Gary Slater, (born 15 May 1961), is a British

sports journalist Sports journalism is a form of writing that reports on matters pertaining to sporting topics and competitions. Sports journalism started in the early 1800s when it was targeted to the social elite and transitioned into an integral part of the n ...

, who has worked for ''

The Daily Telegraph ''The Daily Telegraph'', known online and elsewhere as ''The Telegraph'', is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally. It was fo ...

'' and ''

The Times ''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper ''The Sunday Times'' (fou ...

''. As a

Warrington Wolves The Warrington Wolves are a professional rugby league club based in Warrington, England, that competes in the Super League. They play rugby at the Halliwell Jones Stadium, having moved there from Wilderspool in 2004. Founded as Warrington Z ...

historian he has written several books for the popular

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

football club. In 2014 he was the ghostwriter for an autobiography of Mike Nicholas, a former rugby league footballer.

Personal life

Gary grew up in

Penketh Penketh is a civil parish and suburb of Warrington in the Borough of Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is located about west of Warrington town centre. It has a population of 8,699. It is in the historic county of Cheshire. The name is derive ...

Warrington Warrington () is a town and unparished area in the borough of the same name in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, on the banks of the River Mersey. It is east of Liverpool, and west of Manchester. The population in 2019 was estimat ...

with three siblings (Mark Slater, Julie Slater and Neil Slater). He studied at Penketh High School then went to university at the

Imperial College London Imperial College London (legally Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom. Its history began with Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria, who developed his vision for a cu ...

. Gary had four sons with his first wife Jane Slater including

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Societies

Gary joined the

Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom that has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. The Labour Party sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum. In all gen ...

in 1978 and is now a member of the Warrington South CLP. He is also a member of the

National Union of Journalists The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) is a trade union for journalists in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It was founded in 1907 and has 38,000 members. It is a member of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ). Structure There i ...

, the

Rugby League Writers' Association The Rugby League Writers' Association is made up from accredited members of the England, English news media who write about rugby league in newspapers or present for television and radio programmes. Members of the Association who are present at the ...

and Camra (the

Campaign for Real Ale The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) is an independent voluntary consumer organisation headquartered in St Albans, England, which promotes real ale, cider and perry and traditional British pubs and clubs. With just under 155,000 members, it is th ...

Career

Gary began work as a journalist in

at the

Warrington Guardian The ''Warrington Guardian'' is a local newspaper that has been published in Warrington, England, since 1853, originally published weekly on Saturdays.''The Literary and Educational Yearbook for 1859'', p. 287 In 1856 it was bought by Alexander Ma ...

where he became deputy sports editor. In 1996 Gary started work for

at Canada Place in Canary Wharf,

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

. He left the Telegraph Media Group in 2017 and started working for

. Aside from Gary's work as a journalist, he has also written seven books about the

Rugby League football club and former players and was part of the team who created the Warrington Wolves Heritage Wall at the Halliwell Jones Stadium in 2013.

Publications

# Warrington Rugby League Club - Images of Sport (2000) # Warrington Rugby League Football Club 100 Greats (2002) # So Close to Glory: Warrington Rugby League Football Club 1919 to 1939 (2008) # The Warrington Wolves Miscellany (2012) # Jack Fish: A Rugby League Superstar (2012) # From Swn-Y-Mor to Seattle: Nicko's Rugby Odyssey (2014) # Wire till I die: My life in rugby league (2016)https://www.waterstones.com/book/wire-till-i-die/mark-forster/gary-slater/9781909885103

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Slater, Gary 1961 births People from Warrington British sports journalists Living people Alumni of Imperial College London