Spreading the Word: A Word on Tony Barrett

It is not often that there's a thread about a journalist on an internet forum, much less one where positive things are said about the writer in question. Yet Tony Barrett now has that 'honour' to his name with threads praising him both on The Liverpool Way and Red and White Kop.

Originally both threads appeared because fans were wondering where he was seeing that he had been absent from the Liverpool Echo for some time. That was apparently down to a holiday and this week he was back with a couple of articles.

Yet the return won't last for long as, apparently, he has been offered a job at the Times. It is a massive achievement for him and a major step upwards for a truly talented writer who has written some of the best stuff about Liverpool in recent years. Over the past season I occasionally took a look at what was being said about Liverpool and his writings regularly featured.

This also means that the Times now becomes compulsive reading for Liverpool fans as Barrett will be joining fellow reds Tony Evans and Oliver Kay, both of whom are excellent writers as well.

Two years ago, the Echo lost a very good writer in Chris Bascombe (whatever your opinion of him since joining the NOTW, when it the Echo he wrote some really good stuff), and replaced him with a brilliant one. Can they do the same this time round? Let's hope so

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