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May 22, 2013

FWA Interview: Graham Hunter

 BARCELONA PLAYERS SEE SPEAKING TO THE PRESS AS PART OF THEIR DUTY says award-winning football writer Graham Hunter

By CHRISTOPHER DAVIES

IT WAS the proudest moment of Graham Hunter’s career as Glenn Moore, chairman of the Football Writers’ Association’s books committee, announced that his ‘Barca: The Making Of The Greatest Team In The World’ had been chosen as the football book of the year at the British Sports Book Awards 2013.

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March 5, 2012

Book Reviews

 By CHRISTOPHER DAVIES

The Football Writers’ Association Books Panel are in the processing of finalising their short list of football books of the year for 2011. While reading some outstanding books published last year is hugely enjoyable, it is fair to assume there will be heated debate when it comes to selecting the top six. The standard, as always, is high.

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April 25, 2011

British Sports Books Awards: Results

 Patrick Barclay and Brian Scovell, both members of the FWA Committee of long standing, both had books nominated in the 2011 British Sports Books Awards at the Savoy on May 9. Patrick's was "Football - Bloody Hell" a biography of Sir ALex Ferguson and Brian's was "Bill Nicholson: Football's Perfectionist."

Brian's book which has just come out in paperback, was also entered in the Biogaphy Section. Five of our Committe members chose Anthony Clavane's "Promised Lane The Reinvention of Leeds United" in the Football Section and they were Mike Collett (chairman), Martin Lipton, Glenn Moore, John Ley and Gerry Cox.

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February 19, 2011

FWA Shortlist for Football Book of the Year

 EACH YEAR, a select band from the national committee of the Football Writers’ Association, take some time out from writing their own words to read as many football books as possible before deciding on the Football Book of the Year, one of the main categories in the increasingly influential British Sports Book Awards. This year’s winner will be announced at a gala dinner at the Savoy Hotel on May 9.

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November 30, 2010

Book Club: ‘Thank You Hermann Goering’

 In his time working for the Daily Sketch and Daily Mail, Brian Scovell probably reported on more Test matches and international football matches than any other English sportswriter. This fascinating, amusing and moving memoir is filled with hundreds of anecdotes and insights into top sports personalities and other public figures, including previously untold stories about Maggie Thatcher, John Major, Princess Diana, Brian Lara, Enoch Powell, and Alan Sugar.

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November 29, 2010

Book Club: Scovell achieves third Double

 Brian Scovell, our longest serving member on the FWA Committee, has achieved a third Double in the season that Tottenham Hotspur won the first Double of the last century. His biography of Bill Nicholson commemorating the 50th anniversary has been widely reviewed and his 25th book has just come out, a memoir entitled "Thank You Hermann Goering - A Life of a Sports Writer." Frank Keating said of it "a triumph, it's a terrific piece of work and I read it in one sitting, well, two."

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September 23, 2009

FWA Book Club: Forgive Us Our Press Passes

 From Forgive Us Our Press Passes (Know The Score Books - Amazon £13.99).

Never before have so many leading football writers been united in one publication. Newspaper rivalries are set aside as the Football Writers' Association present a unique collection of more than 60 original essays on every aspect of modern football. Know The Score Books are giving 10 per cent of the retail price of the book to Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity. The best writers have come together for the best of causes.

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