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16EditorialTerry Venables, by Alex Montgomery
Former FWA Chairman Alex Montgomery knew Terry Venables better than most. Here is his personal tribute to the former Barcelona, Tottenham and...
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74EditorialTerry Venables: 1943-2023
TERRY VENABLES, ONE OF ENGLAND’S GREATEST MANAGERS, HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 80 Tributes poured in on Sunday after the death...
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254AwardsSuccessful Northern Managers Awards night
By Paul Hetherington THE football pyramid from the Premier League to the National League was honoured at the FWA’s Northern Managers’ Awards...
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285AwardsNorthern Managers Awards dinner – Nov 5
Pep Guardiola, Erik ten Hag and seven other trophy-winners to be honoured in Manchester ONE of the most-successful seasons in the history...
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462EditorialDanny’s legacy – The Fullbrook Fund
FULHAM FANS LAUNCH THE FULLBROOK FUND Fulham fans have come together to launch a fund to support the football correspondents of the...
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627EditorialThe Trevor Francis I knew – from boy to man, by Gary Newbon
Broadcaster Gary Newbon, the first FWA member to interview Trevor Francis when the wonderkid was only 14, pays a personal tribute to...
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532AudioPride and the Women’s World Cup
For the third year running, the FWA and Sports Media LGBT+ have linked up to produce Pride Month content that helps to...
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472AwardsFootballer Of the Year dinner – 75th anniversary edition
Annual awards night was a huge success with winners from past and present honoured The 75th anniversary of the Footballer of the...
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581AwardsRob Draper is FedEx European Football Writer of the Year
Mail on Sunday writer is inaugural winner of the award for his coverage of the events at last year’s UEFA Champions League...
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544AwardsFWA STUDENT FOOTBALL WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARDS WINNERS
Congratulations to Lara Alsaid, Morgan Ofori and Dom Smith who are our three winners of the FWA Student Football Writer of the...
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942AwardsFootballer of the Year awards – Erling Haaland and Sam Kerr are this year’s winners.
Congratulations to Erling Haaland and Sam Kerr for becoming our Footballer of the Year and Women’s Footballer of the Year. Haaland won...
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8.3KAwardsFedEx European Football Journalist of the Year
Shortlist announced – winner to be presented with their prize at the Footballer of the Year dinner We are delighted to announce...
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3.3KAwardsFWA Student Football Writer of the Year – final three shortlists announced
The winners will be announced on 18 May and will receive their awards at the 75th FWA Footballer of the Year ceremony in...
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2.5KAwardsFWA Student Football Writer of the Year shortlists announced
Prizes to be awarded at the Footballer of the Year dinner on May 25 The FWA Student Football Writer of the Year...
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2.5KAwardsFOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR – voting open
Voting is now open for FWA members to vote for their choice of Men’s and Women’s Footballer of the Year – winners...
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1.4KAwardsFedEx European Football Journalist of the Year
The FWA and FedEx Express are delighted to announce the formation of a new award, the FedEx European Football Journalist of the...
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721AwardsJacob Leeks wins Football v Homophobia award
Daily Mirror sports writer Jacob Leeks wins inaugural award – by Jon Holmes, FWA national committee An award to mark the football...
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603AwardsYaya Toure honoured with FWA Tribute Award
We at the FWA are proud to announce that Yaya Toure has been honoured with our Tribute for 2023. The former Barcelona,...
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654AwardsFWA welcome Football Manager as sponsor
Two-year deal to include bursaries for young people from under-represented backgrounds We at the Football Writers’ Association are delighted to announce that...
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742Awards
Student Football Writer of the Year Awards open for entry
Win £1000 in the FWA Student Football Writer of the Year Awards 2023, sponsored by Football Manager As part of our long-term...
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2.5KAwardsAnthony Patterson named FWA North East Young Player of the Year
22-year-old goalkeeper is the second successive Sunderland man to win Young Player award Sunderland goalkeeper Anthony Patterson has been named the North...
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1.0KAwardsBruno Guimaraes and Sarah Robson winners of North East FWA Awards
Newcastle’s Brazilian midfielder and Durham’s player/coach to be honoured at gala dinner on March 5 Newcastle United midfielder Bruno Guimaraes is the...
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923EditorialGrant Wahl 1974 – 2022
We are all devasted at the news of Grant Wahl’s passing while covering the World Cup in Qatar.Grant was a friend to...
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725EditorialGeoff Storey RIP
GEOFF STOREY, chief football writer on the Sunderland Echo for 19 years, has died at the age of 83. Paul Hetherington, a...
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863UncategorizedFWA Northern Managers Awards
11 Managers recognised at annual awards in Manchester on Sunday November 6th. THE Northern Branch of the FWA honoured 11 managers at...
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688EditorialNew FWA Sponsorship family
FedEx Express, Football Manager and dataPOWA join William Hill and Sky Sports as FWA sponsors FROM PAUL McCARTHY, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY Dear Member,...
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558EditorialChelsea and BCOMS evening – Oct 20th
Black content creators invited to a networking event at Stamford Bridge on Thursday Oct 20 Our friends at The Chelsea Foundation and...
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502EditorialMessage from John Cross, FWA Chair
A welcome message from the new Chair of the FWA, John Cross of the Mirror Dear Member First and foremost, I am...
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684Editorial
John Cross becomes FWA Chair
Mirror’s Chief Football Writer takes over from outgoing Chair Carrie Brown John Cross of the Mirror is the new Chair of the...
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1.1KEditorialAGM
Important date change for our Annual General Meeting to Wednesday September 21 FROM OUR EXECUTIVE SECRETARY PAUL McCARTHY Dear Member, With the...
