On Football Writing

February 10, 2012 Paul Tomkins

By Paul Tomkins.

Football website The Trawler recently sent me some excellent interview questions to answer, for an article to appear on their site. With their permission, I am first sharing my answers with Subscribers to The Tomkins Times.

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