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Press Box Confidential – Summer Specials
We are delighted to announce a new series of Press Box Confidential starting today, looking ahead to Euro 2020 by looking back on Euro 1992 with FWA members and former England strikers Gary Lineker and Alan Smith joining hosts Paul McCarthy and Des Kelly.Keep coming back throughout the tournament for more summer specials, brought to you in association with our title sponsors William Hill. Listen on Apple, Spotify and here:
Tags: Alan Smith, Des Kelly, Euro 1992, Euro 2020, Gary Lineker, paul mccarthy, Press Box Confi
Gareth Southgate honoured by the FWA
Gareth Southgate became the latest recipient of the FWA Tribute Award at a star-studded ceremony in London's Savoy Hotel on Sunday January 20.The England manager was honoured for leading the Three Lions to the World Cup final last summer, and importantly for helping to reconnect the national team to their fans and the media.
Tags: england, FWA Tribute Award, Gareth Southgate, Gary Lineker
Albert Sewell, MBE, RIP
Tributes have been pouring in after the passing of Albert Sewell MBE, who died aged 90 earlier this week. Albert was a life member of the FWA, the first employee and then director of Hayters sports agency and long-time editor of Chelsea's club programme. He was also the BBC's football statistics expert from 1968 until his retirement in 2005, often referred to by Match of the Day host Des Lynam as 'Our Albert'.
Tags: Albert Sewell, bbc, BBC Match of the Day, Bob Wilson, Chelsea, Gary Lineker, Grandstand, Hayters
FWA Live: Football Writers’ Association unveils Euro 2012 preview event
The Football Writers’ Association has today launched the first ‘FWA Live’ event – a preview evening featuring a selection of the most respected football writers in the country who will look ahead to this summer’s European Championships in Poland and Ukraine.Tags: Andy Dunn, Charlotte Jackson, euro 2012, FWA Live, Gary Lineker, Henry Winter, Matt Lawton, Shaun Custis