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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Category: Football writers
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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SJA in partnership with UEFA to promote football writing
The Sports Journalists’ Association can today announce a major new partnership with UEFA to promote football writing in Britain. The UEFA Together#W…
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Mathieson signs off after 22 years covering Manchester United
Stuart Mathieson, the long-serving Manchester United reporter for the Manchester Evening News, has written his final piece for the paper. Mathieson re…
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New social media app for non-League football
By ANTON RIPPON A social media company that has invested over £4million in developing a free-to-download app that in three years has been adopted by …
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Football’s own goal in media power game
ROY GREENSLADE, professor of journalism at City University, tackles the continuing conflict between football and the media in his latest blog f…
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Alive and kicking: The Premier League at 25
Year zero, the dawning of a new era, call it what you will, it is a quarter of a century since the Premier League burst into life, revolutionising foo…
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Football writers to stage charity event for Grenfell families
Our friends, colleagues and fellow SJA members at the Football Writers’ Association will host a star-studded season preview to raise money …
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Middlesbrough Gazette at war with football club
The Middlesbrough Gazette have accused the local football club of ‘unacceptable’ reporting restrictions. Reporter Dominic Shaw was apparen…
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