Tag Archives: Wembley
FWA Live – Lampard and Scott on fine form
Our latest FWA Live was a great success, with England Legends Frank Lampard and Alex Scott joining Carrie Brown, Neil Ashton and Paul McCarthy on a panel to discuss the FA Cup final, World Cup and many other topics.Supported by our title sponsors William Hill, it was held at the Landmark Hotel, London, on Thursday May 17 and covered a lot of ground. Frank and Alex kindly donated their fees to charity. Frank donated his to the Matthew Harding Trust while Alex supported Millwall Lionesses, who are struggling to survive.
Tags: Alex Scott, Carrie Brown, Chelsea, england, fa cup final, frank lampard, FWA Live, Manchester United, Neil Ashton, paul mccarthy, Wembley, William Hill, world cup
FWA Q&A: GRAHAM NICKLESS
GRAHAM NICKLESS on why he likes Friday...not being hot stuff in Dijon...and getting shirty about numbersHave you ever worked in a profession other than football?
My first full-time job after school was working in London as an insurance clerk.
Most memorable match?
Watching England beat West Germany 4-2 at Wembley to win the World Cup on my family’s black-and-white TV alongside my late dad, Fred, in 1966.
Tags: Bill McLaren, Fabrizio Ravenelli, FWA Q&A, Gary Johnson, Graham Nickless, Jimmy Greaves, Pele, Wembley, White Hart Lane
FWA Q&A: JAMES NURSEY
JAMES NURSEY of the Daily Mirror on a bad gag at Peterborough...the hairdryer from Bruce and O’Neill...and being on the bleach in BulgariaYour first ever newspaper?
The Argus in Sussex in 2001. I had a job covering Non-League football for the paper and various other sports.
Have you ever worked in a profession other than journalism?
Tags: Arsenal Invincibles, Chris Hughton, cristiano ronaldo, daily mirror, FWA Q&A, James Nursey, Martin O'Neill, Peterborough, Steve Bruce, The Masters, Thomas Sorensen, Wembley
Michael Calvin on Millwall and FA Cup Violence
What distresses me is that people had taken their children to Wembley for their first big game and the kids were so terrified they don’t want to go to football again – Michael CalvinBy CHRISTOPHER DAVIES
NOBODY saw it coming, not least Michael Calvin who spent a year virtually living with Millwall to write “Family – Life, Death and Football.” Families may argue, but fight?
Tags: FA Cup, fa cup semi final, michael calvin, millwall, Wembley, Wigan
‘Those who work for Millwall must pull their hair out at times at the way the club are depicted’
TOBY PORTER on the public perception of FA Cup semi-finalists MillwallBy CHRISTOPHER DAVIES
NO ONE may like Millwall, but Toby Porter certainly does care about how others view the club.
Porter is the sports editor of the South London Press and has covered Millwall for 11 years. Millwall have a stigma, mostly outdated and based on events from 30 or 40 years ago, but it is an image that the club will find difficult to shake off even though they have done everything to eliminate violence and racism with success.
Tags: FA Cup, Kenny Jackett, millwall, The Den, Toby Porter, Wembley, Wigan Athletic
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: PHILIP QUINN
PHILIP QUINN, football correspondent of the Irish Daily Mail, on meeting himself...why a football writer was Man of the Match in Paris...and bunged up for a week at the Tour de FranceHave you ever worked in a profession other than football?
No. Signed on as a freelance aged 17 in 1979 with the Evening Herald armed with notebook, pen, wide-eyed wonder and, crucially, a copy of the Dublin bus timetables. Nearly 35 years on, the wonder has never left me.
Tags: Brian McDermott, Carlos Alberto, Champions League Final, colin young, Diego Maradona, Gortakeegan, Ireland, Irish Daily Mail, Jonathan Wilson, manchester city, match of the day, Mick McCarthy, Philip Quinn, Tour de France, Wembley, world cup
CAPITAL ONE WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR THIS FINAL
By CHRISTOPHER DAVIESSIMON PARKER, the football writer closest to Bradford City, on the rise and rise of the Bantams
"In the future everybody will be world famous for 15 minutes" – Andy Warhol, 1968.
BRADFORD CITY are one win away from securing a place in the Europa League. Old sages may say nothing in football surprises them, but the rise and rise of the Bantams is up there with all the tales of the unexpected the occasionally beautiful game can offer.
Tags: Andy Warhol, Arsenal, Aston Villa, Bradford City, Capital One Cup, Europa League, Geoffrey Richmond, League Two, Phil Parkinson, Simon Parker, swansea city, Wembley
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