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Month: April 2009
Time to put a bung on footballers’ wages
NORMAN GILLER thinks he has the solution to football fans’ credit crunch Too late for Alistair Darling’s Budget but, Baldrick-like, I have…
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Wimbledon gets the light right with roof
By Barry Newcombe. Picture from David Ashdown, The Independent The opening of the new roof on the Wimbledon Centre Court in June will set fresh challe…
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Northam and Stafford step up to SJA plate
A new Treasurer and new-look SJA committee were the principle outcomes of the 2009 annual meeting, hosted courtesy of one of our sponsors, UK Sport, i…
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Reg Gutteridge memorial: May 13
The life, times and career of one of our Association’s most popular and hard-working of chairmen, Reg Gutteridge, will be celebrated at a specia…
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Tench takes the bait to join Sunday Times
Matt Tench, just a handful of weeks after leaving the Independent as part of its wide-ranging redundancy scheme, has joined the Sunday Times as deputy…
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Time for tee: SJA Golf Day May 5
The Sports Journalists’ Association’s first Golf Day of 2009 is to be staged at Surrey Downs GC on May 5, and members and guests are reque…
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Deer Keef: Do i relly kneed to spell proper?
KEITH ELLIOTT's postbag from those wanting advice on training often demonstrates exactly what not to do if you want to become a sports journalist…
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Lane of dreams or direct route to queer street?
NORMAN GILLER’s self-publishing adventure The Lane of Dreams is challenging his creativity, cunning, charisma and cash flow in equal measure. Hi…
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Scottish student takes equestrian writing prize
A Scottish journalism student has won the Martin Wills Award for equine journalism.…
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