Philippe auclair biography
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In this week’s FWA Q&A, we chat with Philippe Auclair of France Football about the Flintstones, Richard E Grant and having Thierry Henry’s coathanger at home…
Your first ever newspaper?
France Football, as it happens, if it’s football we’re talking about. Otherwise, Le Courrier Cauchois, a minuscule weekly from my native Normandy, for which I wrote ‘colour pieces’ about local history while still at school.
Philippe auclair biography
Have you ever worked in a profession other than journalism?
Let’s see: chef (in Brussels); musician (everywhere); mushroom collector; I also invented a board-game and still do a few voiceovers (highlight: dubbing The Flintstones in French).
What was your finest achievement playing football?
Being picked to play for my university when I’d gone something like six years not scoring a goal.
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I was supposed to be a left-sided destroyer. Really.
Most memorable match covered?
In terms of emotion, Arsenal’s 1-0 at