Martin Macdonald

Martin Macdonald

Martin Macdonald is an experienced digital journalist who has significant expertise in a number of different genres, including his work on FootballTransfers.

After initially working in financial services, Martin gained a qualification in advertising and public relations before joining the Real Times Network group. He has contributed to a number of different sites covering a range of topics, including

FootballTransfers, GPFans, FootballCritic, Goal.com, The Celtic Exchange and The Celtic Star.

Football presented a path to Martin into the journalism world, while his passion for movies meant any opportunity to land a role within film reporting would be grasped with both hands. It is this passion which helped him land the role as Editor-In-Chief of successful film rating brand MovieMeter.

MovieMeter began by becoming the largest, most complete movie archive in the Netherlands, and has now branched out successfully into English language and beyond. Not only is Martin in charge of MovieMeter on a daily basis, he is also a subscriber and partof the site’s community and fabric. You will regularly see him providing his own, personal movie ratings as well as engaging in conversations with others in the comments section.

In addition to writing for MovieMeter.com, Martin is a co-presenter of the movie podcast Ugly Pulp Odyssey. The podcast was originally born out of a lockdown need for creativity and entertainment, but he, along with his friends Barry and Ross, have recorded more than 50 episodes to date.

An odd name for a podcast, you say? It was born out of the trio’s three favourite movies; The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Pulp Fiction and 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Articles from Martin Macdonald

KSI, Dagenham and Redbridge

News
18 Mar 2026

Dagenham & Redbridge sack manager and appoint Andy Carroll two weeks after celebrity investment

World Cup Venues

News
18 Mar 2026

FIFA confirms major change to World Cup broadcasting for 2026

PSG, Champions League

News
18 Mar 2026

What are the actual words to the Champions League theme?

Victor Osimhen, Galatasaray, 2024/25

News
18 Mar 2026

Why Victor Osimhen wears a mask and why it might be forever

Max Dowman, Arsenal, 2025/26

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18 Mar 2026

Max Dowman is the youngest scorer in Premier League history - but who holds overall top-flight record?

Sir Jim Ratcliffe, Man Utd

News
17 Mar 2026

What did Sir Jim Ratcliffe really mean when he said standards were slipping at the Man Utd academy?

Fans booing

Nieuws
17 Mar 2026

Why do fans boo and does it actually impact footballers?

Iran Squad 2026 World Cup qualifying

News
17 Mar 2026

Iran campaign to move their World Cup fixtures from the USA to Mexico

Cristiano Ronaldo, Al-Nassr, 2025/26, golden boot

Nieuws
17 Mar 2026

Ronaldo won't go the USA for MLS...but he will for Hollywood career

Noni Madueke, Chelsea, 2024/25

News
16 Mar 2026

Chelsea's 10 biggest sales of all time

Arsenal, Chelsea, corner

News
12 Mar 2026

An ingenious yet simple way to stop Arsenal's dominant set-piece routines

Ange Postecolgou, Tottenham

News
12 Mar 2026

Ange Postecoglou gives new verdict on current Spurs troubles

Gennaro Gattuso, Fabio Capello, Antonio Conte, Italy

News
12 Mar 2026

Mediocre foreigners, slow football and referees - The three major issues facing Italian football

Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, Neymar, MSN

News
12 Mar 2026

Neymar tipped for 'MSN' reunion with Messi and Suarez at Inter Miami

How Tottenham Hotspur bought five flops with €100m Gareth Bale money

News
12 Mar 2026

How Tottenham bought five flops with €100m Gareth Bale money

Donald Trump, Gianni Infantino

News
11 Mar 2026

Donald Trump to welcome Iran at the World Cup, says Infantino

Neymar and sister Rafaella Santos

News
11 Mar 2026

Neymar stands Ancelotti up as sister's birthday 'curse' strikes for 11th time

Exeter FC, Newcastle, Barcelona

News
11 Mar 2026

Spanish football fan travels to see Newcastle vs Barcelona...only to turn up at the wrong St. James' Park in Exeter

Joan Laporta, Florentino Pérez, Barcelona, Real Madrid

News
11 Mar 2026

Barcelona and Real Madrid at war as Negreira case catalyses alleged 'smear campaign'

Vinicius Junior, Real Madrid, 2025/26

News
11 Mar 2026

Vinicius Junior tipped to retire at just 30 years old as tensions mount