June 17th, 2009

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Big Transfer House: Tears and phone calls

Big Transfer House: Tears and phone calls

Meet the housemates
Catch up on Day 1-4
Day Five
Alan goes to the Diary Room in the morning for a chat. While reading the morning’s papers, he’s come across a story which he’s not so pleased about. They’re not going to commission a £65,000 statue of him outside St James Park after all. Big Transfer asks him whether he’s upset [...]

Murray serves up bland comments - The Sun returns them with top-spin

Murray serves up bland comments - The Sun returns them with top-spin

As you would expect at this time of the year, anything Andy Murray says will fill column inches in the sports pages. Some slices of chat will be more delectable than others, and whilst Murrayis hardly Oscar Wilde, everything he says will be lapped up by the press because he is a genuine contender for [...]

News: Gerrard says nothing

News: Gerrard says nothing

Is there literally nothing else to fill the back pages with other than phantom players heading to the north east and the prospect that 29 year-olds might retire from football in a few years?
Evidently not, and this time it’s the Sun’s turn to have a go at spinning the straw of nothingy comments into back page gold:
Gerrard [...]

Rajko Purovic disappears in front of the Mirror

Rajko Purovic disappears in front of the Mirror

For at least the second time this year, a fictional player appears to have got the better of a newspaper, and ithis time it’s the efforts of the Mirror that come under journalistic scrutiny.
On June 10th, the Football Spy pages at the Mirror ran the following article:
Serbian youngster wanted by Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough have been linked with a move for [...]

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“You can understand that there is a certain interest in seeing new kits, and the marketing mechanics that go behind appearing in a newspaper cloaked as news - even if you don’t like it. But calling it an exclusive is fairly embarrassing. Top exclusiving, Sportsmail... more

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