Brian Clough knew his football, and as far as internationals with England were concerned, he knew Wales should never be written off. And that was befo…
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Month: March 2011
Full steam ahead as football reporter Curtis gets on track
Adrian Curtis, the former Press Association football reporter, has quit sports journalism to launch his own railway publishing company…
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Korea’s Olympic champion Kim to attend SportAccord
It was announced here today that Korea's Olympic gold medal-winning figure skating champion, Kim Yu-Na, will be present in London next month to back t…
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“Master craftsman” Gearey to leave BBC after 32 years
The announcement was made to BBC Sport staff yesterday lunchtime, when a Corporation executive described the reporter as "a one-off, a unique talent a…
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Observer appoints Matthew Hancock as sports editor
Hancock has worked at The Guardian for a decade, having joined from Wisden Cricket Monthly. At present, he is sports features editor for The Guardian,…
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Frankly speaking, it is all about how you feel
Earlier this month, MARTIN SMITH, of Sheffield's The Star, the winner of the SJA's Regional Sports Writer Award in 2003 and 2005, completed his hat-tr…
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“The England job drives them all mad in the end”
IAN COLE rounds up the week in sport and sports journalism with his selection of quotes…
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Hugh Robertson joins SJA Question Time panel
Hugh Robertson, the Minister for Sport, is the latest to accept the Sports Journalists' Association's invitation to be a panel member at our Olympic Q…
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Turnstile disaster 43 years before Hillsborough
Stoke and Bolton being drawn together for next month's FA Cup semi-finals may recall the day in 1946 when the sides played on despite the worst crowd …
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2011 Yearbook issued to SJA members this week
The SJA committee is again extremely grateful for the work of editor Paul Trow and designer Chris Hill for putting together this invaluable piece of w…
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