Matt is a regular contributor to Chester FC's Blue and White Fanzine.
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Selected pieces:
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- To be is to be there. An exploration of why being at football games matters, via a short story by Jorge Luis Borges.
- Why Albert Camus would have been a Chester fan. An entirely serious look at the existentialist philosopher's Cestrian leanings.
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He has written a piece exploring the evolutionary underpinnings of football fandom. This piece was summarised in a Substack article.​
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He was invited onto Adrian Chiles' BBC Radio 5Live show to discuss the paper. It was also covered in the Mail on Sunday. He was quoted in a BBC Sport article about football fans reaction to local players leaving their clubs.
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In his capacity as a long-suffering football fan, he has appeared on FanTV (a football fans’ talk show), Sky Sports News, and BBC Radio 5Live breakfast. He has also interviewed by the Evening Standard.