Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson received the award on behalf of Sir Bobby, and told the dinner-jacketed audience: "Sir Bobby is fine, but …
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Category: Football writers
Time to praise the man who set the goals standard
NORMAN GILLER is home from hospital and planning another book with Jimmy Greaves, whose goal-scoring record is better even than Lionel Messi…
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Ticker’s on the mend. Now for a ticking off
NORMAN GILLER, safely out of hospital, his bedside manner severely tested, pays respects to his old mate and football writing colleague John Moynihan,…
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“Colossus who waged bitter battle against bigotry”
Birthday wishes to an icon, Mark Hughes back in management, the two-footed tackle, Olympics football and the cheery Andy Murray...just some of this we…
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Millwall book’s re-run emphasises Family values
Watford-born-and-bred Michael Calvin spent a season as a fly on the Millwall. The resulting self-published book has now been picked up by a publisher …
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Euro 2012 accommodation: Kiev
The owner of a two-bedroom apartment in Kiev has contacted the SJA, since the property is available for rent during the Euro 2012 football championshi…
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Golden days for Olympic reporter who scored with Britain
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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Football debate to get a college premiere
The Premier League at 20 – The Saviour of Football will be chaired by ITV Sport commentator Clive Tyldesley and brings together five of the game’s…
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Collins, the ultimate fan, offers fine writing lesson
Fans' football books are one thing, but Patrick Collins's time spent among the fans is much more rewarding, says STEVEN DOWNES…
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This book on Liverpool is too much of a Gamble
A book on Liverpool in the 1980s by a former lottery ticket seller at Anfield is too much about mundane office politics, too little about some giants …
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