On the eve of 2012, PHILIP BARKER looks back to the Olympic year of 1912, and the football reporter who won a gold medal for Britain at the Stockholm …
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Month: December 2011
Fings Ain’t Wot They Used T’Be: roll on 2012
NORMAN GILLER goes all Max Bygraves on us, says good riddance to 2011 and welcomes 2012 with an internet gleam in his old mince pies…
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“He’s been crucified by some and that’s not fair”
The racism row that looks set to rumble on into 2012, Kauto Star, SPOTY, the Leveson enquiry... some of the sporting quotes from the last week of 2011…
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The story of 2011 in our sporting quotes
IAN COLE wraps up the sporting year by trawling through some of the things they said, and perhaps sometimes wished they had not said…
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Season’s greetings from the SJA
We wish all SJA members, colleagues and website readers a merry Christmas and an Olympic and Paralympic new year…
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Museum realises dreams of hockey enthusiasts
The first international hockey museum has been established, based in Woking, with its own warehouse, thanks to the work of a group of enthusiasts, inc…
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Old Uncle Norm’s sports quotes quiz of 2011
NORMAN GILLER has picked out 20 memorable quotes that made it on to the SJA website during the past 12 months. Prepare for the Christmas festivities a…
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Without books on history, where’s publishing’s future?
Another day, another rejection note. Successful sports author ANTON RIPPON is concerned about the publishing business…
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Update your member’s profile for 2012 Yearbook
Paul Trow, the editor of the SJA Yearbook, is planning a bumper 2012 edition, to contain contact details of all SJA members - a vital tool of our incr…
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Britons prominent on Laureus nominations list
Six British sportsmen, sportswomen and teams have been included among the nominees for the 2012 Laureus World Sports Awards, which are being staged i…
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