Former Irish Times sports reporter Derek Jones dies

Jones was one of the 14 founding members of the Soccer Writers’ Association of Ireland

Thu, May 7, 2020, 18:56 Updated: Thu, May 7, 2020, 19:02

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Derek Jones (second from left) at a reception for the annual Blues soccer match for the David Faiers memorial trophy in 1984. Photo: Pat Langan/The Irish Times

Derek Jones (second from left) at a reception for the annual Blues soccer match for the David Faiers memorial trophy in 1984. Photo: Pat Langan/The Irish Times

Derek Jones, a former sports reporter with the Daily Express and Irish Times has died. One of 14 founder members of the Soccer Writers’ Association of Ireland (SWAI) in 1960, he was president from 1970 to 1972.

Former Evening Press columnist Joe Sherwood who also had a sports’ agency in Dublin providing copy for several Fleet Street newspapers, introduced him to journalism, giving Jones work initially as a freelance reporter.

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