Richard Heathcote
@rheathcote
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Getty Images Sports Photographer - Canon Ambassador
Joined July 2009
@Madders10 Players who make these challenges should be banned for the same length of time the injured player is out, simple.
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Love my job 📷 Love my club 💛 fortunate to be able to combine them both, today was a very good day, a very good day indeed #watfordfc #cmonuhorns @WatfordFC @GettySport #gettysport
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Hodgson is comfortably the worst head coach/manager appointment of the Pozzo era #watfordfc.
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@rickygervais Binged watched all 3 seasons in a week, absolutely phenomenal, one of the best TV series ever. Funny, depressing, kind, thought provoking and had me laughing and bawling in extremes. You clever c%nt 👏🏻 everyone should watch it. #afterlife.
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Wow, extremely honoured to receive this accolade, especially with all the amazing photographic talent on show in this inaugural World Sports Photography Awards. Thank you 🙏🏻 to the organisers & sponsors for showcasing our work #wspa20 #worldsportsphotographyawards @WorldSportsPix.
Congratulations to this year's overall winner! . @rheathcote for this amazing photo, thank you to all entered this years competition. Thank you to our partners! .@OlympusUK .@getolympus .@huubdesign . #WSPA #sportphotography #sports
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Best day ever at the old Wembley as a photographer and a Watford fan, 23yrs ago 🤯🤪 #cmonuhorns #watfordfc
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I’m NOT Pozzo Out. What Gino has done for the club is amazing. We should be grateful that we now have a good stadium & seen many memorable matches, home & away. But this is a turning point, an opportunity for Gino & Scott to reset, engage the fans & build a new project #watfordfc.
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To aspiring young sports photographers, a little note about always concentrating. awful game, light in the wrong place, nasty backgrounds, can’t change position, no pictures all game. then 93rd min. we all want to take beautiful frames but make sure you also get the moments.
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We sack Xisco and get pelted by those who don’t understand the club philosophy. Now, Bruce, Nuno, Farke gone and Ole & maybe even Dean Smith on the brink…. We’re just trend setters…😬 #watfordfc.
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Started going in the mid 80’s, started shooting them in the late 90’s. this man is so central to the club and the fan base, we are very lucky to have had him. #watfordfc @WatfordFC #thankyouGT #onlyonegrahamtaylor
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Just incase @29_JL @hullcityteam your not sure the ball is the yellow thing. not the £6k camera (photo al walter) http://t.co/op6zGrUBVX.
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Months and months of early morning training and dedication is over. tomorrow is race time #BoatRace2016 #rowing
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Etienne Capoue passing appreciation post. pin point perfection #watfordfc @WatfordFC #wevegotcapoueetiennecapoue
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Humbled, Honoured, Shocked & Speechless. So many people to thank @SportSJA @gettysport gettyimages @canonukandie actionimagespix and everyone else we get to work with. Hard work pays off. #sja2019 #gettysport @…
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Club legend, nothing less. Whatever gets decided in the coming days he’s been magnificent for us @T_Deeney @WatfordFC #watfordfc.
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High iso performance on the Canon EOS 1DX mkIII - 8000iso so clean, straight out of camera @CanonUKandIE @Canon @CanonEMEApro #canon #canon1dxmk3
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Not many of us get to shoot our own team as much as I have been able to do the last few years. Despite how it panned out for @WatfordFC it was nice to go through and pick these images out.
🚨New • @TheAthleticUK. Richard Heathcote (@rheathcote) is a sports photographer & #WatfordFC fan. He’s chosen 20 images of 2020 from his collection covering a turbulent year at the Vic & beyond with accompanying commentary & tech camera details. 📸.
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Fun week covering tennis for the first time in ages. This fella had a decent week also #AegonChampionships
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Found !!!! Social Media 1, stupid photographer being careless 0. picking up tomorrow, thanks for all the RT on here and FB 👍🏻.
Million to one shot, but If anyone walking through #thebrocas field near meadow lane in #windsor this morning found a green/black f-stop pouch/bag with Lee Filters & holder in it, I dropped it last night shooting the castle / moon. #landscapephotography #imanidiot #myfault
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@WD18fans Chelsea-'We want £10m for Chalobah' .Gino - 'I'll pay £5m'. Arsenal - 'We want £15m for Gibbs' .Gino - 'I'll pay £5m'.
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A little more insight to the new Canon R3 and how myself and others have been using it in testing over the past few months. #canonr3 #canon #sportsphotography @CanonUKandIE @CanonEMEApro
A deeper dive into the EOS R3: this week's podcast is an in-depth look into our new body. Direct experience from some lucky pros, insights from our own experts, plus a look at the new RF lenses we announced today. Listen, rate and subscribe here:
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'It is within the rules' 'It is creative accounting, but it's allowable and a big benefit of a Multi Club Ownership model' Excellent, move along, go dig some far worse dealings by super clubs instead 🤣.
Watford accused of 'working the system' by Championship rivals after selling £4m January signing to sister club Udinese for £16M. and immediately getting him back on loan
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All aspiring young sports photographers out there, here are two ladies who both have a great future in the industry. Nothing makes you better than just getting stuck in and embracing the chaos @_MDPhotography @wilsonscribbles @welloffside @AMAsportsphoto.
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Canon 1DX mk2 strikes again, very impressed in very difficult conditions yesterday on The Thames
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@terrychristian @FulhamJon I’d miss staring at an empty EU passport que while 300+ people wait 45mins to an hour to be stamped in/out of French passport control.
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Love my club, but today is making it extremely hard to do so. As fans we deserve real answers, not short statements. To our own fans the club hierarchy finally looks as crazy as those on the outside think they are #watfordfc.
