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Former Daily Mail and Evening Standard football reporter Steve Stammers dies aged 71 after a short illness

Steve Stammers, the highly-regarded football reporter for the Daily Mail, Sunday Mirror and London Evening Standard, has died aged 71 after a short illness.

Steve was one of the great story getters on the London scene and earned acclaim covering Arsenal for the Evening Standard in the glorious early years of Arsene Wenger’s reign.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Steve’s family and close friends.

Steve Stammers, former football reporter for the Daily Mail, has died following a short illness

Former News of the World sports Editor Paul McCarthy led the tributes to Stammers from journalists.