If strikers tend to hog the football headlines, then this journalism ‘sport’ is all too often all about the writers. However, David Emery,…
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Category: Obituaries
Remembering Ian Laybourn who brought rugby league to national and regional media
Tributes have been paid to Ian Laybourn, the PA news agency’s long-standing rugby league correspondent, who has died at the age of 67. Laybourn …
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Remembering ‘Coley’, two-time SJA chairman and Fleet Street stalwart
By MARK ALFORD FUNERAL DETAILS UPDATE: Ian’s funeral will take place at Southend Crematorium at 12:40 on Thursday 9th of March, followed b…
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Remembering John Morris, from regional press to boxing ring powerbroker
By MATTHEW ENGEL For a man who spent much of his life around the boxing ring, John Morris fitted no stereotype whatever. He was gentle, rather self-ef…
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Remembering the laughs of ‘Newks’, an old-school reporter and long-time stalwart of the SJA
By PATRICK COLLINS It was Stephen Jones, the bard of the Sunday Times sports desk, who found the words to match the moment: “Barry Newcombe,” …
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The life and times of Daily Telegraph rugby and cricket writer John Mason
PETER JACKSON, President of the Rugby Union Writers’ Club, on the life and eventful times of the veteran Daily Telegraph rugby and cricket journalis…
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RIP Robin Davey – 12 Six Nations, eight Triple Crowns, six World Cups, four Grand Slams
Peter Jackson (President, Rugby Union Writers’ Club) pays tribute to life member Robin Davey, who has died suddenly at 77 When he retired aft…
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RIP Roy Collins: professional, generous, hilariously anecdotal, a passionate Basil Fawlty impersonator
Roy Collins, former chief sports writer at Today and The People, has died. His friend, and one-time flat mate, PAUL WEAVER pays a very personal tribut…
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In a single, elegant phrase, Lacey had ended the argument. It was an enviable trick…
PATRICK COLLINS, SJA President, pays tribute to friend David Lacey, former Guardian football correspondent, who has died age 83 At a critical stage of…
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A tribute to Jimmy Greaves and why we shall not see his like again
By NORMAN GILLER Sports writers everywhere will today mourn the passing of Jimmy Greaves, greatest of all British-born goal scorers and, more importan…
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