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David Meek – more tributes
More tributes have come in for David Meek, the former Manchester United correspondent for the Manchester Evening News, who has passed away at the age of 88.Colin Young was given a huge help in his fledgling career by David:
"When I was 14, my heart already set on football reporting as a career, my headmaster Alan Walker arranged for me to go over to Manchester to spend a day of work experience with his best school friend and a proud Archbishop Holgate’s Grammar School old boy. He had arranged a similar ...
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David Meek RIP
David Meek RIP
Tributes have been pouring in for David Meek, one of our life members, who has passed away at the age of 88.
David started covering Manchester United for the Manchester Evening News in 1958 after the Munich air disaster claimed the life of the MEN's Reds correspondent Tom Jackson.
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Games of Remembrance
The FWA is pleased to support two important Games of Remembrance on Thursday November 8 in Nottingham. Representative teams from the Armed Forces of Great Britain and Germany will play two matches to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Armistice.The first game, between the women's teams, is at Notts County's Meadow Lane kicking off at 12 noon, and then the men's teams will play at Forest's City Ground at 7pm. It is aimed at families especially and ticket packages are very reasonable - for details visit https://www.gamesofremembrance.com/
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