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FWA Q&A: David Miller
DAVID MILLER on stepping back in time in Albania...a two and a half hour meal with Alf Ramsey...and staying in a war-time barracks in WolverhamptonHave you ever worked in a profession other than football?
A sports PR consultant 1990-2013. Also written 12 books on the Olympic Games.
Most memorable match?
Tags: 1956 World Cup Final, David Miller, FWA Q&A, Pele, stanley matthews
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
FWA Q&A: NICK SZCZEPANIK
NICK SZCZEPANIK on a wee problem at Portsmouth...a chilly Big Apple reception for mustard...and feeling dicky in BucharestHave you ever worked in a profession other than football?
Quite a few, most recently arts publicity. Best football-related memory of that is spending a day while a Brighton Festival press officer with the late, great Brian Glover, Mr Sugden from Kes. And a Barnsley fan.
Tags: Anfield, Arsenal, Brazil, Bucharest, FWA Q&A, Nick Szczepanik, Portsmouth
Junior FWA Q&A
Conor Schmidt (son of The Times sports writer Alyson Rudd) on a rare Brede at Fulham and pouring brandy down a diner’s cleavageTell us a little about yourself...age, school, favourite and least favourite subjects?
I am 14 and I go to Hampton school. My favourite subject is Spanish and my least favourite is geography.
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FWA Q&A: THE SECRET FOOTBALL WRITER
THE SECRET FOOTBALL WRITER on ZZ tops...an offal meal in Bordeaux...and expensive Russian wives
Have you ever worked in a profession other than football?
Stacking shelves at Sainsbury's helped to pay my way through school and university - a remarkably unremarkable job only made bearable by the freely available freshly squeezed orange juice in the chillers out the back which got many of us through the 7am Saturday/Sunday starts. Ownership of the reduction labels for soon to be out of date produce also provided family and friends with some amazing bargains.
Tags: 1999 European Cup Final, Allianz Arena, Bordeaux, FWA Q&A, Jonathan Pearce, Leverkusen, Paul Hayward, Secret Footballer, Zidane
FWA Q&A: GRAHAM NICKLESS
GRAHAM NICKLESS on why he likes Friday...not being hot stuff in Dijon...and getting shirty about numbersHave you ever worked in a profession other than football?
My first full-time job after school was working in London as an insurance clerk.
Most memorable match?
Watching England beat West Germany 4-2 at Wembley to win the World Cup on my family’s black-and-white TV alongside my late dad, Fred, in 1966.
Tags: Bill McLaren, Fabrizio Ravenelli, FWA Q&A, Gary Johnson, Graham Nickless, Jimmy Greaves, Pele, Wembley, White Hart Lane
FWA Q&A: JOHN LEY
JOHN LEY of the Daily Telegraph on a numb right arm..a Faroe time eating puffin....and missing out on the world’s largest brandyHave you ever worked in a profession other than football?
No, apart from a paper round. I started in the profession at 15, while still at school, working part-time for the Hayters Sports Reporting Agency, plugging in telephones (the ones that weren’t mobile) and reading copy over for journalists to copy-takers. Although now as a production journalist at the Telegraph, I handle all sports.
Tags: Amsterdam ArenA, daily telegraph, Denis Law, Eusebio, FWA Q&A, Harry Redknapp, John Ley, Ryan Giggs, sir bobby robson
FWA Q&A: Jacqui Oatley
JACQUI OATLEY of BBC Radio 5 Live on when she made Wenger lose the will to live...laughing at a guest’s name...and cold cabbage in DonetskHave you ever worked in a profession other than football?
Yes, I accidentally fell into intellectual property. I did a German degree before travelling round the world for a year, expecting to know what I wanted to do by the end of it. But I still had no idea. I didn't realise that a career in football was a realistic option. I moved to London and, via a language agency, became sales and marketing manager ...
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FWA Q&A: BOB “the Cat” BEVAN MBE
BOB “the Cat” BEVAN MBE on a Shorthorn...fun with the Fire Brigade in Mauritius...and Duncan Edwards’ autographHave you ever worked in a profession other than after dinner speaking?
Trainee rep in a builder’s merchants in Shoreditch, East London, then sub-editor on Lloyd’s List and Shipping Gazette (world’s oldest daily newspaper) rising to Asst Chief Reporter by age 20, sold Kleen-e-zee Brushes round the doors part-time while at the List as we worked afternoons and evenings, Head of PR for Shorthorn Society and produced six editions of the Dairy Shorthorn Jounal (which I’ll show you if you’re not careful), Deputy ...
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FWA Q&A: Paul Lennon
Paul Lennon of the Irish Daily Star on a smelly Stafa...taking the Pierce...and why Jack is all rightHave you ever worked in a profession other than football?
In weekly newspapers, The Drogheda Local News and Meath Weekender in Navan, I covered news, features, music and many sports. While football featured prominently, so too did gaelic football and, to a lesser extent, hurling. When I began to work in Dublin, I initially combined football with the two gaelic codes.
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