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Women in Football celebrate 10th anniversary
FWA vice chair Vikki Orvice was among 150 guests who celebrated the tenth anniversary of Women in Football during a gala evening at the House of Lords earlier this month.
Vikki was a founder member of the networking and campaigning group, which also includes prominent FWA members such as Jacqui Oatley and Lucy Pepper.
Vanarama National League column – Oct 11
A weekly column covering the National League in association with FWA partners Vanarama . This week Glenn Moore on 3G pitches and Sutton United's rise.
Bruce Elliott, the chairman of Sutton United, stood in the south London club’s decent-sized car park, and said: “You used to be able to come here in the week and - except for matchdays, could always park. Now any evening, and lots of times in the day, there’s nowhere to park.” And he smiled.
Hugh McIlvanney inducted into Hall of Fame
Hugh McIlvanney, one of the great sportswriters of this or any other generation, has been honoured by the National Football Museum by being inducted into the Hall of Fame.Hugh, a proud FWA member, became the first football writer to enter the Hall of Fame, which includes some of the greatest names in the history of English football. He was inducted, along with players such as Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard, at a gala dinner at the National Football Museum in Manchester on September 21st.
