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38EditorialTerry 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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1.0KEditorialFulham 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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723EditorialPat 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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466EditorialD 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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299UncategorizedFWA 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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341UncategorizedRemembering 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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794UncategorizedFWA 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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382UncategorizedPride
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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284AwardsMohamed 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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627AwardsFootball 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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581AwardsMohammed 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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5.6KAwardsFWA 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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2.8KAwardsFWA 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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1.9KEditorialNigel 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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1.9KAwardsFWA 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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1.1KAwardsFWA 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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841AwardsFWA 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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623AwardsStudent 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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1.3KAwardsFootballers 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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1.0K1EditorialIan 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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5.8KAwardsFootball 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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3.4KEditorialPaul 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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1.4KAwardsStudent 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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1.9KEditorialUPDATE. 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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1.0KAwardsFWA 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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1.0KAwardsPep 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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759AwardsChris 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...