About

Since 2009, Richard has been writing about football for various newspapers, magazines and websites.

With experience of over 400 games as a personally accredited journalist, he has covered numerous competitions
from the English Premier League and La Liga to the UEFA Champions League and FIFA World Cup.

A versatile writing style has seen his work featured in publications both in the UK and overseas,
including Sports Illustrated, Emirates Airline, MARCA, Yahoo! and Goal.com.

He has also interviewed leading figures in both the men's and women's game, with Raheem Sterling, Nikita Parris,
Jadon Sancho, Georginio Wijnaldum, Steph Houghton and Sean Dyche among them.

Showcasing a number of multimedia skills, such as photography and live blogging, he has utilised multiple
social media platforms, with a combined following of over 40,000 across Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

Richard's knowledge and opinions have been sought on developing football stories by leading broadcasters such as
Sirius XM, talkSPORT Radio, BBC World Service, RMC Sport, OneFootball, ViaSat, DAZN and Canal+

Portfolio

Testimonials

Richard is a hard-working individual who made a number of excellent contributions to Yahoo Sport UK. He has a vast knowledge of football and delivers work promptly. I would happily work with Richard again in the future.Matt LewisSports Editor, Yahoo!
Richard was a pleasure to work with. His submissions were always free of grammatical errors, to the correct word count and copy was always clean. He has vast knowledge of the various football leagues and I have no hesitation in recommending him.Jason PettigroveSenior Sub-Editor, MARCA

Social Media

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Richard Buxton

Really enjoyed doing this. Some tough calls considering the talents that #MCFC & #LFC’s recent title-winning sides both possess in abundance but think overall team is something of a happy medium

Ray Bubbles@RayCityFanTV1

COMBINED XI - Man City Centurions and Liverpool's 2019/20 team. As chosen by Ray and broadcaster and journalist @RichardBuxton_
https://youtu.be/_Ap-wXT6Cxc
Who made the final cut?
#ManCity @LFC #LFC @ManCity #MCILIV #livmci

Genuinely the only player to gain a cult following for painting the inside of a house and hugging a koala

Jonathan Northcroft@JNorthcroft

Twitter is weird. Remember a time when there was a small but enthusiastic militia of LFC fans ready to go to war with anyone on here who questioned Sakho. Now at the King Power he looks highly fortunate to be keeping a 33yo Scott Dann out of the Palace team.

🤩🔴 @curtisjr_10 has signed a new long-term contract with the Reds 🙌

Genuinely feel for the sports staff at the Echo whenever articles like that appear. The football coverage is the only thing stopping it from becoming a glorified version of the women’s weeklies that end up cluttering GP surgery waiting rooms

‘The voice of Merseyside’ talking out its arse again https://twitter.com/livechonews/status/1279301414766833665

Shops, pubs & restaurants reopen from tomorrow but Wetherspoons shouldn’t be among those receiving your hard-earned money. Its multimillionaire owner Tim Martin withheld wages from staff until after the Government’s furlough scheme. He also told them to ‘go work at Tesco’.

"We have to show responsibility, still. If we have to do something for the good of our loved ones, we will do it."

The boss spoke with Matt Ashton, @lpoolcouncil's Director for Public Health, about the importance of staying safe and responsible during these times 👊🔴

The last 48 hours in Merseyside football #EFC #LFC

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Klopp on #LFC youngsters "These questions will not be asked of Frank Lampard or Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. We win the league, now we have to play the youngsters? To win games, you need the best players on the pitch. We don't give Premier League games as a Christmas present”

Klopp “This season is a special season for us & in a challenging sort of way... every three days you play again and that’s really demanding. We have to really dig in in these situations” #LFC

Klopp on #MCFC defeat “I was not in too good mood after the game... this game we lost in key moments & in these key moments, City were better than us” #LFC #MCILIV

Ashton “Now is not the time for any of us to be complacent... Avoid crowds - they gave the potential for the virus to spread much more easily. On Sunday & for the rest of the season, watch the match at home. We can have a big party when this all over, but not now” #LFC

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