Brian Woolnough

Dead apparently.

Good

Originally Posted by Time For Heroes

Good

That you Ferie?

THE Daily Star is sad to announce the death of chief sports writer Brian Woolnough.


The 63-year-old had been suffering from bowel cancer and died at home. Wooly, as he was affectionately known, joined the Star from the Sun in 2001.

He was one of the country’s best known sports journalists and was constantly in demand by TV and radio for his well-informed and cutting opinions.

He had also hosted Sky Sports' popular Sunday Supplement since 2007, after previously being the presenter of Hold the Back Page from August 1994.

He started his career at The Esher News in Surrey after his mother saw an advert in the paper for a cub reporter.

After working at the Evening Post in Hemel Hempstead and for United Newspapers he was headhunted by The Sun, where he worked his way up to become chief football writer.

He stayed there for 27 years, once nearly joining great rivals the Daily Mirror, before being poached by the Star to become chief sports writer in 2001.

The role suited him perfectly, and he was able to use his expanded brief to display his love, and knowledge, of among other sports rugby union, cricket and boxing.

Regarded as one of the profession’s true gents, that did not stop he going into the referee’s room and confronting the official in Rotterdam in 1993 after a controversial decision looked to have denied England a place in the 1994 World Cup finals.

And he was front page news himself in 2004, when his typically trenchant views after watching a display by Norwich City saw him dominate local newspapers and TV bulletins.

It was all smoothed over during lunch with Delia Smith. And he was right, Norwich were relegated.

He was widely-known and respected inside and outside the profession, and must have been one of the few journalists to have been regularly asked for his autograph.

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Arsed, £#%&!ing #@&%! he was.

Can't edit titles. £#%&!ing Brain :shakehead:

Edit: £#%&! that

shame on south yorkshire police. JFBison

Predictably....

Rawk: Rip, thoughts are with his family

Fred: £#%&! him

Originally Posted by Pop

Predictably....

Rawk: Rip, thoughts are with his family

Fred: £#%&! him

He was a pompous #@&%! with an overinflated ego. Just watching him uttering his £#%&!ing opinionated %@#$&!s on a Sunday morning used to fill me with bile. A £#%&!ing oxygen thief who has finally been caught.

At least that was the public persona I saw, might have been a right nice bloke in real life

Bang out of order dying this week of all weeks. No respect for the Angels IMO

Good hair, nice eyes. Miss him.

Originally Posted by Throw

Good hair, nice eyes. Miss him.

Agreed, always had a decent bouffant thing going on up top. RIP in peace.

cancer's a @#%&! whoever it is. RIP.

He was a shithouse of the highest order.

He was an absolute @#%&! to Bobby Robson when he was England manager, and subsequently slagged off England manegers to further his own career.

He had a riduculously high opinion of himself, and I'll always remember the weekend before the 99 Euro cup final him being on Goals on Sunday readng out good luck messages to United from various papers whilst looking sick as a dog and not wishing us good luck.

In summary: £#%&! him.

Originally Posted by Ashley's Grime

He was a shithouse of the highest order.

He was an absolute @#%&! to Bobby Robson when he was England manager, and subsequently slagged off England manegers to further his own career.

He had a riduculously high opinion of himself, and I'll always remember the weekend before the 99 Euro cup final him being on Goals on Sunday readng out good luck messages to United from various papers whilst looking sick as a dog and not wishing us good luck.

In summary: £#%&! him.

because they reminded him of his natural predator

Originally Posted by believe

cancer's a @#%&! whoever it is. RIP.

Heart disease would have been alright would it? :shakehead:

Originally Posted by dodger

Heart disease would have been alright would it? :shakehead:

:shakehead:

Originally Posted by dodger

Heart disease would have been alright would it? :shakehead:

Not funny that. Uncle of mine is living with me for the last two months after having a heart attack as he's currently too frail to go home. Been a rough time for me as he's an absolute £#%&!ing nuisance. You should think of the burden heart attack people put on the rest of us, the selfish £#%&!ing bastards. If I had the authority I would have £#%&!ed him off into a nursing home and left him to pine away for the rest of his days the cholestrol clogging @#%&!

Originally Posted by Pop

Not funny that. Uncle of mine is living with me for the last two months after having a heart attack as he's currently too frail to go home. Been a rough time for me as he's an absolute £#%&!ing nuisance. You should think of the burden heart attack people put on the rest of us, the selfish £#%&!ing bastards. If I had the authority I would have £#%&!ed him off into a nursing home and left him to pine away for the rest of his days the cholestrol clogging @#%&!

Exactly. Dunno why cancer gets such a bad rep.