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Memorial service for Ray Ryan in Gateshead, Jul 29
Ryan spent much of his career working in the north-east, and Friday's event is an opportunity for his many friends and colleagues to say a final farew…
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No escaping Clough’s shadow in Forest’s rich history
From Pickwick Papers to their European exploits spread across the back pages of the tabloids, the first 150 years of 'the original reds' offer many f…
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Gazette seeks replacement for high-powered Watt
Watt is the sports journalist who called for the Football Association to take action against football clubs who try to ban newspapers from attending p…
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Long-suffering Carter’s tale of Grecians’ legends
Gus Honeybun... Your Boys Took One Hell of a Beating is the first book to be published by Simon Carter, the sports editor of the Southern Daily Echo, …
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Real insights from Charlton’s account of ’66 and all that
For the second time in his career, ERIC BROWN tackles Sir Bobby, this time in book form…
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Farewell France. You got just about what you deserved
VIEW FROM THE PRESSBOX: Hack's hacked off. And he's off now, returning home after five weeks on the road in France, where enthusiasm for Euro 2016 was…
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Homesick hack’s lesson in humility from Ronaldo
VIEW FROM THE PRESSBOX: Wales fans have had a great time, they've drunk France dry, and now they get to go home. Meanwhile, after more than a month, o…
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‘They think it’s all over’ was just a start for TV football
This week marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the 1966 World Cup in England. PHILIP BARKER's account of the broadcasting of the tournament show…
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Former Norwich reporter Bruce Robinson has died
In his book Confessions of a Norfolk Newshound, Keith Skipper describes Robinson as “a kindly, encouraging character who brought a studious approach…
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