When war meets sport. And sport wins. ANTON RIPPON reports. IT’S a year this month since spectators at The Oval were urged to take cover for their o…
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From the press box: England’s women footballers deserve more recognition
SJA member ANTON RIPPON on why England’s women footballers deserve the same recognition as the men, Nettie Honeyball, and where it all started. …
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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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Bunce nails it with boxing history
My telephone relationship with Steve Bunce began more than three decades ago when he became a regular supplier of words and results to the Extel sport…
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From Telex and Tandys to the all-singing laptop
You think you've got it tough with a dodgy wifi connection? Pah! Luxury... The SJA's former Treasurer, NEIL WILSON, recalls a sports writer's lot from…
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Farewell to SJA’s longest standing member
GRAHAM SNOWDON pays tribute to an old friend and colleague, Peter Bryan…
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Ron Pickering: champion of the moral majority
Twenty-four years ago today, BBC commentator and inspiration Ron Pickering died. Here, we reproduce the tribute paid by the late CHRISTOPHER BRASHER, …
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The night that Reg and McGowran went 3 rds over Brasher
Serious business this picking a Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year, says NORMAN GILLER, who has even seen grown men almost come to blows over the o…
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Mark of a champion, the looks of an Adonis
NORMAN GILLER is first in the queue of SJA members who want to be nominated to carry the Olympic torch in the relay around the country next year. But …
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How lordly Michael made grade with Snatch of the Day
NORMAN GILLER has always had friends in high places, but this week he celebrates the elevation to the House of Lords of his old football reporting mat…
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