Henry Winter
Henry Winter | |
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| Born | February 18, 1963 England |
| Occupation | Sports journalist |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Known for | Chief Football Writer at The Times, Football Correspondent for The Daily Telegraph, columnist for World Soccer |
Henry Winter (born 18 February 1963) is a prominent English sports journalist. He currently contributes to World Soccer, having formerly held the position of Chief Football Writer at The Times and served as Football Correspondent for The Daily Telegraph.
Education
Winter attended Westminster School before completing his degree at the University of Edinburgh in 1986.
Career
Following his graduation, Winter spent a year in London working on a sports magazine and at the Sports News Agency Hayters. He then joined The Independent during its inception in 1986, where he wrote columns covering sports and schools.
In 1994, he transitioned to The Daily Telegraph, where he created a daily webcast centered on England's participation in the 2006 FIFA World Cup held in Germany. Winter was appointed Chief Football Writer at The Times in 2015.
He collaborated with former FA chief executive David Davies on the book FA Confidential, and has ghostwritten autobiographies for Liverpool F.C. legends Kenny Dalglish, John Barnes, and Steven Gerrard. In 2017, he authored Fifty Years of Hurt: The Story of England Football.
Winter frequently appears as an expert analyst on Sky Sports' Sunday Supplement and on BBC Radio 5 Live.
On 10 April 2024, Winter announced his departure from The Times due to redundancy. Subsequently, on 11 June 2024, he was named a columnist for World Soccer.
Awards
Winter earned the title Specialist Correspondent of the Year at the British Sports Journalism Awards in 2004, 2009, 2010, and 2013, and was recognized as Football Writer of the Year in 2016. The Press Gazette listed him among Britain's top ten most influential sportswriters in 2010. Additionally, he was voted Britain's leading sports journalist in a UK Press Gazette poll conducted in 2012.
Personal life
His elder brother is the Islamic scholar Timothy Winter. Henry Winter acts as a trustee for the African social enterprise Alive & Kicking, which manufactures footballs in Kenya and Zambia.