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25 Jan 19
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One of the great sport journalists of modern era.
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The gold standard of journalism.A wordsmith without equal.Rip.
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his bbc docu,s on George best,alex Higgins are sports fans gold plated tv,doesnt get any better
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Could listen to him all day.
Just quality. |
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remember his documentary ( think it was an arena programme ) re scottish football managers all born round south lanarkshire coalfields, ie busby, stein, ferguson.
classic tv. hopefully repeated. |
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Brillant journalist rip
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the alex Higgins docu with footage from workingmans clubs,snooker halls etc isequialent to smoking 20 woodbines just watching it cigarette smoke everywhere
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And there is a great Twitter feed on the guy today if you are interested in such things.
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His 'Arena' documentary "Busby Stein and Shankly, the Football Men" was a gem.
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Fingers crossed some channel (maybe BBC4) would show all 3 parts again.
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RIP Hugh
a giant among sports journalists |
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Great voice and Journalist ....RIP :
YT ....... 4 min clip here : ( from 'Arena' documentary "Busby Stein and Shankly, the Football Men" ) . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPO_nDj9D-g |
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no alex scott but right up there,
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a master of his craft
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One of the best.
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None of the present lot of sports journalists come anywhere near his standard.
RIP. |
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r.i.p.
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great recent interview with Hugh, from 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdUQsZ3xSEQ |
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Very enjoyable , Platini - many thanks.
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Once described Joe Bugner as having the physique of a Greek statue but fewer moves.
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