Recruited by the Sheffield Telegraph in December 1963, he later had spells with the Birmingham Post and the Sheffield Star before rejoining what was now the Sheffield Telegraph as a sports writer/sub editor in April 1966, and becoming sports editor in 1971.
Named after the cry of vendors selling the Sheffield Star evening newspaper on the streets of his home city, it was released to positive reviews.
He has worked for a number of news organisations in the United Kingdom, including as a bi-media correspondent for the BBC, and as a reporter at the Bristol Evening Post, the Sheffield Star, and other local newspapers.
He was named Regional Sports Writer of the Year, for the third time in eight years, by the Sports Journalists' Association.
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