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Ivan Sharpe – the FWA’s Founding Father
MIKE COLLETT, FWA member and resident historian, has done more than most to revive the name of Ivan Sharpe, one of our founding fathers, back to prominence in the history of the game. Now that the National Football Museum have taken over Ivan's personal collection of memorabilia from over 60 years as player and journalist, Ivan's remarkable story and lasting legacy to the beautiful game can be told. This article by Mike first appeared in BackPass magazine. Our thanks for permission to reprint it: http://www.backpassmagazine.co.uk/
Tags: FWA, HIstory, Ivan Sharpe, mike collett, National Football Museum
Carrie Brown becomes first female Chair of the FWA
CARRIE BROWN has succeeded Paddy Barclay as Chair of the Football Writers' Association, the first woman to hold the role and the first female chair of a major football organisation.
Carrie, who is Senior Sports Correspondent for beIN Sport, was elected unanimously at the FWA's Annual General Meeting on April 23.
Tags: AGM, Carrie Brown, mike collett, Paddy Barclay
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium media facilities
Tottenham Hotspur stadium media facilities
The FWA have been in consultation for some time with Tottenham Hotspur over media facilities at the club's new stadium, and the results are stunning.
Tags: Gerry Cox, media facilities, mike collett, Simon Felstein, Tottenham Hotspur stadium
Football Book of the Year shortlist announced
The shortlist for the Football Book of the Year has been announced with former winner James Montague among the six contenders for this year’s top prize in the 16th Sports Book Awards.
His probe into football’s super rich owners — The Billionaires Club — contrasts sharply with Tom van Hulsen’s book — Game Changers — on Dutchmen Arnold Muhren and Frans Thijssen, who were the outstanding stars of Bobby Robson’s Ipswich Town team three decades ago.
Tags: Bob Paisley, Bob Paisly, Football Book of the Year, Guillem Balague, Ian Herbert, Ipswich Town, James Montague, Liverpool FC, Manchester United, Mauricio Pochettino, mike collett, Owen Amos, patrick barclay, Shortlist, Sir Matt Busby, Tom van Hulsen
“DON’T BREAK GRANNY’S WINDOWS,” SAID PRINCE WILLIAM
IT IS fair to say that until last week there was a glaring omission in my CV despite 42 years of writing about football since I first cut my teeth reporting on Finchley at Summers Lane in the Athenian League.I must admit I had never covered a match in which the half-time refreshments were served on silver platters by tail-coated footmen – and it’s also a pretty fair assumption to say I will never do so again.
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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 ...
Tags: football writing, journalism, mike collett, my week
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