SJA committee member and sports historian PHILIP BARKER reports from Sparta where the Greek leg of the Olympic flame torch relay was cancelled because…
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Ingham autobiography out in paperback – ‘for anyone who loves radio sport the way it should be done’
Mike Ingham’s acclaimed autobiography will be universally available at the end of March when it is released in paperback. Ingham, for many years…
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When Wembley final staged penalty shoot-out as pre-match TV gimmick for ‘On The Ball’
By PHILIP BARKER Manchester City did not need a penalty shoot-out to win the Carabao Cup on Sunday but when they first lifted the same trophy 50 years…
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Pioneers of the polls: How British Sports Awards broke new ground
Voting is open for the 2019 SJA British Sports Awards, with members encouraged to cast their ballots for their Sportsman, Sportswoman and Sports Team …
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Sixty years since SJA voted for the first sportswoman of the year
We are fast approaching the SJA British Sports Awards when members will vote for sportsman, sportswoman and sports team of the year. We were the first…
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Happy 50th to the Football Year Book, the stats bible for the football fan
By PHILIP BARKER Every sports desk worthy of the name has, by now, found room for the 50th anniversary edition of the Football Yearbook. Around 1,000 …
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Welcome to the first edition of Shoot: Gifts, features, and a call for a footballers’ beauty contest
Shoot Magazine was launched 50 years ago. PHILIP BARKER unearths his first edition and takes a trip down memory lane The new football season had just …
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SJA 2019 British Sports Journalism awards welcome three new chairs of judges
The SJA 2019 British Sports Journalism Awards will have a different look this year. We are delighted that Faye Carruthers, Matthew Fearn and Colin Bat…
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When 1969 FA Cup final turned into 40-man brawl between BBC and ITV crews
By PHILIP BARKER Manchester City are at Wembley for the FA Cup final this weekend, just as they were 50 years ago. The domestic showpiece is alwa…
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Report a Cup final? No, you’re a woman – the amazing tale of Mary Raine in 1969
Mary Raine was a pioneering football journalist who made history by becoming the first woman to be heard on Sports Report. PHILIP BARKER tells her ext…
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