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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Tag: Philip Barker
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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The Big Match: hail the televised football revolution
Half a century ago The Big Match was just completing its first season. PHILIP BARKER recalls how John Bromley and Jimmy Hill revolutionised televised …
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FROM THE PRESS BOX: Spurs v Wolves, half a century on
PHILIP BARKER watched his first big football match on February 22 half a century ago. How time flies. Fifty years on, it has come as rather a s…
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Rolling back the years to 1969 and the BBC’s search for a sports commentator
As the countdown to next week’s British Sports Journalism awards gathers pace, PHILIP BARKER dips into the archives and reveals how the BBC went…
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The British Sports Journalism awards…1948/9 style!
As we look forward to the 2018 British Sports Journalism awards next Monday, PHILIP BARKER takes a few liberties and presents his 1948/9 version. Seve…
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