Henry Winter (born 18 February 1963) is an English

sports journalist Sport is a physical activity or game, often competitive and organized, that maintains or improves physical ability and skills. Sport may provide enjoyment to participants and entertainment to spectators. The number of participants in a par ...

. He currently writes for '' World Soccer'', having previously been the Chief Football Writer for ''

The Times ''The Times'' is a British Newspaper#Daily, daily Newspaper#National, national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its modern name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its si ...

'' and a Football Correspondent for ''

The Daily Telegraph ''The Daily Telegraph'', known online and elsewhere as ''The Telegraph'', is a British daily broadsheet conservative newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally. It was found ...

''.

Education

Winter was educated at

Westminster School Westminster School is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school in Westminster, London, England, in the precincts of Westminster Abbey. It descends from a charity school founded by Westminster Benedictines before the Norman Conquest, as do ...

, before graduating from the

University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh (, ; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a Public university, public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Founded by the City of Edinburgh Council, town council under th ...

in 1986.

Career

Winter spent a year producing a magazine on sport in London after graduation an working at Sports News Agency
Hayters
before joining ''

The Independent ''The Independent'' is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the ''Indy'', it began as a broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003. The last printed edition was publis ...

'' at its launch in 1986, writing a sports and schools column. He moved to ''The Daily Telegraph'' in 1994, and produced a daily webcast on the

2006 FIFA World Cup The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to FIFA World Cup hosts ...

in Germany, giving specific information on the England team. He joined ''The Times'' in 2015 to become Chief Football Writer. Over the course of his career, Winter wrote ''FA Confidential'' with former FA chief executive David Davies, and ghost-wrote the autobiographies of

Liverpool F.C. Liverpool Football Club is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in Liverpool, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league system, English football. Founded in ...

players

Kenny Dalglish Sir Kenneth Mathieson Dalglish (born 4 March 1951) is a Scottish former association football, football player and manager (association football), manager. He is regarded as one of the greatest players of all time as well as one of Celtic's, Liv ...

, John Barnes and

Steven Gerrard Steven George Gerrard MBE (born 30 May 1980) is an English professional football manager and a former player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time and one of Liverpool's greatest ever players,Sky Sports Sky Sports is a group of British broadcasting of sports events, subscription sports channels operated by the satellite television, satellite pay television company Sky Group (a division of Comcast), and is the dominant subscription television ...

' '' Sunday Supplement'' and BBC Radio 5 Live. Winter revealed on 10 April 2024 that he would be leaving The Times after being made redundant. On 11 June 2024 it was announced that Winter would become a columnist for World Soccer.

Awards

Winter was named Specialist Correspondent of the Year at the British Sports Journalism Awards in 2004, 2009, 2010 and 2013, and Football Writer of the Year in 2016. In 2010, he was named among the top 10 most influential sportswriters in Britain by the trade publication, ''

Press Gazette ''Press Gazette'', formerly known as ''UK Press Gazette'' (UKPG), is a British trade magazine dedicated to journalism and the press. First published in 1965, it had a circulation of about 2,500 before becoming online-only in 2013. Published wit ...

''.In 2012 Samuel was named top in a UK Press Gazette poll of Britain's best sports journalists.

Personal life

Winter's older brother is Islamic scholar Timothy Winter.Interview with elder brother Tim Winter in ''The Independent''
/ref> He is a trustee of the African social enterprise Alive & Kicking, which manufactures footballs in Kenya and Zambia.

References

External links

Henry Winter on TwitterPodcast interview on sports journalism and social media
1963 births Living people English male non-fiction writers English male journalists English sportswriters The Independent people The Daily Telegraph people The Times journalists People educated at Westminster School, London Writers from London Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Association football journalists {{UK-journalist-stub