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FWA Q&A: MARK GLEESON
MARK GLEESON on a free Camel in the press box...a rat-infested room in Brazzaville...and some Hot Chilli Peppers in the barHave you ever worked in a profession other than football?
I started my journalistic career covering the courts, schools fetes and the ladies society’s tea parties but thankfully that did not last long. I got a chance to cover football very early on in my career, first as a substitute and quickly thereafter full-time.
Tags: 1986 World Cup, Apartheid, barcelona, Cape Town, Delia Fischer, Gary Bailey, Jomo Cosmos, lionel messi, Mabhida Stadium, Maradona, Mark Gleeson, Peter Drury, Robert Kitson, Soccer City, South Africa, Super Bowl
FWA Q&A: KEVIN BAXTER
KEVIN BAXTER of the Los Angeles Times on why Manchester is the culinary capital of the world...the wonderful Doghouse...and the importance of learning a second languageHave you ever worked in a profession other than football?
As for covering the sport, I came very late to football – and even later to a deep appreciation of it. For more than 20 years I primarily covered baseball and only became involved in football because my newspaper needed a Spanish speaker to follow the Mexico team through its preparations for the 2010 World Cup. I followed the team through Europe then to ...
Tags: Asamoah Gyan, Azteca, baseball, Bruce Arena, Family Guy, Giovani Dos Santos, Kevin Baxter, Landon Donovan, lionel messi, Los Angeles Times, Manchester, Mexico, Mexico City, Old Trafford, Ozzie Guillen, Wembley, world cup
FWA Q&A: IAN HAWKEY
IAN HAWKEY on covering Ba#celona...the singing nuns of Ougadougou...and don’t mention the WaughHave you ever worked in a profession other than football?
Some temporary shop jobs with unsightly uniforms and a stint as a painter-and-decorator, but otherwise worked only as a journalist, in various capacities, but mainly sports reporting.
Tags: AC Milan, barcelona, cricket, Fulham, Juventus, lionel messi, Malcolm Macdonald, Manchester United, Mark Waugh, Real Madrid, Rome, Roy Hodgson, Saint Etienne, San Mames, Sardines, Zidane
FWA Q&A: CHRIS BASCOMBE
CHRIS BASCOMBE of the Daily Telegraph on having to praise Hamilton Ricard...digital incest...and a Royle banHave you ever worked in a profession other than football?
I worked in a pub in the Old Swan area of Liverpool. If the acts booked for the evening’s entertainment didn't end their set with 'The Best' by Tina Turner there was a riot. Used to be quite tricky for the Irish Revolutionary Ceilidh bands to learn the words.
Tags: barcelona, Brendan Rodgers, Chris Bascombe, Clive Tyldesley, Emile Heskey, Everton, Hamilton Ricard, Istanbul, Joe Royle, lionel messi, liverpool, Millennium Stadium, Phil McNulty, Thierry Henry, Twitter, Wimbledon
FWA Interview: Messi El Magnifico
Graham Turner on the player who has made football writers exhaust every superlativeIt is one of the more remarkable statistics of the season – a couple of weeks ago Lionel Messi and Pepe were both suspended for one game after collecting five yellow cards.
The Barcelona beauty and the Bernabeu beast – could there be two more contrasting players? Messi, who is doing his best to prove the impossible can be done and Pepe, the snarling face of the Special One’s Real Madrid.
Tags: barcelona, Champions League, El Classico, Graham Turner, lionel messi
Barcelona since 2008
On the field – 10/10In the transfer market: 5 hits, 7 misses
Total loss: £206.6m
By CHRISTOPHER DAVIES
PEP GUARDIOLA is hailed as the best young manager in world football. No one can doubt his Barcelona Dream Team are one of the greatest of all time.
Yet Barcelona’s dealings in the transfer market in the three years since he was appointed have proved much less successful than Guardiola’s on-field triumphs.
Tags: barcelona, Christopher Davies, editorial, lionel messi, opinion, pep guardiola
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