions League and Europa League I am able to obtain a good level of insight from the world of calcio.

Although football will always be my main passion, it's fair to say I'm a sport nut and follow cricket, golf, tennis, boxing, NBA, MLB and NFL closely.

I graduated from the University of Portsmouth in 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Combined Modern Languages (Italian, Spanish and Portuguese). I'm also an alumni of IULM (Milan) and Universidad de Zaragoza as part of the Erasmus programme.

Follow me on twitter @jackrathborn and @FRcalcioJack

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Gianfranco Zola, Andrea Pirlo, David Luiz, Ramires, Mario Balotelli, Walter Gargano, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Samir Handanovic, Zlatan Ibrahimovic; Dirk Nowitzki, Elvis Andrus, Neftali Feliz, Albert Pujols, Adam Scott, Luke Donald, Matteo Manassero, Alvaro Quiros, MS Dhoni, James Anderson, Rafael Nadal, Marcos Baghdatis, Fernando Gonzalez, Richard Gasquet, Antonio Margarito, Paulie Malignaggi, Sergio Martinez, Miguel Cotto, Marcos Maidana, Adrian Peterson

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Chelsea, Dallas Mavericks, Texas Rangers, Dallas Cowboys, Real Zaragoza

  • Favorite Coaches

    Andre Villas Boas, Massimiliano Allegri, Rick Carlisle, Erik Spoelstra, Marcelo Bielsa, Carlo Ancelotti, Francesco Guidolin, Jose Mourinho

  • All-Time Sports Moment

    Greece shocking Portugal twice at Euro 2004, Gol di Grosso (World Cup 2006 semi-final Germany V Italy).

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Maradona

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Tiger

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    Senna

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  • Susan Turek posted 127 days ago

    Susan Turek

    The spacing kept changing on me too the first few times, so no worries! You aren't the only one.

  • Brian Krikorian posted 133 days ago

    Brian Krikorian

    Hi Jack, sorry for the late reply. According to B/R, this is how you create and em-dash: SHIFT-OPTION-(dash) on a Mac keyboard. As far as the article goes, I just meant that your Milan sections seemed to be more informative and engaging; it's not so much the number of slides apportioned to each team.

    Thanks,
    Brian.

  • Corey Hinkle posted 148 days ago

    Corey Hinkle

    Hi Jack, that was how you spelled materialize, didn't even dawn on me to look at its British spelling, sorry about that.

  • Hemant Dua posted 222 days ago

    Hemant Dua

    Hey man,
    Here's my take on the Falcao rumors flying around:
    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1369541-chelsea-conundrum-to-sign-or-not-to-sign-radamel-falcao
    Do drop by. Thanks

  • William Chin posted 224 days ago

    William Chin

    I don't want to comment in the article you replied to me as the comment section there is over-crowded already.

    I don't think Powell and Cleverley can't handle the pressure to perform. The former proved to be a big-game player for Crewe, and Cleverley had enough game time last year despite his injuries to know what it's like to play for Man Utd. Sometimes I think Fergie is just putting too much emphasis on technical players in his team selection. When against burly teams, you need a few tough guys (or at least those with steam engine lungs) to dig deep in midfield.

  • Gianni Verschueren posted 226 days ago

    Gianni Verschueren

    Hey Jack, really like your work. I know you have a ton of knowlegde on Serie A, would love to get some feedback sometimes! Cheers!

  • John Coleman posted 228 days ago

    John Coleman

    Now that Texas is out, I can see Oakland taking it. They are the hottest team right now, and they have great pitching. Failing that, I think probably the Nationals, although I'd give some precious things to see another Battle of the Bay. This time without an earthquake (and a sweep).

  • John Coleman posted 232 days ago

    John Coleman

    No problem, you're a great writer. Happy they clinched, happier still they knocked out the Dodgers, nervous about what looks like the Reds.

  • Hemant Dua posted 232 days ago

    Hemant Dua

    Thanks for the feedback, mate. I think it's too early to deliver a verdict on whether or not Lukaku will reach the top. He's not at the levels of the Neymars and the Hazards, but then, Didier Drogba too was a late blossomer.

  • utkarsh Singh posted 238 days ago

    utkarsh Singh

    Please Sign This My Fellow Blues

    http://twitition.com/4jfss/

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