Patrick Barclay is a Scottish sportswriter.
Journalism career edit
Barclay started his career with The Guardian in the 1970s. When the newspaper The Independent was launched in 1986, he was appointed its first football correspondent. He joined The Observer in 1991, and became football correspondent of The Sunday Telegraph in 1996. He held the post for 12 years.
Barclay joined The Times in February 2009 as its Chief Football Correspondent to replace Martin Samuel, who was joining the Daily Mail.[1] Thus, Barclay became one of the few journalists to be the main writer for his discipline for all four quality newspaper groups in England: Times, Guardian-Observer, Telegraph, and Independent. Barclay left The Times in December 2011 due to cost-cutting measures.[2] In January 2012, he started writing for the London Evening Standard.[3]
Barclay is a regular guest on the Sky Sports programme Sunday Supplement, and LBC 97.3's Saturday sports show "Scores".
Books edit
Barclay has written a biography of fellow Scotsman, the Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson, entitled Football – Bloody Hell!. The book was published in October 2010. He also wrote biography of former Arsenal manager Herbert Chapman titled as The Life and Times of Herbert Chapman: The Story of One of Football's Most Influential Figures.[4] Also, he is the author of one of José Mourinho's biographies.[5][6]
References edit
- ^ Football writer Patrick Barclay leaves Sunday Telegraph to join Times guardian.co.uk, 5 December 2008
- ^ Barclay to leave The Times in January Football Writers' Association, 6 December 2011
- ^ Patrick Barclay Archived 20 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine London Evening Standard
- ^ Barclay, Patrick (9 January 2014). The Life and Times of Herbert Chapman: The Story of One of Football's Most Influential Figures. Orion. ISBN 978-0-297-86851-4.
- ^ Football – Bloody Hell! The Biography of Alex Ferguson by Patrick Barclay – review The Guardian, 16 October 2010
- ^ Football – Bloody Hell!, by Patrick Barclay The Independent, 31 October 2010
External links edit
- Patrick Barclay column The Times Online
- Patrick Barclay Twitter
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