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MIGNOLET THE NORTH EAST’S PLAYER OF THE YEAR
By COLIN YOUNGSunderland goalkeeper Simon Mignolet has been named North East Football Writers’ Association’s player of the year 2012.
And in a double for North East keepers, Middlesbrough and Team GB Olympian Jason Steele has been named young player of the year.
In one of the tightest votes in the award’s 32-year history, Mignolet just pipped Newcastle United midfielder Hatem Ben Arfa to the prize. Newcastle’s Dutch international keeper Tim Krul was third.
Tags: Simon Mignolet, Sunderland
FWA AGREES CHARITABLE LINK-UP WITH NATIONAL LITERACY ASSOCIATION
The Football Writers’ Association is delighted to announce the National Literacy Association as its first charitable partner.
The FWA plans to work closely with the NLA on several projects over the next 12 months and will help to raise funds for the charity from events such as the Footballer of the Year Dinner in May and the successful Barclays FWA Live.
Tags: charity, FWA, national literacy association
‘Think of the worst hangover you’ve ever had then add a whole new level on top…I’d had better days’
CHRIS BRERETON on the amazing story of Fabrice Muamba’s autobiography which was written in 38 daysBy CHRISTOPHER DAVIES
CHRIS BRERETON was watching Tottenham Hotspur versus Bolton Wanderers in a bar in Bangkok when Fabrice Muamba collapsed on the White Hart Lane surface on March 17, 2012 in an FA Cup quarter-finals tie.
Tags: Autobiography, Bolton Wanderers, Chris Brereton, DR Congo, Fabrice Muamba, Hayters, Mark Alderton, Owen Coyle, tottenham hotspur, Wardles
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