The Football Writers’ Association have kindly allowed us to publish their tribute to SJA member Bill Meredith, who has sadly died at 92. By John…
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A sledgehammer wit which made him a legend – RIP former Sun deputy sports editor Bob Hayes
Bob Hayes, the former Sun deputy sports editor, died on Wednesday, aged 67, after a short battle against cancer. Friend and colleague DAVE KIDD, The S…
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RIP Mike Ellis, ‘superb operator’ who ghosted Shankly, Paisley, Souness and Dalglish
FUNERAL DETAILS UPDATE: Mike Ellis’s funeral will take place at Macclesfield Crematorium Monday February 17 (10.0am). Mike Ellis, The Sun̵…
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Norman Giller’s personal tribute to Steve Curry
Steve Curry, former chief football writer of the Daily Express, has died after a short illness. NORMAN GILLER pays this personal tribute……
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Old-school Northern Echo reporter Johnson dies at the age of 78
By ANTON RIPPON Frank Johnson, whose most precious technical aid was the pen-knife he used to sharpen his pencil, has died at the age of 78. Johnson w…
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How award-winning photographer Les Parkin took the European Cup home
By ANTON RIPPON AN award-winning photographer whose work regularly adorned the sports pages of the nation’s newspapers during Brian Clough’s glory…
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Former Express sports editor David Emery on making Jim Lawton his chief sports writer
As we slowly begin to come to terms with the sudden and untimely death of Jim Lawton, his former sports editor at the Daily Express, DAVID…
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Comms ‘Mr Big’ Mike Lee dies of heart attack at 61
Mike Lee, one of the most high-profile communications specialists in world sport, has died at 61. His family and VERO Communications, of which he was …
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World of basketball in shock over sudden death of Kevin Cadle
The Basketball Journalists’ Association is shocked and saddened by the untimely passing of our colleague and friend Kevin Cadle. He passed away …
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Mail man James, who forecast England 1966 win, dies at 87
Brian James, an outstanding sports and feature writer from the early 1960s through to the turn of the century, has died of heart failure at the age of…
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