Tag Archives: FWA Q&A
FWA Q&A: RAPHAEL HONIGSTEIN
RAPHAEL HONIGSTEIN on being tipped by old ladies...problems with the Gents in Munich...and a cell in IstanbulHave you ever worked in a profession other than football?
I used to write about music and fashion before. I met and interviewed a few cool people, but the overriding memory from those days is a 10-hour wait in a New York recording studio while Timbaland was having his hair cut. At school, I used to pack bags at Munich's premier delicatessen store - Käfer. It was very badly paid, about 5DM an hour, but old ladies would sometimes tip nicely.
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FWA Q&A: DEAN JONES
DEAN JONES of the Sunday People on an illegal approach by Dominos...the scoop he didn’t believe...and Spurs’ best signing since Gareth BaleYour first ever newspaper?
The Sportsman, a sports news and betting paper that hit the streets in 2006. It sounded like a good idea ... until it was launched. I jumped ship before everyone was made redundant, which was about six months after the first edition.
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FWA Q&A: Ian Ladyman
IAN LADYMAN of the Daily Mail on a love letter to the sports editor...breakfast with a tiger (no, really)...and trouble with a pony tail in the USAHave you ever worked in a profession other than football?
I was a news reporter for the Stoke Sentinel for three fantastic years. It’s a cliche but news is a great grounding. Being shouted at by Sir Alex Ferguson (not that it’s ever happened) is not so scary when you have had to knock on someone’s door and ask them if they will talk about the death of their son/daughter etc. The Sentinel ...
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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?
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FWA Q&A: Rex Gowar
REX GOWAR on Maradona being called fatty...a dodgy Tiger in Seoul...and missing out on MessiHave you ever worked in a profession other than football?
Paint shop manager, teacher, photographer. I was almost 30 when I started my media writing career at the Buenos Aires Herald, Argentina’s English language newspaper.
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FWA Q&A: ANDY DILLON
ANDY DILLON of The Sun on being Vince Champagne...his fear of Harry’s open car window...and a naked sauna with an unknown female...Have you ever worked in a profession other than football?
I worked on a building site labouring as a teenager but got sacked after having a fight with the foreman. Construction's loss is football's gain I like to think. I have also had various jobs including filing the insides of the telescopic legs of fold up fishing chairs to make them fit and buttering bread at the Student Union while at University. I also made cash as a ...
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FWA Q&A: Barney Chilton
Barney Chilton, editor of Red News, on losing a Fortune...why we put up with the bad when the good can be so good...and avoiding Aussie verrucasHave you ever worked in a profession other than football?
Many moons ago, when I had both hair and youth on my side, I worked in University bookshops. In theory, fun. In practice, nothing like it. This did, however, teach me two things: optometrists were the worst bunch for stealing their textbooks (then again, a couple of them were over £100 each) and that nothing in the world is more dull than a retail ...
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FWA Q&A: Patrick Barclay
PATRICK BARCLAY on the joys of staying at Broadmoor...Messi’s divine retribution...a free Star Trek poppadum in Carlisle...and a desperate own Cole...Have you ever worked in a profession other than football?
As a teenager I used to heave boxes around a grocery warehouse during school holidays. Not only did you develop rippling muscles - you were allowed to take home the stuff that was past its sell-by date, which, in those less pernickety days, entailed the appearance of rust or mould or packaging that turned to dust upon being touched. Powdered doughnut mixture - just add water and sprinkle with ...
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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 ...
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FWA Q&A: Barry Flatman
BARRY FLATMAN, taking a trip along memory lane, on being called Colin...Chairman Ken going down...and a Big Apple hair-dryer from FergieYour first ever job in journalism?
Covering Hayes in the Isthmian League for the Middlesex Advertiser and Gazette. I started on the Monday and the following evening went to pre-season training. An extremely tall and muscular teenager in a woolly hat, who appeared to have been working on a building site all day, turned up to sign. His name was Cyrille Regis.
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