#114: Henry Winter, chief football writer, The Times

<p>Rachel and Simon speak with&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/henrywinter?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Henry Winter</a>, chief football writer at the <em>Times</em>. Henry has been writing about football for 35 years, covered England since 1994 and attended eight World Cups. He joined the <em>Independent</em> at its launch in 1986, moved to the <em>Daily Telegraph</em> in 1994, and joined the <em>Times</em> in 2015. Alongside his newspaper journalism, Winter ghost-wrote the autobiographies of Liverpool players Kenny Dalglish, John Barnes and Steven Gerrard, and co-wrote "<a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/FA-Confidential-Penalties-English-Football/dp/1847393934" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">FA Confidential</a>"&nbsp;with former FA chief executive David Davies. He is also the author of "<a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/111/1111485/fifty-years-of-hurt/9781784161729.html" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Fifty Years of Hurt: The Story of England Football</a>". We spoke with Henry about the art of the match report, the progression of his career, and both writing and ghost-writing books.</p> <p>You can find us online at <a href="https://www.alwaystakenotes.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">alwaystakenotes.com</a>, on Twitter @takenotesalways, and on Facebook at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/alwaystakenotes" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">facebook.com/alwaystakenotes</a>. Our crowdfunding page is <a href="https://www.patreon.com/alwaystakenotes" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">patreon.com/alwaystakenotes</a>. Always Take Notes is presented by Simon Akam and Rachel Lloyd, and produced by Artemis Irvine. Our music is by Jessica Dannheisser and our logo was designed by James Edgar.</p>