About Craig Shields

After getting upset at Andy Gray for suggesting that a Barcelona team containing Lionel Messi would struggle on a Tuesday night against Stoke, Craig decided to pick up the keyboard – resist the temptation to throw it at the TV – and write his feelings and thoughts on why Mr Gray was wrong. The blog post was horrendously written and flouted all the rules of grammar but it was the starting point for a writing career that has kept him out of trouble and helped to make him a little bit of money on the side.

Away from his role as a Content Writer for Thomson Local, you’ll find Craig writing about either football or video games at a myriad of sites and publications. He’s had words featured in The Guardian, Eurogamer, Nutmeg and his own site Pause Resume. He’s also currently in the process of attaining a degree in Creative Writing with the Open University.

Outside of the written word, Craig is a keen football coach and is currently slowly working his way through the FA Coaching System, earning the qualifications required to help (in some small way) to improve the standard of football in the UK