In the UK , a Saturday sports paper was a local newspaper published on a Saturday evening containing information about sports matches played on that day. Throughout most of the twentieth century they were very popular, representing one of the few up to date sources of information available to sports fans. Gradually, circulations fell and all had ceased publication by December 2017, with the exception of Portsmouth's Sports Mail , which moved to publishing on a Sunday, finally ending publication in July 2022.
14-690: The Green 'Un ("Green One" in slang) is a sports website. Originally a Saturday sports paper published on Saturday evenings in Sheffield, England , it moved online in 2013. The name derives from the light green newsprint on which it was traditionally printed. The Green 'Un was first published as the Saturday Sports Edition of the Yorkshire Telegraph and Star on 14 September 1907 and continued under this name until 3 June 1911. From 10 June 1911 to 28 February 1914 it
28-577: A Saturday evening publication. Another issue was the rise of alternative sources of information: the internet , mobile phones and teletext services allowed sports fans to follow their team's progress without the need to purchase a paper. The Sheffield Star Green 'Un closed in the summer of 2013 and the Sunderland Echo Pink followed at the end of the same year. This left only two Saturday sports papers in existence - Portsmouth's Sports Mail , which had only just been resurrected for
42-756: A different paper produced in each area covering local teams in depth. They were often connected to the main local newspaper in the area. In Cardiff , for example, the Western Mail and Echo published the South Wales Sport Echo (previously the Football Echo ). The papers were commonly nicknamed according to the colour of the paper upon they were printed, which usually was not white. The "sports pink" or "green 'un" were common names. Most Saturday sports papers focussed on football , providing match reports of games involving local teams and
56-415: A full listing of final scores. Many also covered other traditional sports such as rugby or cricket and some expanded into covering less familiar sports such as ice hockey . Saturday sports papers were published as soon after full-time as possible. Cardiff's South Wales Sports Echo was available to buy within twenty minutes of the end of the game, featuring half-time reports and full-time scores, with
70-419: A fuller edition later in the evening. Many sports fans have fond memories of going out to buy a Saturday sports paper as soon as it was printed to find out how their team had done. Before the advent of radio, Saturday sports papers were the only way most fans had of finding out sporting results, and consequently they were very popular, some with circulations of more than 50,000. In the 21st century, however,
84-684: A purpose-built print facility and office building called Newspaper House in the Redbridge area of Southampton, since 1997, with district offices in Winchester . Previously, there were also district offices in Hythe, Fareham, Lymington and Romsey. Newspaper House and the print centre were sold in 2020. The former city centre offices of the Daily Echo are now the site of the Above Bar entrance to
98-463: A website has been in existence since 1998. Publication of the print edition is from Monday to Saturday and there is one edition a day, down from six editions a day in 2006. The Echo was initially a daily newspaper before becoming an evening paper and changing its name to the Evening Echo on 1 July 1958. It returned to being the Daily Echo again on 10 January 1994. The Echo is currently
112-546: The 2013-14 season (having originally run from 1903 until 2012), and the Southern Daily Echo ' s Sports Pink . The Sports Mail moved its publication date to a Sunday in October 2016. The Sports Pink therefore remained the final Saturday sports paper until it too closed on 9 December 2017. In July 2022, Portsmouth's Sports Mail published its final edition, marking the end of weekend sports papers in
126-718: The UK. Southern Daily Echo The Southern Daily Echo , more commonly known as the Daily Echo or simply The Echo , is a regional tabloid newspaper based in Southampton , covering the county of Hampshire in the United Kingdom . The newspaper is owned by Newsquest , one of the largest publishers of local newspapers in the country, which is in turn owned by Gannett . It began publication in August 1888 and
140-655: The UK. It ceased circulation towards the end of 2017 after 119 years. Local sister publications include the Hampshire Chronicle , Basingstoke Gazette , Romsey Advertiser and Bournemouth Daily Echo and previously a free weekly newspaper called the Southampton Advertiser was also published. In 2021, the newspaper moved to offices in the Ocean Village area of Southampton city centre. Previously, it had spent almost 24 years in
154-481: The only paid-for local newspaper covering the city of Southampton. The editorial position is that of a politically neutral publication. On Saturdays, the Daily Echo produced the Sports Pink until 2017. This was used for the reporting of sport stories regularly involving local sports team Southampton Football Club . This was one of only two surviving 'local football papers' which used to be common throughout
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#1732801926532168-549: The papers declined dramatically in sales. Birmingham 's Sports Argus , which used to be the biggest selling Saturday sports paper in the country, was one of many to be forced to close, publishing its last issue on 13 May 2006. Those that remained saw declining sales, or switched to providing websites . A number of factors adversely affected the popularity of Saturday sports papers. Televised sport meant that matches (particularly football) increasingly did not take place on Saturday afternoons so could not be adequately covered by
182-511: Was known as the Week and Sports Special Green 'Un , then as Sports Special The Green 'Un from 7 March 1914 to 24 December. 1937. The title became Green 'Un , after the war on 31 August 1946 and continued so until 23 November 1946, after which it formally assumed the title The Star Green 'Un (30 November 1946). Along with its sister publications The Star and Sheffield Telegraph , the Green 'Un
196-469: Was published by Johnston Press PLC . It ceased publication in printed form in 2013, with a special souvenir edition celebrating its 106-year history appearing on Monday 15 July 2013. It was one of the last physically printed specialised local sports papers in the country. This English newspaper–related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Saturday sports paper Saturday sports papers were published locally, with
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