Sven Roeder 6:56 Fri Jan 25
Sports journalist Hugh McIlvanney dead at 84
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Brilliant writer especially on football & boxing.
Chief sports writer on the Observer for 30 years and with the Times for 23 years before retiring 3 years ago.
RIP
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normannomates
3:47 Sat Jan 26
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i liked and respected Hugh...old school Journo...puts the muppets masquerading as journos now to shame.
now only Ken Dyer i respect and trust...the rest are fucking wankers
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Northern Sold
5:19 Fri Jan 25
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Great piece that Eddie... remember the Johnny Owen fight well... he took a hell of a beating... brave brave fella and a tragic end... back in 2006 we stayed in Merthyr for the cup final... the pub we stayed had a few ageing photo's up of Johnny O'... he had some family that used to still drink in there.. we raised a toast with a few of the locals later on in the evening...
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Eddie B
4:57 Fri Jan 25
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Read this:
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/mar/05/hugh-mcilvanney-johnny-owen-last-fight-vault
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BetterthanKaka
12:41 Fri Jan 25
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Decent read, that
Cheers Josh
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Northern Sold
12:06 Fri Jan 25
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Cheers for that Josh... great read whilst munching through my bowl of cheerios at work... still say the Rumble was without doubt the most spectacular sporting occasion ever... certain things stop the world... Moon landings... US presidents getting shot.... Live AID.... and Ali... memories as crisp as anything of waking up at silly o'clock with the old man to either watch or listen to the great man... they'll never be another like him
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Josh
11:47 Fri Jan 25
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https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/mar/05/hugh-mcilvanney-muhammad-ali-rumble-in-the-jungle
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Northern Sold
11:46 Fri Jan 25
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Well said and well honoured Gents... a superb sports journalist... up there with the best
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LeroysBoots
11:37 Fri Jan 25
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Had a great commanding voice and a presence about him
Most journos nowadays are spotty faced oiks, I do like Sam Wallace though, his brother is a West Ham season ticket holder so he'll do for me
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Sven Roeder
10:41 Fri Jan 25
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There are a couple of books ...
McIlvanney on Football
McIlvanney on Boxing
which collect his writing and are worth checking out
Ali gave him a 3 hour interview after the Rumble In The Jungle and sure his article about the fight is online somewhere
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Eddie B
10:18 Fri Jan 25
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A colossus of the sports journalist world. His narration on many a documentary was perfection.
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