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782EditorialTerry Neill RIP
TERRY NEILL, the former Arsenal and Northern Ireland captain and manager has died at the age of 80. We are saddened to...
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1.7KEditorialFulham remember Danny Fullbrook
Fearless Foundation remember our former friend and colleague, ten years after his death By Dan Crawford Friends and family of lifelong Fulham...
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1.4KEditorialPat Symes RIP
A tribute to a stalwart of south coast sports reporting, who has passed away. By Nick Szczepanik The many tributes on social...
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1.0KEditorialD Word Conference 4
Sluggish steps suggest sports media is still too cushy on diversity New research released at D Word Conference 4 showed some evidence...
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746UncategorizedFWA Books Committee to expand judging panel
Volunteers required for the judging panel – and there is one paid role, too. The FWA’s Books Committee, which selects the Football...
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Remembering Danny Fullbrook
REMEMBERING DANNY FULLBROOK – CRAVEN COTTAGE THIS SATURDAY 25th The Fulham Supporters’ Trust and the Fullbrook family would like to invite the friends...
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1.4KUncategorizedFWA SUPPORTS NEW FOOTBALL INDUSTRY GROUP FOR LGBTQ+ PEOPLE AND ALLIES
An industry network group for people who are LGBTQ+ within professional and semi-pro football is being launched this Pride Month. Called LGBTQ+...
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768UncategorizedPride
The FWA is the authentic voice of football journalism, and we want everyone to feel they can be their authentic self. This...
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788AwardsMohamed Salah and Sam Kerr collect their Footballer of the Year awards
Liverpool star Mo Salah, who was voted Footballer of the Year for the second time, and Chelsea striker Sam Kerr, who won...
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1.2KAwardsFootball Book of the Year – the shortlist
Seven titles have been chosen as part of the 20th Sports Book awards The FWA’s book committee is pleased to announce the...
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1.6KAwardsMohammed Salah and Sam Kerr are voted 2022 Footballers of the Year
Liverpool striker Salah is voted Footballer of the Year for a second time, and Chelsea striker Kerr wins Women’s Footballer of the...
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6.3KAwardsFWA Midlands awards – Steve Cooper and Jose Sa voted Manager and Player of the Year
Steve Cooper of Nottingham Forest voted Midlands Manager of the Year, and Wolves goalkeeper Jose Sa wins Player of the Year. Nick...
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3.4KAwardsFWA Student Football Writing Awards – the winners
Congratulations to Andrew McLean, Yara El-Shaboury and Sajidur Rahman who are the winners of this year’s FWA Student Football Writing awards. Andrew...
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2.6KEditorialNigel Pearson RIP
Nigel Pearson, who commentated on football, speedway and darts, was a good friend and colleague to many of our members. Sadly he...
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2.5KAwardsFWA Student Football Writer of the Year awards – shortlisted entries for the Unheard Voices Award
Here are the 10 entries shortlisted for the Unheard Voices award, in partnership with Kick It Out https://www.kickitout.org/. The winners will be...
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1.6KAwardsFWA Student Football Writer of the Year awards – shortlisted entries for the Hugh McIlvanney Award
Here are the 10 entries shortlisted for the Hugh McIlvanney award, named after our late colleague and one of the greatest of...
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1.4KAwardsFWA Student Football Writer of the Year awards – shortlisted entries for the Vikki Orvice Award
Here are entries shortlisted for the Vikki Orvice award, named after our late colleague and vice-chair of the FWA, pictured with Gianfranco...
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1.2KAwardsStudent Football Writer Awards Shortlists
Jim White of the FWA National Executive Committee has overseen a record number of entries to this year’s student football writing awards....
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1.8KAwardsFootballers of the Year 2021/2022 – vote now.
A note from our Executive Secretary Paul McCarthy on the Footballer of the Year and Women’s Footballer of the Year voting and...
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1.9K1EditorialIan McGarry – update on funeral details
Monday April 11 – Ian’s funeral will be held tomorrow, Tuesday 12th, near his home. If you are a friend or colleague...
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6.9KAwardsFootball Book of the Year – Long list revealed
The Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year awards have revealed the Long List of 14 titles in the Football Book of...
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4.1KEditorialPaul Jiggins – Funeral Details
Updated March 28th. The funeral of Paul Jiggins will take place at the City of London crematorium in Wanstead on April 13th,...
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2.2KAwardsStudent Football Writer of the Year awards
One month to deadline To mark International Women’s Day, members of the FWA National Executive Committee recorded a video message encouraging entries...
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2.5KEditorialUPDATE. Return to in-person access for both pre- and post-match press conferences
Update on press conference access. We are delighted to announce that the Premier League has agreed press conferences should be held in...
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Press conference restrictions to be lifted
A return to in-person pre-match press conferences will be allowed from next week The FWA is pleased to announce that our members...
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1.5KAwardsFWA Northern Managers’ Awards Night
Successful return to live events as FWA North West celebrated 40th awards night. MANAGERS at all levels of the game were honoured...
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1.5KAwardsPep Guardiola is the big winner at FWA Northern Managers Awards
Manchester City manager thanks the FWA for his award and promises to win another PEP GUARDIOLA was the big winner at the...
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1.2KAwardsChris Kamara is NE FWA Personality of the Year
Kamara wins the North East FWA Personality of the Year award Chris Kamara, the former player, manager and now broadcaster, has been...
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298NewsSir Bobby Charlton 1937-2023
Our tribute to the great man, who has passed away, by former FWA Chair Paul Hetherington ENGLISH football yesterday lost its most...