Steve Stammers, the former football correspondent who has died suddenly at the age of 71, was one of the last of the old school Fleet Street football writers.
He spent more than 40 years following the daily twists and turns of a sport that emerged from the cloth cap era to become a billion dollar playground.
Stammers charted the evolution with enthusiasm and energy and along the way befriended a host of stars from Steve Perryman and George Graham to Patrick Vieira and Arsene Wenger.
A grammar schoolboy from Harold Hill, he was noted for smart ties, crisp white shirts, polished shoes and an adherence to old fashioned values like good manners and loyalty.
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