For the Daily Star, the dangers of reporting a football match 75 minutes ahead of schedule are magnified, and in only five hours, Ivan Toney is racing across London.
Toney Prize
You are probably aware of Mediawatch’s enduring affection for the term “just hours,” which is used to characterize football players doing virtually anything after a game.
While it’s not the most common application of the technique, this one from The Sun about Ivan Toney accepting a Brit Award amused us nonetheless.
Only hours after playing in Brentford’s 2-2 draw with Chelsea, Toney gave Chase & Status the Producer of the Year award.
There are two reasons why this isn’t standard practice. One involved showing off a “gong” (classic tabloidese for that, hehe) at
