Tag Archives: Daily Express
Steve Curry remembered – by Rob Shepherd
Steve Curry could have been a Shakespearian actor.
He often recited soliloquies and speeches from Henry V to Macbeth - via Coronation Street - word perfect and with a pitch that would have satisfied Richard Burton, from erudite lips poised above a Kirk Douglas chin.
Tags: Bobby Robson, Bryan Robson, Daily Express, Italia 90, Rob Shepherd, Steve Curry
Steve Curry – by Neil Harman
A tribute to Steve Curry by Neil Harman, who was his competitor, colleague and close friend for more than 30 years.My father was a broadsheet Daily Express man through and through. He never bought any other newspaper. When I was an upstart kid reporter on the Southend Evening Echo in the 1970s, the Daily Mail’s stringer Alf Smirk, used to tell me I’d write for the paper one day. Dad told me I should aspire to write for the Express.
Tags: Daily Express, daily mail, Neil Harman, Steve Curry
Steve Curry – more tributes
Tributes have been flowing for Steve Curry, our friend, colleague and former FWA Chairman, who has passed away after a short illness at the age of 76:Norman Giller, his former Express colleague and friend, tweeted: “Reeling from news of Steve Curry’s passing. We were close colleagues at the Express. One of the best contacts men in the football reporting business and a great raconteur. We were together recently and I jokingly mocked him for being overweight. A good man.”
Tags: Colleagues, Daily Express, Friends, Gerry Cox, James Mossop, John Cross, Mike Parry, Norman Giller, paul mccarthy, Steve Bates
FWA Q&A: PAUL McCARTHY
FWA Q&A: PAUL McCARTHY
Have you ever worked in a profession other than football?
I worked in several bars during a spell living in California, but jacked the last one in when about the 20th customer that night asked me what part of Australia I was from.
Tags: barcelona, Brazil, Daily Express, Football Writers' Association, journalism
FWA Q&A: RICHARD TANNER
RICHARD TANNER of the Daily Express on steamy windows...signing as a Gerry...and staying in a Munich broom cupboardHave you ever worked in a profession other than football?
No. My only other jobs were back in my schooldays – strawberry picking, potato picking, loading fruit and veg lorries and working in a car parts warehouse. Gone downhill since really.
Tags: Daily Express, FWA Q&A, manchester city, Nou Camp, QPR, richard tanner
Giving Alan Ball a piggy-back after the 1966 World Cup win…drinks with Ronnie Biggs…and praying for the phone to ring
As Fleet Street legend STEVE CURRY celebrates his 70th birthday he looks back on a successful and eventful career.By CHRISTOPHER DAVIES
IT WAS Cassius Clay who was the springboard for Steve Curry’s career as a football writer.
And when a young, innocent lad from Lancashire came to London his life literally went to pot.
Tags: 1966 World Cup, Alan Ball, Brazil, Cassius Clay, Daily Express, daily mail, england, Fleet Street, John Barnes, Steve Curry
FWA Q&A: Tony Banks
TONY BANKS of the Daily Express on mixing up the Laudrups...upsetting Harry of Romford Market...and drinking with Scottish oilmen in Qatar...Your first ever job in journalism?
I worked on the Informer group of free newspapers in Surrey/Middlesex area. Started off doing match reports for nowt for them on Kingstonian in the Isthmian League. Wouldn' t recommend working for nothing though.
Tags: Daily Express, football#, FWA Q&A
FWA Q&A: Matt Law
Matt Law of the Daily Express on mopping the ceiling, sleeping on a bench and an enjoyable Killing...Your first ever newspaper?
The Tamworth Herald.
Have you ever worked in a profession other than journalism?
I was a paper-boy and also once volunteered to clean the school for extra cash, but I was sacked for mopping the ceiling.
Tags: Daily Express, FWA Q&A, matt law
My Week: Richard Tanner
ANOTHER QUIET WEEK IN MANCHESTERRooney rumours...breaking embargos...and why Roscoe wants to get out more but can’t
Sunday January 1st
The week actually starts on Sunday morning as all daily sports journalists know too only well. Pick up the papers with some hesitation and Nick Harris' excellent exclusive in the Mail on Sunday about Wayne Rooney being disciplined by Sir Alex Ferguson for his Boxing Day ‘night out' confirms my worst fears.
Tags: Daily Express, my week, richard tanner
FWA Q&A: Ian Ridley
In this week's FWA Q&A we take to Daily Express football columnist Ian Ridley about England scoops, dodgy computers and that night in Munich... In this week's FWA Q&A we take to Daily Express football columnist Ian Ridley about England scoops, dodgy computers and that night in Munich...Tags: Daily Express, FWA Q&A, ian ridley
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