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Paul 'Scoop' Marston dies leaving legacy in Walsall sports reporting

Summary by Press Gazette
Former Birmingham Evening Mail news and sports reporter Paul Marston has died aged 90, leaving behind “a lasting legacy in Walsall’s sporting heritage”. Marston’s career in journalism led to friend and former Oxford United player Mick Kearns nicknaming him ‘Scoop’, particularly for his work covering Walsall FC. Marston, born in 1935, first got experience in journalism after the headmaster at Wednesbury Commercial College asked him to write match…

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Press Gazette broke the news on Friday, May 1, 2026.
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