A regional daily marked football history for its patch with two front page wraparounds in as many days.
The Huddersfield Daily Examiner marked Huddersfield Town’s promotion to the Premier League with a front page wraparound yesterday, following the club’s play-off final victory on Monday.
Town sealed promotion to England’s highest level of football for the first time in 45 years in a penalty shoot-out, after drawing 0-0 with Reading at Wembley Stadium.
Led by sports editor Mel Booth at Wembley, the Examiner also had four reporters and two photographers at Wembley – two of whom spent the day with the club’s fans.
The Examiner also had several staff back at the office working on its match coverage, which included a live blog.
The paper dedicated every news page yesterday to Town fan coverage as well as running a 12-page special inside.
This was followed up by a second front page wrap this morning, covering a victory parade held in the town.
Editor Wayne Ankers said: “It was a tremendous team effort and I am really proud of our coverage. It was a tense and nail-biting day but everybody reacted with speed and professionalism once Town had won it.
“We had huge numbers following our coverage on the website and we have produced a first class paper which fans can keep as a memento of this historic occasion.
“It is such a huge victory – not just for the club but for the town as a whole and the Examiner will back them all the way.”
Unlike the fake news style of political party electioneering type of wrap, these two are superb additions to the paper and makes good use of the double width- broadsheet size to celebrate a big achievement for a local town.
I’m sure this will be pulled out and kept which will also give longevity and added value for any advertisers included within the four pages
Nice one
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