Jozef Kostecki

Journalist covering both sports and the arts (music/film) with over 5 years of published writing experience. 

Across my career, I have produced content for Our Sound Music, SPORTbible, eWrestlingNews, and more. Additionally, I have a host of self-published work.

1400+ articles to date, covering both music and sport, of which these articles have accumulated over 3.5 million individual views.

Soundsphere magazine •

I listened to my least favourite band for an entire twelve-hour shift to see if I’d go insane - Soundsphere magazine

As some of the worst pieces of art you’ll find adorning staff room walls or shared by Facebook mums have set out to remind me, life is supposedly all about its challenges. Those moments of facing up against great towering obstacles and saying ‘Come on then, I’ve the best of you.’ A few have conquered Everest, fewer still managed to walk on the moon, but not one, not a soul has dared to take on what I saw as my great challenge. My Everest…
Screensphere •

Marlon Brando, Paul Mescal, and the difficulties of legacy in Hollywood - Screensphere

As ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ embarked on its opening night in New York earlier this month, the next step in Paul Mescal’s rise took place with it. The play, which previously saw sold-out West End runs in London, has now moved to America with Mescal once again in the lead. A quick search of “What makes a great theatre actor?” will see magnetism, star power and stage presence outlined as necessities – three qualities that Mescal has continued to show as his stature rises. Among this generation of...
J&J Reviews & Write-Ups •

Why West Ham’s Evan Ferguson signing may be the move of the window.

Picture the start of 2022. It’s New Year’s Day and Brighton boss Graham Potter is taking the time in his pre-match press conference to tell reporters about the teenage sensation the club has on their books. A striker hailing from Drogheda, the largest town in Ireland. A striker who months earlier aged just sixteen made his senior debut for the club. A striker named Evan Ferguson...
World Soccer Talk •

EuroLeague? The soccer clubs dominating European basketball

Few sports can move beyond a country’s borders and take on a truly global audience. Soccer, basketball, cricket, hockey, and tennis are among those few, attracting viewers and potential players from nearly every place on the planet. 

Despite the massive audiences each sport draws in weekly, it would be easy enough to think that there is little opportunity for crossover across different sports, yet basketball’s EuroLeague dismisses such a suggestion....
World Soccer Talk •

The rise of classic soccer shirts: More than just fashion

Soccer, it’s a pretty special game, one that at its core has at large remained the same for decades. There have been advances here and there, but the crux of eleven players in cleats, shorts, and shirts, kicking a ball around a grass pitch has never changed. Yet, despite that, things have changed, both in life and in soccer. So too has the rise in popularity of classic soccer shirts.


In the modern day, in the modern game, things change at a rapid rate...
UtdDistrict •

Kobbie Mainoo ‘could win’ Golden Boy award at Man Utd, Alejandro Garnacho third favourite

Manchester United starlets Alejandro Garnacho and Kobbie Mainoo are both amongst the top contenders for TuttoSport’s Golden Boy Award.



The award, handed out in December of each year, is highly regarded as an indicator of the best young talents in European football over the previous twelve months.



The current shortlist for the award has extended the possibility for Garnacho and Mainoo to follow in the footsteps of previous award winners such as Kylian Mbappe, Lionel Messi and Erling Haala...
UtdDistrict •

Rasmus Hojlund’s “world-class” comments show Man United teammate is proving Erik ten Hag wrong

Manchester United forward Rasmus Hojlund has heaped praise on Christian Eriksen following Denmark’s 2-1 win over Sweden on Wednesday night.



Playing a role in both of Denmark’s goals, Eriksen was at his very best on international duty. Collecting an assist after just two minutes, the 32-year-old would wow the audience in Copenhagen with a wonder goal in the 86th minute.



Discussing Eriksen’s performance for Denmark with Tipsbladet, Hojlund would heap praise on his teammate for club and cou...
UtdDistrict •

Manchester United told Bruno Fernandes sale “wouldn’t be a disaster” due to one reason

Manchester United have been urged by former Premier League defender Bacary Sagna to sell Bruno Fernandes if it means their youth system can continue to flourish.



Sagna, who made 267 Premier League appearances across ten seasons playing for Arsenal and Manchester City, recently discussed Fernandes’ future with CoinPoker.



Fernandes, who signed for United in the winter of 2020, has remained one of the Red Devils’ best players throughout the last four years.

Delivering on several occasions...
J&J Reviews & Write-Ups •

Suck It and See: 13 years later. A look back on Arctic Monkeys goodbye to their mid 20s.

"Like those that came before it, the album works because of who is making it and when. As a band they were in their mid-20s, still probably scared shitless. Caught between deciding if they want to be what they were in the first half, or move on to what they could be in the second. What do you do? What do I want to do? What can I do? A series of decisions that we all face throughout life, ones that are posed in the final line of Suck it and See:

“You’re not the only one, that time has got it in for honey. That’s where you’re wrong.”

Time has it in for us all. So, you have to decide. Are you ready to move on to the next step, the next place, before time catches up to you? The Arctics were. They left Suck it and See as their last signoff on who they were then, dipping their toes in what was for them down the road throughout the process..."
UtdDistrict •

From Poland immigration to Old Trafford: A Manchester United love letter

"Even with the less-than-subtle nudging by my dad, I failed to realise how significant United would be throughout my life until I was approaching my teenage years. I knew I supported Yanited, and I knew that they mattered, but I was a chubby little awkward child who liked wrestling, Guitar Hero 3 and Mr Kipling. I hardly had the time to follow a sport that I lacked the coordination or friend group to play myself.

Now, all these years later, I suppose a lot of that remains the same. I could still kick your arse at Guitar Hero, I’m still a touch too chubby for my liking, and if you swapped Mr Kipling for Mr S. Artois, I’d say we’re largely in the same boat. The big difference, though, is United. Because at some point over the last nearly fifteen years, it hit me, hit me hard – and ultimately, this club has become more important to me than anything else..."
UtdDistrict •

‘He’s got aura…’ Kobbie Mainoo’s Real Madrid comparison are huge compliment to Man United star

Following the FA Cup final, Manchester United midfielder Kobbie Mainoo has been compared to Jude Bellingham by Gary Lineker.



Making 32 appearances for United this season, 29 of which were starts, Mainoo has been a constant highlight of a mixed 23/24 campaign for the Red Devils.



At just 19 years of age, Mainoo has risen through the ranks at Old Trafford, solidifying his role as a vital member of Erik ten Hag’s squad.

Read More: “Don’t do…” Kobbie Mainoo warned against lifestyle choice by...
J&J Reviews & Write-Ups •

The Rhythm Method – Peachy

"In nine songs and thirty-five minutes, Joey Bradbury and Rowan Martin have created an album that presents like a mind that is racing. One that is accepting of life. Accepting of the fact that after delving years into something you are passionate about, you’ve so far fallen short of some of your aspirations. Being so brutally honest about it all that you’re willing to broadcast your emotional state to an audience that could be potentially endless is a task few would take on and fewer still would manage to do so well..."
Load More