Bill Leckie is a Scottish sports journalist and broadcaster who currently writes for the Scottish edition of '' The Sun''

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. Leckie also does commentary on Scottish Football League matches for

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and makes regular contributions on Talksport and BBC Radio 5 Live. In 2010, Bill Leckie was nominated for 'Journalist of the Year' at the

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for an article he wrote on the gay Welsh rugby star Gareth Thomas. The nomination was withdrawn following criticisms from trans campaigners who objected to articles Leckie has written mocking a bingo night for drag queens and arguing against taxpayer-funded gender reassignment surgery for prisoners. He grew up in the

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area and was a childhood fan of local team St Mirren as explained in his book ''Penthouse and Pavement'' (1999), a critique on Scottish football and its inequities as he saw them.

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Scottish sportswriters Scottish association football commentators Living people People from Paisley, Renfrewshire Year of birth missing (living people) {{UK-journalist-stub