On 30 July 1966, England beat West Germany 4-2 after extra-time at Wembley to win the World Cup; nearly 60 years later, five of the sports journalists…
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Fleet Street’s chief rotter Jackson reveals all in ‘Reflections of a Mirror man’
By SJA President PATRICK COLLINS Five days before the opening of the 1978 World Cup, I sat in the Press Centre in Buenos Aires, staring at an e…
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1966 shock: Fifa president let in news reporters
Fifty years ago, England's World Cup triumph was not only a milestone for football, but it also gave birth to sports news reporting. Unlikely as it ma…
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