Sportswriter at The Observer.
Journalist since 1987.
Author of 'England Football - The Biography.'
Paul Hayward
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Point made, career intact.
Why Ben Stokes is paying a proportionate price for breaking his own rule four days after it came into force.
My commentary....
observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
Point made, career intact.
Why Ben Stokes is paying a proportionate price for breaking his own rule four days after it came into force.
My commentary....
observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
"The world's first trillionaire" shared details of where protestors in Belfast should gather, before innocent people were burnt out of their homes.
Try getting your head round a world like that.
In fairness to Rob Key, he couldn't "back" Ben Stokes when two 'investigations' are still going on (one by his employer).
He's within his rights to have the report before making decisions.
He'll be thinking of his own job as well.
Ben Stokes dropped.
Then Kane Williamson retires from the international game with immediate effect.
Test cricket moves fast.
It was a pleasure to contribute to this revealing R4 Archive documentary on Alf Ramsey..
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It's an astonishing fact about 1966 that McCartney, Jagger and Ray Davies, who were stars 60 years ago, are still going strong.
From England's team, only Geoff Hurst survives.
I wrote about England, then and now, for The Observer's World Cup package..
Paul Hayward
Paul Hayward
As ever it's important to know the facts from the Ben Stokes/Gus Atkinson nightclub 'incident.'
The 'Bristol brawl' turned out to have other dimensions.
But Stokes has no wriggle room on discipline, especially after the Ashes fiasco.
The 'Cricket Regulator' shouldn't be so busy.
Paul Hayward
Paul Hayward
Paul Hayward
Paul Hayward
Alf Ramsey drove his team of ’66 to sporting history. David Goldblatt tells his story.
4,414 Allied soldiers gave their lives on those beaches and in the first day of the operation.
Thousands more would be killed in the coming weeks.
Instead of saluting them this pettiest of men, with the smallest of minds and the most fragile of egos just wants to snipe like some two bit troll on X
