Charlie Golder obituary

Charlie Golder, who has died aged 27 of cancer, loved writing and football, and last year combined these passions when he started his own agency, Golder’s News and Sports, to provide what he called “off-the-wall” sports news.

Charlie studied demand and identified patterns, especially in foreign sports news that was not being reported in the UK and which he thought might interest his readers. The more outlandish, quirky, funny or tongue-in-cheek the story the better. Charlie had a real knack for knowing what readers wanted, not least because he was a sports enthusiast himself, a huge Chelsea fan with a tremendous knowledge of football, says his brother Joe.

Continue reading... January 31, 2018 at 09:58PM