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Patrick Kidd: All you need to know about the Sports Journalist

Who is Patrick Kidd?

Patrick Kidd, a Colchester Royal Grammar School graduate, is a sports journalist and blogger who focuses on cricket and rowing in particular. He is currently the diary editor, and was previously a sports writer, for The Times, where he has been working since 2001,and whose website hosts his Line and Length, “A very English cricket blog”.

Patrick Kidd is also a regular radio and television pundit and appears frequently in Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack and The Wisden Cricketer. Best of Enemies: Whingeing Poms vs. Arrogant Aussies was published in early 2009. Later that year, a second book, The Worst of Rugby, was released.

He also maintains a lighthearted personal blog, The Questing Vole, where he writes about politics, history, culture, and sports “A 1920s eccentric trapped in the body of a twenty-first-century journalist. Not a particularly attractive body, either.” [3] The blog gets its name from the opening of Evelyn Waugh’s satire on journalism, Scoop.

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Patrick Kidd Books

  • The Best of Enemies: Whingeing Poms Versus Arrogant Aussies, Know the Score Books, 2009 (ISBN 1848187033)
  • The Worst of Rugby: Violence and Foul Play in a Hooligans’ Game Played by Gentlemen, Pitch Publishing Ltd., 2009 (ISBN 1905411421)
  • The Times Diary at 50: The Antidote to the News, Times Books, 2016 (ISBN 978-0008205522)

Patrick Kidd Net Worth

Patrick Kidd net worth is currently unknown. The multi-talented writer is yet to disclose his earnings. However, given that he is an author and journalist, he shoul have a decent net worth.

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Ayomide John

Ayomide is first, a football writer, a sports analyst and then a multi-niched journalist with a particular interest in lifestyle, politics, literature and history. He is an experienced Search Engine Optimisation Analyst and Content Marketer. He holds a degree in Literature in English (OAU). He hopes to do his Masters in International Media Studies. He is a Manchester United fan since 2008.

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