By ANTON RIPPON The 2019 press pack who followed England women to the FIFA World Cup provided a watershed moment, both in terms of national print cove…
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Category: Football writers
Happy 50th to the Football Year Book, the stats bible for the football fan
By PHILIP BARKER Every sports desk worthy of the name has, by now, found room for the 50th anniversary edition of the Football Yearbook. Around 1,000 …
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Norman Giller’s personal tribute to Steve Curry
Steve Curry, former chief football writer of the Daily Express, has died after a short illness. NORMAN GILLER pays this personal tribute……
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Molly Hudson’s post-World Cup blog: being a woman in a male-dominated world
Molly Hudson, shortlisted in the SJA’s football writer of the year awards, has just returned from the women’s World Cup in France. This is…
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Three regional football journalists join The Athletic
New digital sports subscription publishers The Athletic have added three leading regional paper writers to their expanding team. Phil Hay of the Yorks…
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Phase 2 of Women in Football #WhatIf campaign commits to sports journalism
Women in Football has launched Phase 2 of its #WhatIf campaign, featuring a series of pledges from sports media. At an event at Twitter HQ in London t…
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Cricket Writers’ Club name Mitchell first woman chair
Broadcaster Alison Mitchell is the first woman chair of the Cricket Writers’ Club. Test Match Special regular Mitchell made history when she became …
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Report a Cup final? No, you’re a woman – the amazing tale of Mary Raine in 1969
Mary Raine was a pioneering football journalist who made history by becoming the first woman to be heard on Sports Report. PHILIP BARKER tells her ext…
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Back to the future for Giller, 60 years after his first Spurs report
Norman Giller, honorary Life Member of the SJA and once our regular ‘golden oldie’ blogger, makes a welcome return to our website to mark the open…
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Q and A with SJA Sports News Reporter of the year John Richardson
“This proves that dinosaurs aren’t dead,” was John Richardson’s colourful and surprised reaction to the news that he had been …
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