Newport County sacked their 40th manager and face a League Two survival scrap after winning just one of their first nine games. Here, ERIC BROWN takes…
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Sports stars pay tribute to Gibson’s half-century
Malcolm Macdonald, Peter Beardsley, Sir John Hall, Jack Charlton, Glenn McCrory, Steve Harper and Joe Allon were among the guests of honour at the eve…
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Former Guardian football writer Martin Thorpe has died
Martin Thorpe, the former Guardian and Independent sports journalist, has died after a brief illness…
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Coventry bans paper after calls for owners to sell
ANTON RIPPON reports on the latest threat against a local newpaper's coverage of a football club…
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Sunderland Echo moves reporter over ‘daft’ posts
ANTON RIPPON reports on the consequences of social media posts which have come back to haunt a football reporter…
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Terry’s all gold, across 50 key matches
ERIC BROWN reviews a biography of one of the Premier League's totemic players…
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Sporting tragedy as grassroots get left behind
SJA members are invited to the book launch of colleague Anthony Clavane's latest book, which outlines the sporting decline in Yorkshire and across the…
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Goodison memoir tells story of lost age of reporting
The Liverpool Echo's award-winning Everton football writer has produced the sort of book about the life of a sports journalist which, according to ANT…
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Ace football guide blasts hacks’ use of axed words
Clichés are to be avoided like the plague, according to one newspaper style book. And now someone has compiled a book full of them. By STEVEN DOWNES…
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Book title sums up The Unbelievables’ title season
The Premier League season is about to start, with the unlikely phrase "defending champions Leicester City" about to be used. ERIC BROWN reviews a book…
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