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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Category: Football writers
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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Reach create 16 new football journalism jobs in the regions
The regional arm of Reach plc is to create 16 new jobs in football journalism. While the amalgamation of Trinity Mirror and Express Newspapers has mea…
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Bolton Wanderers ban News chief football writer Iles for Muppets gif
By ANTON RIPPON CHRISTMAS is coming and the spirit of Scrooge is alive and well in the EFL Championship. A football club that cannot afford to play it…
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Sportsnight with Coleman, 50 years on
It is half a century since the first edition of Sportsnight with Coleman appeared on tv screens and transformed the way sport was covered. PHILIP BARK…
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Great footballing comebacks: Charlton score four and win 7-6
Christmas special. PHILIP BARKER delves into the archives and re-tells the story of one of football’s great comebacks. Sixty years ago this w…
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Glory, Glory Lane: a history of Tottenham’s home for 118 years
Spurs fan and keen sporting historian PHILIP BARKER revels in more than a century of history-making at White Hart Lane. Back in May, there was …
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