<br />
J O U R N A L I S M W E E K LY<br />
www.pressgazette.co.uk 3 May 2013<br />
Toon's tantrum: How<br />
football clubs use<br />
access to buy favour<br />
WILLIAM TURVILL<br />
PICTURE: REUTERS/David Moir<br />
The Telegraph journalist who sparked a<br />
paper-wide ban from Newcastle United<br />
says the prospect of being shunned by<br />
football clubs is an industry-wide threat.<br />
Telegraph journalists were banned<br />
from attending Newcastle matches, press<br />
conferences and interviewing players<br />
after Luke Edwards reported that the club<br />
was on the verge of a “damaging split”.<br />
Manager Alan Pardew has since denied<br />
the allegation, describing it as “insulting”.<br />
Edwards, who has covered the club<br />
for more than 12 years (previously for<br />
the Newcastle Journal), had warned the<br />
Telegraph that Newcastle was unhappy<br />
with the report.<br />
He told Press Gazette he had shorthand<br />
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