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Vauxhall launch Home Nations football photography competition
VAUXHALL today launched their inaugural Home Nations Football Photography competition.The major new photographic initiative is designed to stimulate interest and support among all photographers covering international football with any of the Home Nations.
There will be individual national competitions for England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales photographers.
There will be two principal categories - Best Photographer and Best Individual Photo. As well as four national winners, there will be an overall Home Nations champion photographer.
Gala Tribute Evening to Gary Neville and Paul Scholes
PAUL HETHERINGTON on a night – and knife – to remember, the missing brochures and Bryan Robson’s motorway dashBy CHRISTOPHER DAVIES
THE FOOTBALL WRITERS’ ASSOCIATION breaks with tradition on Sunday when Gary Neville and Paul Scholes will be honoured at the Gala Tribute evening at the Savoy.
Since the first event in 1983 when the late Ron Greenwood was the recipient one person has been chosen each year by the FWA to recognise his services to English football.
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John Moynihan 1932-2012
Long-standing Football Writers’ Association member John Moynihan died last Saturday after an accident near his home.Journalism can be a cut-throat business but Moynihan not only survived and thrived, the warmth of his personality ensured he will be remembered with huge fondness by anyone who knew him.
The smile rarely left his face and while Moynihan’s Soccer Syndrome remains one of the finest football books ever written his interests were wide and varied.
