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Paul Hendren has written about the fusion of motion and emotion for over 30 years. His soccer prose were inspired by many wordsmiths but his admiration for the visual story tellers percoalted under the surface. He would devour the column inches of the broadsheets but his finger tips really got a taste of ink while studying the black and white imagary that accompanied the editorial. Hendren has been fortunate to have worked alongside many talented story tellers and photojournalists. The resident of Agincourt, a long-standing member of the International Sports Press Association, has recently reinvented himself from being a soccer scribbler to a visual storyteller. His marriage to football has been a marathon, inspired by the likes of Simon Inglis and the photographic genius of Colin McPherson and Simon Gill from inside the pages of When Saturday Comes. He has spun a few yarns about the Canadian game for such publications as The Soccer News, Inside SOCCER Magazine, World Football Pages, and Groundtastic to name just a few. As a feature writer for the internationally acclaimed sports facility journal Panstadia International Hendren's work was once featured at the World Football Expo in Cannes. Over the past few years, he has been looking for a home ground - a place to anchor his allegiance. While part of the photographic team with League1 Ontario Hendren familiarized himself with this huge soccer organization that is now weaving its way through Ontario's vast footballing landscape. Hendren's penchant as a documatary / portrait photographer has led him to his admiration of football's grassroots - and displaced from the commercialism that has groped Football's big leagues. In Catalonia they call it "Futbol Modest".
Master's Futbol Academy has been his landing spot. Hendren's home away from home. Within the pages of Touchline Insider the personalities that pulsate throughout Futbol Modest have been uncovered. Be it the players, the coaches, or family members. Contact Touchline Insider by email @ [email protected] or DM us on Instagram @paul_hendren or @insidemfa.
Paul Hendren, pictured alongside the late George Best, has enjoyed a fabled football scribbling journey