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Category archive: Football writers

9 May
2013

Midlands football writer Ian Willars has died

Ian Willars: or Two Jackets, to his Birmingham Mail colleagues

Ian Willars, for many years among the best-known sports journalists on the Midlands football and cricket circuits, has died after a brief illness. He was 75. Willars died on Tuesday, May 7, in Sutton Good Hope Hospital. He leaves a wife, Sandra, three sons, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Willars had worked in Fleet Street, [...]

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8 May
2013

Fergie banned me three times, but always let me back

Sir Alex Ferguson: always in control

DAVID WALKER, the sports editor of the Sunday Mirror and SJA chairman, remembers his encounters with Sir Alex Ferguson, and his personal kindness to staff and journalists

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7 May
2013

Club’s ban could happen to you, reporter warns

Telegraphing the tackle: Alan Pardew, the Newcastle manager

Football clubs often “expect the local paper to be like fans and show loyalty and not criticise them”, according to Luke Edwards, of the Telegraph

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2 May
2013

Football Writers choose Bale as Player of the Season

Will Wales let Gareth Bale play for Great Britain?

Gareth Bale has been chosen as the Footballer of the Year by the Football Writers’ Association

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1 May
2013

Telegraph refuses to apologise on Newcastle report

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Premier League club bans reporter and his colleagues from the ground over reports about a split in the dressing room

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14 Apr
2013

Shooting the messengers won’t alter Millwall

Flashpoint: Millwall fans fighting among themselves at Wembley yesterday

“No one likes us, we don’t care”? ANTON RIPPON on the dilemma for sports writers covering their local football club

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13 Apr
2013

Back page headlines still provide real buzz

David Walker, right, the new SJA chairman, making a presentation to Lord Coe at our British Sports Awards last December

This week, David Walker was confirmed as the new chairman of the SJA. Here, in an interview with CHRISTOPHER DAVIES, the Sunday Mirror’s sports editor offers his overview of the state of our business, in print and online

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6 Apr
2013

Club bans reporter because they didn’t like the headlines

Must be doing something right: Crawley reporter Kaylee Seckington

“The Crawley News has effectively been given an ultimatum – change our reporter if we want to speak to Richie Barker and his players”

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22 Mar
2013

Lancashire Telegraph: football writer

You will be an NCTJ-qualified senior who can make the sort of contacts that are essential to keep our coverage ahead of the pack and equally able to turn your attention to a host of other professional and amateur sports our readers enjoy

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20 Mar
2013

Fullbrook’s Fearless Ball kicks off on May 23

Danny Fullbrook Foundation

The evening will celebrate the life and pay tribute to Danny Fullbrook, the Daily Star’s chief football writer who died last year, aged 40, after an 18 month battle with cancer

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