The Lost Sportswriter: A Life Up Close with Irish Sporting Greatness

A reflective memoir traces a forty-three-year Irish sportswriting career, from open dressing rooms to sterile PR exchanges.

There was a time when it wasn't unusual for a journalist to walk into a dressing room moments after the final whistle, the joy of victory or sting of defeat hanging in the air. A time when journalists could ring up a player days before the big match and get an answer. This was the world that existed when Vincent Hogan entered the press box.

In The Lost Sportswriter, Vincent Hogan recounts and reflects upon a 43-year career at the heart of Irish sport. From the never-ending presence of newspaper deadlines to the golden era of open dressing rooms, Hogan charts and laments how sportswriting transformed from intimate, personality driven storytelling to today's sterile, PR-managed exchanges. Funny, engaging and unflinchingly self-reflective, The Lost Sportswriter notes a changing game for heroes, matches and the words that outlast them.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Gill Books
Published: 11/26/2026
ISBN: 9781804585382
Pages: 336