Tag Archives: talkSPORT
YOHAN KEBAB? THERE ARE PLENTY OF TASTY NAMES THAT ARE FAR FROM LAMB-EASY TO PRONOUNCE
By CHRISTOPHER DAVIESWE HAVE all been there and done it, suffered a bout of foot in the mouth disease and mispronounced someone’s name incorrectly. Joe Kinnear does not have the monopoly on malapropisms, but he raised the bar to an ignominious art form during his talkSPORT interview with Andy Goldstein and Bobby Gould on Monday evening’s Sportsbar.
Tags: Derek Llambias, Joe Kinnear, Newcastle United, talkSPORT, Yohan Cabaye
DARRAGH’S DREAM IS THE PERFECT FOOTBALL MAGAZINE
By CHRISTOPHER DAVIESDARRAGH MacAnthony loves football, so much that in 2007 he bought Peterborough United. Last year the Dubliner published a book about this called From Hobby To Obsession. Last week saw the first edition of Twentyfour7 Football, a monthly football magazine – chairman: Darragh MacAnthony.
Tags: Barry Silkman, Charlotte Jackson, Darragh MacAnthony, FourFourTwo, Hayley McQueen, magazine, Neil Gilby, oliver holt, oliver kay, Sky Sports, talkSPORT, Twentyfour7 Football, World Soccer
GIRLS ALLOWED – THE OFFSIDE RULE FLIES THE FOOTBALL FLAG FOR FEMALES
By CHRISTOPHER DAVIESIT'S A MAN'S GAME and if you haven't played football you don't really know the sport. Just two of the neanderthal opinions still held by some, the situation not helped when you Google "female sports writers" and "The 50 Hottest Sports Broadcasters In the World" is the first entry. Written by a female.
Tags: Clare Balding, Female Sports Writers, Gabby Logan, Georgie Bingham, Hayley McQueen, Hazel Irvine, Helen Chamberlain, Hope Powell, Jacqui Oatley, Kait Borsay, Kelly Cates, Kelly Smith, Lynsey Hooper, Rebecca Lowe, Sky Sports News, Soccer AM, Sports Journalists, talkSPORT
“IT WAS A MIX OF ANGER, DEFIANCE AND CONFRONTATION” – Daniel Taylor of the Guardian
footballwriters.co.uk looks at the media coverage of Arsene Wenger’s most amazing press conferenceBy CHRISTOPHER DAVIES
TWO THINGS took the assembled football writers attending Arsene Wenger’s press conference on the eve of Arsenal’s Champions League tie against Bayern Munich by surprise. Firstly, that a manager known for being so helpful to the media suddenly turned on the French equivalent of the hair-dryer and secondly, that a story about him being offered a new two-year deal upset him so much.
Tags: Arsenal, Arsene Wenger, Bayern Munich, Champions League, David McDonnell, Henry Winter, John Cross, jokes, Neil Ashton, oliver kay, press conference, Sam Wallace, Simon Yeend, Steven Howard, talkSPORT
THE SAVOY SHOW GOES ON THANKS TO A DEGREE IN APPLIED STATISTICS
By CHRISTOPHER DAVIESFOOTBALL WRITERS are used to working to deadlines. However many words may be needed for the match report, whatever the deadline...even if the WiFi goes down or the lap-top waves its ignominious magic wand and makes the copy disappear into the ether...words will be filed on time. Somehow.
Tags: Alan Shearer, barclays premier league, Five Live, George Best, Graham Taylor, Henry Winter, Jamie Carragher, Kenny Dalglish, paul mccarthy, Savoy, Sky Sports, Steven Gerrard, talkSPORT
FWA Q&A: Geoff Peters
talkSPORT’s GEOFF PETERS on being given a mouthful by Serbs...going out with a manager’s girlfriend...and why Winter is best.Have you ever worked in a profession other than football?
In my formative journalistic years as a teenager, working on a free weekly newspaper and then for a press agency, I had to cover stuff like inquests, magistrates courts etc and even got roped in to do some stuff for the entertainment pages. It once took me a whole day to write a review of a play. The editor never asked me again. I've been a DJ since the age of ...
Tags: FWA Q&A, Geoff Peters, talkSPORT
FWA Q&A: Warren Haughton
We talk to talkSPORT producer Warren Haughton about the 1999 Champions League final, spare batteries and scoring in the FA Cup.Your first ever newspaper?
The first ever newspapers I wrote for were The Sun and Daily Star when I was working for Hayters on a work experience basis.
Tags: talkSPORT, Warren Houghton
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