Henry Winter of The Times of London

Fútbol with Grant Wahl

Grant Wahl

Sports, Soccer

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Grant has a must-listen interview with his friend Henry Winter, the chief football writer for The Times of London and one of the world's top writers covering the sport for the last 35 years. Winter tells fun stories from his globe-trotting career, including from covering World Cup 1994 in the U.S., and explains why the on-site match report still matters; how he has managed his work during the pandemic; his take on the Premier League season so far; his thoughts on England ahead of this summer's Euro 2020; what it's like to have a brother who has been chosen among the world's most influential Muslims and a wife who is an actress and former "Bond girl'; and much more. This is an interview you won't want to miss. This episode of Fútbol with Grant Wahl is brought to you by Fanatiz. On Fanatiz, you can watch all the action in Spain’s La Liga and other international leagues and tournaments live and on-demand from your mobile phone, tablet or directly on your TV with the Fanatiz app. Fanatiz features channels you know, like BeIN Sports in English and Spanish, GolTV and many more. And it only costs as little as $7.99 a month. If you’d like to try Fanatiz for yourself, you can get a free week-long trial by going to fntz.co/Grant-FZ. Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqIhXWUw0H4 Get full access to Fútbol with Grant Wahl at grantwahl.substack.com/subscribe

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0:00.0	Hey there, welcome to football with Grant Wall.
0:09.6	Thanks so much for joining me.
0:11.4	Today's interview guest is one you won't want to much for
0:15.0	the time today's interview guest is one you won't want to miss. Henry Winter, the chief football writer for The Times of London.
0:20.0	We've had some great guests lately, including John O'Rand, soccer girl problems, and Ted Lasso's
0:26.1	Jason Soudacus and Brendan Hunt. I also encourage you to listen to my new podcast series American Prodigy the Freddie Adieu story all
0:35.8	seven main episodes are out now and you can binge all of them to your hearts
0:40.1	content now here's my interview with Henry Winter.
0:44.0	Our guest today is one of the world's leading soccer journalists.
0:50.0	Henry Winter is the chief football writer for the Times of London.
0:54.3	He has covered eight World Cups and he has been covering the sport professionally since 1986.
1:00.8	I'm absolutely thrilled to have him on the show with us. Henry, thanks for joining me.
1:05.6	Pleasure Grant, thanks very much for inviting me. Good to catch up again.
1:08.8	Yeah, it's been a little while. I want to start by talking about the craft a little bit. You do different types of journalism
1:17.6	extremely well, but one thing in particular that I associate you with is what I would call the insightful match report and my
1:28.4	sports riding hero the Sports Illustrated legend Frank de Ford always compared what he called the British style
1:35.1	match report to a review of a Broadway or West End stage production.
1:41.9	Do you agree with that?
1:43.3	And do you think there is a place for a traditional on-site
1:46.7	match report in the internet age?
1:49.0	Yeah, it's a very good point.
1:50.3	The internet age has definitely changed things.
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