By ANTON RIPPON It is getting on for a year since the newly-appointed editor gave me the news: after 20 years, my freelance contract with the Derby Te…
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Category: View from the pressbox
Alan Hubbard celebrates 65 years in journalism – Trump, Boris, Ali, royalty, Sinatra and a couple of Burts
Independent on Sunday sports columnist, former sports editor of The Observer, and twice SJA diarist of the year, Alan Hubbard celebrates his 65th year…
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Ditch the email interview: why it’s always good to talk
By SARAH JUGGINS There was a recent post on twitter where an exasperated journalist was berating students for contacting her asking to carry out inter…
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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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The Big Match: hail the televised football revolution
Half a century ago The Big Match was just completing its first season. PHILIP BARKER recalls how John Bromley and Jimmy Hill revolutionised televised …
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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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FROM THE PRESS BOX: Spurs v Wolves, half a century on
PHILIP BARKER watched his first big football match on February 22 half a century ago. How time flies. Fifty years on, it has come as rather a s…
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View from the press box: what is it about Leeds United?
By ANTON RIPPON Leeds spygate was all over the media at the weekend. The Leeds United-Derby County clash at Elland Road, televised b…
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VIEW FROM THE PRESSBOX: when football finally hit the tv jackpot
As Richard Scudamore prepares to ride off into the sunset after changing the financial face of football thanks to tv revenue, ANTON RIPPON looks back …
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MEN on-line survey maps Manchester fans ahead of derby
By ANTON RIPPON It’s an old joke: the Queen fits the exact profile of a Manchester United supporter – she knows nothing about football a…
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