Paul Hayward (born 6 January 1965) is a British sports journalist and author of 'England Football - The Biography (1872-2022)' - a 150-year history of the England men's team.
He was until recently Chief Sports Writer at The Daily Telegraph.
[1] He has previously written for The Guardian, The Independent, The Observer and the Daily Mail, and regularly appeared as an analyst on Sky Sports' television programme Sunday Supplement.
During that time, he was named Sports Writer of the Year in 2002 and 2003 at the British Press Awards, and Best Football Writer at the Sky Sports Awards in 1997, 1999 and 2001.
[3] Hayward returned to The Guardian and its sister paper The Observer in 2009 as a senior sports writer, predominantly covering football, until he re-joined The Telegraph in 2011, again as its chief sports writer.