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Memories - . . . of a Failed Footballer & a Crap Journalist (Paperback)
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Memories - . . . of a Failed Footballer & a Crap Journalist (Paperback)
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Paul Hince looks back at a remarkable career that reached the
highest levels in the ultra-competitive fields of football and
journalism. As a professional footballer Paul joined boyhood heroes
Manchester City under the legendary Mercer-Allison partnership of
the late 1960s before continuing his first class football career at
Charlton, Bury and Crewe Alexandra. After retiring from the game he
then worked his way up to the heights of Manchester Evening News
Manchester City correspondent and, later, became that paper's first
and only 'Chief Sportswriter'. Sprinkled with wit and candour, the
author reveals the secrets behind Manchester Citys success of the
late sixties and his unusual start in sports journalism when he
reported on the non-league match he was playing in! Paul went on to
report on Oldham Athletic's remarkable rise through all four
divisions of the Football League before landing the job he seemed
born to fill -- Manchester City correspondent of the Manchester
Evening News. Paul's reign as City correspondent coincided with a
decade-long crisis as chairmen Peter Swales and Francis Lee battled
for control of the club. Once his working relationship with former
team-mate, now City chairman, Francis Lee had broken down
completely and he was branded a 'lowlife' by manager Alan Ball and
blamed for their relegation in 1996, Hince felt compelled to forgo
the poisoned chalice. Instead he was appointed Chief Sportswriter
and England correspondent, from where he had an eyewitness view of
the way the tabloid press operated. Famed in later years for
getting up the noses of both United and City fans in equal measure
courtesy of his weekly columns, Paul retired from the Manchester
Evening News in 2006. This is a humourous yet poignant review of a
remarkable career from one of the finest sportswriters of his
generation.
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