Forgive Us Our Press Passes: An Anthology of Modern Football Writing - Hardcover

Football Writer's Association

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1848185073 ISBN 13: 9781848185074

Publisher: Know the Score Books, 2008

Synopsis

Published to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Football Writers' Association, this book contains a collection of 60 thought-provoking articles about modern football from a wide selection of award-winning authors.

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Review

'Best Sporting Reads of 2008' - A fully-comprehensive collection of off-beat stories and musings by the top journalists of the Football Writers' Association. Each story is thought-provoking and sparks memories of a more uncomplicated bygone age. --BBC Sport

Each article is lovingly crafted by the creme de la creme of sports writers. And there are some absolute gems tucked away including Rio Ferdinand describing one of his England team-mates as part of a 'Celebrity XI' (no prizes for guessing who) and great insights into the lives of the likes of Vinnie Jones and Sir Bobby Robson. But pride of place has to go to Neil Ashton's piece on Geoff Thomas, one of the most moving pieces of journalism it has been my pleasure to read. --Sportinglife

Synopsis

Thousands of column inches are written about what Pele called "The Beautiful Game" every day in the UK, avidly devoured by millions of football fans. In "Forgive Us Our Press Passes", the Football Writers' Association (FWA), the body which represents football journalists at every level across Britain, has asked 75 of their number to pen unique articles on a range of subjects - some historical, some contemporary. The journalists chosen are some of the most widely read and respected in the land and have decades' worth of experience to bring to bear on an insight on subjects ranging from the passion of the FA Cup final in the 1950s and 60s to an examination of David Beckham's free-kick taking to why England does not produce great goalkeepers any more to a piece about what it is like to cover a modern international tournament such as the World Cup to the joys of watching Torquay versus Aldershot on a freezing cold night!The contributors include: Patrick Barclay ("Sunday Telegraph"); Brian Woolnough ("Daily Star"); Oliver Holt & Martin Lipton ("Daily Mirror"); Christopher Davies & Henry Winter ("Daily Telegraph"); Paul Hayward, Matt Lawton and Jeff Powell ("Daily Mail"); Ian Ridley, "Mail on Sunday"; Joe Lovejoy ("Sunday Times"), Jon Brodkin ("The Guardian"); Andy Dunn ("News of the World"); Shaun Custis ("The Sun"); Steve Bates & Neil Silver ("The People"); Martin Samuel & Matt Dickinson ("The Times"); Sam Wallace, ("The Independent"); Peter Drury ("ITV Sport"); Mick Dennis ("Daily Express") and Malcolm Brodie ("Belfast Telegraph"), including in their number local journalists from newspapers as far afield as Glasgow, Liverpool, Newcastle, Birmingham, Manchester & Cardiff.

It includes a foreword by Gary Lineker.

About this edition

• Publisher: Know the Score Books
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1848185073
• ISBN 13: 9781848185074
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272