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Oliver Holt Q&A
Oliver Holt the Mail on Sunday's new Chief Sports Writer gives a Q&A on Jose Mourinho, Mario Balotelli and whether Lionel Messi is better than Cristiano Ronaldo.Reproduced courtesy of @MailOnline
Tags: barclays premier league, daily mail, football journalism, FWA, journalism, manchester city, Manchester United
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: ANDY DILLON
ANDY DILLON of The Sun on being Vince Champagne...his fear of Harry’s open car window...and a naked sauna with an unknown female...Have you ever worked in a profession other than football?
I worked on a building site labouring as a teenager but got sacked after having a fight with the foreman. Construction's loss is football's gain I like to think. I have also had various jobs including filing the insides of the telescopic legs of fold up fishing chairs to make them fit and buttering bread at the Student Union while at University. I also made cash as a ...
Tags: Andy Dillon, Chelsea, frank lampard, FWA Q&A, Harry Redknapp, journalism, Paolo di Canio, The Sun, West Ham, Wimbledon
THE FAX BEHIND THE MOST SENSATIONAL TRANSFER IN BRITISH FOOTBALL
Football writers are reluctant to reveal their sources, but here JACK IRVINE tells the details behind the exclusive story of the ground-breaking transfer of former Celtic striker Mo Johnston to Rangers.By JACK IRVINE
The Sun has been a potent force in Scottish journalism since its launch in 1987.
Tags: Bill McMurdo, Celtic, David Murray, Graeme Souness, Ibrox, Jack Irvine, journalism, Majorca, Maurice Johnston, Rangers, Sands charity, The Daily Record, The Sun, Walter Smith
FWA Q&A: TOM HOPKINSON
TOM HOPKINSON of the People on packing Hula Hoops and Hobs Nobs...the missing dentist’s chair...and no Kidding, looking like RonaldoYour first ever job in journalism?
I had three months on the Coalville, Ashby and Swadlincote Times but have always felt my first proper job was on the Romford Recorder. So many on Fleet Street got their breaks with the Recorder Series - it was and I'm sure still is a fantastic training ground - and I got mine when I replaced the man who replaced my People colleague, Dave Kidd. I'll be for ever grateful to Peter Butcher, our ...
Tags: barcelona, Fratton Park, Gazza, John Murray, journalism, San Siro, Spain, tottenham hotspur
Brodkin the lone Guardian of the Sports Desk
BY CHRISTOPHER DAVIESFor Jon Brodkin, December 25 was just another working day on the Guardian sports desk. With one significant difference – he was the only member of the staff on duty along with colleague Penny Woods who was looking after the web site.
Yesterday was the first Boxing Day the Guardian had published during deputy news editor (sport) Brodkin’s time with the newspaper so a Christmas work rota had never been necessary.
Tags: christmas, journalism, the guardian
Barclay to leave The Times in January
By CHRISTOPHER DAVIESPatrick Barclay is to leave the Times next month after two and a half years as the newspaper’s chief football commentator.
His departure is by mutual consent, a phrase that raises cynical eyebrows when related to a managerial exit but Barclay, one of the most experienced and respected football writers in what older hacks still call Fleet Street, insists it is true.
Tags: football journalism, journalism, patrick barclay, the times
Steve Tongue: My Week
Find out what The Independent on Sunday's Steve Tongue has been up to with the latest in our My Week series...Friday November 4
To NUJ chapel meeting regarding the forthcoming merger of sports desks on the Independent, Independent on Sunday and Evening Standard. There have been times in the past 38 years when union subs have felt a luxury but the Indy chapel remains one of the best supported in what we used to call Fleet Street. Militant mood on hearing that there could be up to 20 redundancies overall, the feeling being that resources are already stretched ...
Tags: football writing, journalism, my week, Steve Tongue
Glenn Moore: My Week
Find out what The Independent's Glenn Moore has been up to with the latest in our My Week series...Friday October 28
I'm normally in The Independent's Kensington office on Fridays, working on our Saturday sports supplement, but there's a change of schedule today. I'm up early to finish off a story about ‘The Four Year Plan’, a highly-revealing forthcoming film about QPR in the Briatore/Ecclestone era, then it's off to the fourth and final day taking the FA’s Youth Award, module 1, one of the new generation courses which focuses on ...
Tags: football writing, Glenn Moore, journalism, my week
Mike Collett: My Week
Find out what Reuters Soccer Editor Mike Collett has been up to with the latest in our My Week series...
Thursday Oct 20
The one thing certain about being a journalist is that no two weeks, no two days in fact, are ever the same. As the football editor of Reuters, the world’s largest international news agency, I tend to spend a fair amount of time travelling. This year alone I’ve been to Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Poland, Ukraine, Germany, France….and Aldgate in east London where the Reuters sports desk is based. It so happens that writing the diary ...
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