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Article published for football fan Liam

A budding sports writer has had an article published on a Premiership Football club’s website.

A budding sports writer has had an article published on a Premiership Football club’s website.

Year 11 student Liam Newman’s write up so impressed bosses at the Spurs fan website, that he has now been asked to write a weekly article.

Liam, who is a lifelong Tottenham Hotspurs fan, wrote to the website’s editor on Monday to ask whether he could write a piece for publication. It was printed on the fan website the very next day and then even made it onto the Spurs official website.

The student, who hopes to study media studies next year, said: “It feels amazing to have something published. When I first saw it I could not believe it. There have been 15 comments posted on line so far about it – some saying that it was a nice write up and others not agreeing with my opinion.”

Titled ‘Tottenham Hotspur – Where we are going wrong’ , the article was a critical appraisal of the team’s recent performance. He wrote about how the hopes of Champions League football for next season are slipping out of the team’s grasp and questioned the ability of the club’s summer signings.

Liam said: “I will be watching this Sunday’s match and taking notes. Hopefully this is he first step to my hopes of having a career in sports journalism.”

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Liam answered some quick fire questions:

Q: Where do you think Spurs will finish in the league this season?

A: Hopefully 4th  but more probably 5th or 6th.

Q: Who is your favourite Tottenham player of your lifetime:

A: Jermaine Defoe

Q: What is the best Spurs side you have seen?

The 2008 team when we won the Carling Cup.

Q: Who was the best Spurs manager?

Harry Redknapp

Q: What would you say to current Spurs manager Tim Sherwood?

A: I Love you