Patrick Barclay, talented and respected football journalist, dies aged 77

Patrick Barclay gives a speech in January 2018 in his capacity as chairman of the Football Writers’ Association. He was regarded as being among the very best of his profession. Photograph: PA Images/Alamy

Patrick Barclay, the hugely talented and widely respected football journalist, has died at the age of 77.

Barclay began his reporting career at the Guardian and went on to work for a host of this country’s other broadsheet titles – the Observer, the Independent, the Sunday Telegraph and the Times. Barclay was also a prolific writer of football books as well as an engaging and charismatic voice on the sport for various radio and television shows, most notably Sky Sports’ Sunday Supplement.