Hugh Jamieson, for many years tennis corresponent and Midlands football writer at The Sun, has died after a short illness. Jamieson, 76, nicknamed the…
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How United dream turned sour for Kanchelskis express
Regrets ? I’ve had a few, confesses Andrei Kanchelskis in a no-holds barred autobiography reviewed by ERIC BROWN. The ball scuds inside a fullba…
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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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Lesson one: Treat your intro like a first date
The SJA was delighted to assist when AIPS asked us for candidates to join the Young Reporter programme at the women’s Euros 2017. Maryanne Orr a…
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Clogger or genius? Bremner splits the vote
By ERIC BROWN How on earth do you describe the mini bundle of non-stop energy and aggression that was Billy Bremner? Firebrand or fighter? Clogge…
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Fifty extra-special shades of Brian Clough
Brian Clough’s career as player and manager is recalled in detail in a book reviewed by ERIC BROWN. October 22, 1960, didn’t have muc…
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Moyes out of step with the 21st century
LOUISE TAYLOR, the Guardian’s north-east football writer, has penned her personal take on the David Moyes sexism row in today’s edition of…
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Rostov puts out the red carpet for the Brit pack
By SIMON PEACH, Press Association Sport’s chief football writer Expectations were low and apprehension relatively high heading t…
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Happy 30th to Naylor of the Argus
Eighteen managers – and that’s just the permanent ones – four home grounds, and three divisions – with the Premier League looking like…
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The good, bad and ugly of foreign football ownership
Who was the Premier League club owner who confessed to having watched cricket and hockey but never football ? This and other questions about foreign c…
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