Malcolm Macdonald, Peter Beardsley, Sir John Hall, Jack Charlton, Glenn McCrory, Steve Harper and Joe Allon were among the guests of honour at the eve…
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Category: Regional newspapers
Coventry bans paper after calls for owners to sell
ANTON RIPPON reports on the latest threat against a local newpaper's coverage of a football club…
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Sunderland Echo moves reporter over ‘daft’ posts
ANTON RIPPON reports on the consequences of social media posts which have come back to haunt a football reporter…
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£12,000 prizes on offer for county cricket coverage
The England and Wales Cricket Board, together with the Cricket Writers' Club, has opened entries for young journalists, broadcasters and regional news…
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Gazette seeks replacement for high-powered Watt
Watt is the sports journalist who called for the Football Association to take action against football clubs who try to ban newspapers from attending p…
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Former Norwich reporter Bruce Robinson has died
In his book Confessions of a Norfolk Newshound, Keith Skipper describes Robinson as “a kindly, encouraging character who brought a studious approach…
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Chester sports journalist gets top job at city’s club
Sports journalist Jim Green has been appointed as chief executive of Chester FC, the football club – or rather its successor – that he has support…
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Club bans Derbyshire Times over school report
The paper ran stories about the Chesterfield Player Progression Pathway (PPP) football school, owned by Chesterfield CEO Chris Turner and former non-L…
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Weekly sports paper faces final whistle
ANTON RIPPON on how the attempted revival of a Saturday sports edition is struggling on the south coast…
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Sportsbeat expands as its signs up four new staff
The sports agency with offices in Manchester and London now has 40 staff working across a range of sporting clients…
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