Patrick Barclay is a Scottish sportswriter.

Journalism career

Barclay started his career with ''

The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...

'' in the 1970s. When the newspaper ''

The Independent ''The Independent'' is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the ''Indy'', it began as a broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003. The last printed edition was publis ...

'' was launched in 1986, he was appointed its first football correspondent. He joined ''

The Observer ''The Observer'' is a British newspaper published on Sundays. It is a sister paper to ''The Guardian'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', whose parent company Guardian Media Group Limited acquired it in 1993. First published in 1791, it is the w ...

'' in 1991, and became football correspondent of ''

The Sunday Telegraph ''The Sunday Telegraph'' is a British broadsheet newspaper, founded in February 1961 and published by the Telegraph Media Group, a division of Press Holdings. It is the sister paper of ''The Daily Telegraph ''The Daily Telegraph'', kn ...

'' in 1996. He held the post for 12 years. Barclay joined ''

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 ...

'' in February 2009 as its Chief Football Correspondent to replace

Martin Samuel Martin Samuel (born 25 July 1964) is an English sports columnist for ''News UK'' and a sports columnist for ''GQ Magazine'' since 2012. He has previously worked for ''The Daily Mail'', ''The Times'', '' News of the World'', '' Jewish Chronicle' ...

, who was joining the ''

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''. 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. In January 2012, he started writing for the ''

London Evening Standard The ''Evening Standard'', formerly ''The Standard'' (1827–1904), also known as the ''London Evening Standard'', is a local free daily newspaper in London, England, published Monday to Friday in tabloid format. In October 2009, after be ...

''. Barclay is a regular guest on the

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programme '' Sunday Supplement'', and

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's Saturday sports show "Scores".

Books

Barclay has written a biography of fellow Scotsman, the

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manager

Alex Ferguson Sir Alexander Chapman Ferguson (born 31 December 1941) is a Scottish former football manager and player, best known for managing Manchester United from 1986 to 2013. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest football managers of all time ...

, entitled ''Football – Bloody Hell!''. The book was published in October 2010. He also wrote biography of former

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manager

Herbert Chapman Herbert Chapman (19 January 1878 – 6 January 1934) was an English football player and manager. Though he had an undistinguished playing career, he went on to become one of the most influential and successful managers in the early 20th ...

titled as ''The Life and Times of Herbert Chapman: The Story of One of Football's Most Influential Figures''. Also, he is the author of one of

José Mourinho José Mário dos Santos Mourinho Félix GOIH (; born 26 January 1963), is a Portuguese professional football manager and former player who is the current head coach of Italian Serie A club Roma. Once dubbed "The Special One" by the British ...

's biographies.Football – Bloody Hell!, by Patrick Barclay
The Independent, 31 October 2010

References

External links

Patrick Barclay column
The Times Online
Patrick Barclay
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