A local football title overcame national opposition to be named the UK’s best sports newsletter.

Norwich City FC fans website the Pink Un won the accolade at the 2025 Publisher Newsletter Awards for its Pink Un+ newsletter.

Launched in 2022, the Pink Un+ newsletter delivers daily Norwich City news and insight to Canaries’ fans inboxes.

It was selected as the winner from a group of 10 shortlisted sports newsletters including products from the BBC, The Times and Sunday Times, and the Financial Times.

The Pink Un team left to right: Adam Harvey, Samuel Seaman, Connor Southwell and Paddy Davitt

The Pink Un is published by Newsquest as a companion sports website to he Eastern Daily Press.

It was joined on the Best Sport Newsletter shortlist by another Newsquest subscriber product, Kings of Anglia+, a dedicated Ipswich Town football club newsletter by the East Anglian Daily Times.

Newsquest’s Norwich City FC Editor Paddy Davitt, said: “It’s fantastic recognition for the Pink Un team at Newsquest to win the Best Sport Newsletter award ahead of media organisations such as the BBC with much larger resources.

“It’s a key part of our strategy to build and engage a loyal audience around our coverage of Norwich City football club.

“The Pink Un+ newsletter enables us to connect directly with subscribers to provide exclusive insight, and set the daily agenda, bringing our audiences closer to their football club”.

Other Newsquest newsletters recognised in the shortlists included The Reading Dispatch, shortlisted for Best Newsletter Launch, Best Local and Community Newsletter and Best Individual-Led Newsletter while the Glasgow Wrap was also shortlisted for Best Local and Community Newsletter.