Tag Archives: FWA
Brian Scovell becomes 1st Life Vice-President
The Football Writers' Association is delighted to announce that Brian Scovell has been made the first Life Vice-President of the Association.
Brian, who was chairman in 1980, has been recognised for his outstanding contribution to the FWA as both a Life Member and the longest serving member of the National Committee.
Tags: Brian Scovell, FWA, Life Vice President, National Commttee
FWA AGM – August 7th
The FWA's Annual General Meeting will be held next Tuesday August 7 at noon at the Old Bank of England on Fleet Street, London.All FWA members are encouraged to attend. On the agenda will be finance, election of officers and the Chairman's report on the past year.
Please contact General Secretary Paul McCarthy if you need more information.
Tags: AGM, Chairman, Finance, Fleet Street, FWA, national chairman, Old Bank of England
“The best World Cup of the lot”
The World Cup in Russia was a huge success on the pitch, and also a triumph off it, with excellent working facilities for journalists and an outstanding effort from the FA's Media Operations team for those covering England.In this audio podcast, Henry Winter of the Times, who has covered eight World Cups, and Gerry Cox of Hayters Teamwork, who has covered seven, discuss what it's like to be part of the media at the biggest sporting event in the World, and how this summer's version compares with previous ones.
Tags: england, FWA, Henry Winter, Russia 2018, the times, world cup
Salah and Kirby collect FWA awards
Mo Salah of Liverpool and Fran Kirby of Chelsea Ladies collected their Footballer and Womens Footballer of the Year awards at the Football Writes' Association's annual dinner in London on Thursday May 10.Both stars were enormously popular winners and gave thanked the FWA and their football colleagues in their speeches. Both had other commitments in their busy schedules - Kirby left later in the evening to attend Chelsea's awards night, while Salah flew in by private jet from Liverpool's own awards event.
Tags: Footballer of the Year, Fran Kirby, FWA, liverpool, Mo Salah, patrick barclay, Paul Hetherington, Phil Neville, Premier League, Sir Alex Ferguson, Steve Bates
MO SALAH IS FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR
SALAH IS FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR
Mohamed Salah is the Football Writers' Association's Footballer of the Year.
The Liverpool forward narrowly beat Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne in a ballot of over 400 FWA members, with the winning margin less than 20 votes.
Tags: Footballer of the Year, Fran Kirby, FWA, harry Kane, Kevin de Bruyne, liverpool, Mo Salah, patrick barclay, Women's Footballer of the year
Footballer of the Year voting
Voting has opened for Footballer of the Year, and all FWA members should by now have received an email with a code for online voting. If you have not received an email, however, or would like to register your vote by email, phone, text or post, please contact our executive secretary Paul McCarthy on paul@maccamedia.co.uk or 07831 650977 . Voting closes on midnight April 30th.Tags: Footballer of the Year, FWA, patrick barclay, paul mccarthy, Voting
Jamie Vardy voted FWA Footballer of the Year 2016
Leicester forward Jamie Vardy is the Football Writers’ Association Footballer of the Year 2016.
The England international collected 36% of members’ votes, making him a clear winner ahead of Foxes' team-mates Riyad Mahrez and N'Golo Kante.
The 29-year-old has scored 24 goals for club and country so far this season, which have helped to put Leicester on the verge of winning the Barclays Premier League title.
Tags: england, football#, Footballer of the Year, FWA, Jamie Vardy, Leicester City, Premier League
FWA Northern Managers Awards Dinner 2015
The 2015 FWA Northern Managers Awards Dinner will take place at the Radisson Blu Edwardian Hotel in Manchester on Sunday December 6.This year's award winners are SIMON GRAYSON (Preston North End) and DAVE FLITCROFT (Bury). Special award winners: GRAHAM FENTON (North Shields) and BILLY HEATH (North Ferriby United), with Guest of honour: SAM ALLARDYCE also set to attend.
Tags: FWA, Manchester, Preston
Ken Gorman
The Football Writers' Association is sad to report the passing of former member Ken Gorman, who died in Cardiff on Sunday night.Ken, who was 72, worked for many titles covering boxing as well as football.
He spent several years with the News of the World and Daily Star and was working up to his death as a freelance, primarily for the Sunday Mirror.
Tags: Daily Star, FWA, News of The World, Sunday Mirror
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
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