Some outstanding sleuthing work has been performed over on Twitter by Darren aka @thedeviltweets this afternoon. Follow the trail and you'll get pretty close to the identity of author The Secret Footballer. Apparently, it's down to Paul Robinson, Chris Samba and Charlie Adam. Samba's in Russia, which would probably rule him out. Here's a TSF column on goalkeeping that might reads pretty interestingly in light of all of this.
Ha, the @tsfguardian "The Secret Footballer" is a bit stupid - Inadvertently leaked a massive clue to who he is...
— Darren (@thedevilstweets) September 5, 2012
Revealing his website being "thesecretfootballer" dot com I checked to see if the co uk one redirected to it... which is was...
— Darren (@thedevilstweets) September 5, 2012
A quick check on "whois" and you see the domain is registered to "IPS Law" who only have 3 footballing clients...
— Darren (@thedevilstweets) September 5, 2012
A quick check on "whois" and you see the domain is registered to "IPS Law" who only have 3 footballing clients...
— Darren (@thedevilstweets) September 5, 2012
If anyone follows the secret footballer can spot a specific comment that relates back to one of these 3 players - you'll have your answer ;)
— Darren (@thedevilstweets) September 5, 2012
