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Sep 27, 2026, 5:06 PM GMT+1Jake Pearce is a final-year Sports Journalism student at Southampton Solent University.Jake has previously written at VAVEL and FootballPark, before making the move to GiveMeSport.He recently won the Football Writers Association Male Student Football Writer of the Year award following a feature with former Crystal Palace player Danny Butterfield.