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Been looking forward to this arriving for a while…. #thissportinglife #gerrycranham Anyone interested in Sports Photography needs to get this. There aren’t many true pioneers, Gerry is one of them. Great work by @Len_Scap & @dougcheese
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I know as a @WatfordFC fan I’m lucky to be able to be in the ground working as part of my job. hopefully this view of the rookery will be full of fans before this season is over 🤞🏻#watfordfc
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English winner, of a @EuropeanTour event in England and still nothing about it on the @BBCSport website a day later, embarrassing. still there’s plenty of 8yr old Olympic repeats though 🤷🏻♂️ #golf.
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England needed someone to drag them kicking & screaming. I wonder, was there someone who did that all last season
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Photos of managers getting off team buses never seem to workout as well as your test shots.
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@louorns I know it was headed out, but Asprillia has to be allowed to take all corners. Two balls in a row delivered properly.
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Yet another outstanding find by the Pozzo’s, got the potential to play at the highest level. 1st choice CB by a long way.
EFL Championship Player Of The Month Nominees: . Francisco Sierralta (#watfordfc).Arnaut Danjuma (Bournemouth).Kenny McLean (Norwich City).Alex Mowatt (Barnsley). Winner of the award will be announced Friday 9th April
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3 Baldies & the Champ. Once nominated you have 24 hours to respond or donate to local charity (shouldn't that be AND donate?!) You need to nominate 4 people & post a pic of you working at an event. nominate @ai_andyc @NickPotts_PA @Barleyphoto @AnthonyLeaver
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Days under lockdown: Get woken up - make son eat cereal at the table, argue it’s still a school day you can’t watch an hour of scooby doo - PE with Joe - Maths - English - Music - Lunch - Topic - Free time (no not more TV) - Dinner - Bedtime - Wine - More Wine - Bed - Repeat.
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Just taught some Nigerian fans on the St Petersburg metro the Ighalo ‘always believe in your soul’ chant. my work here is done #watfordfc @ighalojude.
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@JustinRose99 @Titleist “I wonder if the middle is soft and runny or hard boiled like an egg”.
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Rough river conditions made for some great races, and a couple of decent snaps #rowing #BoatRace2016
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A little blatant self promotion. http://t.co/DPRAnGiWP1
#gettysport @GettyImages #photography @GettySport.
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A collection of work by the exceptional Jamie McDonald, who is now no longer with us #RIPjamie
http://t.co/oXnpudzcvV
#gettysport.
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Enough of the golf, decided to go fishing today. had some help, anyone for sushi ?
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Eve of 3rd season in @premierleague having signed 4 decent English this window, I'll just park this here #WatfordFC.
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Thank you very much @SportSJA very honoured to win. 🏆 🍻.
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Couple of @WatfordFC boys at the #sja2019 awards last night. so glad I managed to slip a Watford cele into my set #cmonuhorns
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Cold wet night in Barcelona, worth it in the end #messi #suarez #FCBArsenal #Barca @GettySport @FCBarcelona
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2 great English prospects for less than £12m total. just let that sink in for a minute, Now you see why the Pozzo's are great #watfordfc.
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Today the world of sport photography is a poorer place, RIP Frank Coppi, a legend & one of the bylines I always looked for as a student.
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4 English players, club record smashed plus stole a Brazilian talent from under the noses of the big clubs. #watfordfc #cmonuhorns.
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Those of us with slightly longer memories remember what it was like before they came in. The last 3 years feels like it has been a lot of ‘puncture repairs’ and fans are expecting something we have never really had, to be a comfortable mid-table Premier League team.
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Would have been goal of the season if it wasn’t for what happened at the end of the game. .
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Huge congrats to Wavey @WaveydavyPA . One of the nicest blokes you’ll meet and a great photographer. Congrats to all the winners and the @SportSJA for putting on another great evening celebrating the best of British sports journalism #sja2021.
Best Sports Photographer is your next gong up for grabs and continuing the theme of double winners is @WaveydavyPA 📸 #SJA2021
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Million to one shot, but If anyone walking through #thebrocas field near meadow lane in #windsor this morning found a green/black f-stop pouch/bag with Lee Filters & holder in it, I dropped it last night shooting the castle / moon. #landscapephotography #imanidiot #myfault
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Can we get this countrywide ? Out shooting a few pictures this evening in my town a homeless man didn’t have a clue what he would do, literally emptied my pockets so he could at least get food: Rough sleepers in London given hotel rooms - BBC News
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Here’s a thought. To show the respect they deserve, the incredible dedication and risk they are facing, our NHS workers shouldn’t have to pay income tax. Not now, maybe not ever, maybe jobs like that should always be income tax free. .
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Some outstanding work on show at last nights @GettySport #gettyawards very pleased to see @davphoto20 clean up
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‘Opens Twitter, see’s News on Ancelotti going to Madrid, pours glass of wine, sits back and enjoy’s the Everton meltdown’.
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And the new. @anthonyfjoshua smashes his way to the heavyweight champion of the world #gettysport
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Very sad news, Tom inspired a whole generation of UK photo journalists. His work was always amazing to look at and a pleasure to study.
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Photographers at the FIFA World Cup - http://t.co/GGirVtgvD1
http://t.co/H0wgQy71Yp
#gettysport @cliverose.
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Great start to the week. Welcome to one of the most talented news photographers I know @tabascokid #gettyimages
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This week always goes by far too fast. Good winner, and great laugh with the best crew.
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Watercolour sunrise morning in Ely for @cuwbc training ahead of this year @theboatraces #rowing @GettySport.
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Why isn't @ObbiOulare being loaned out to a championship team ? Would be far better experience for him, big and physical. #watfordfc.
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The #NHS are amazing, spent the day in hospital with mini me (he’s ok, nothing too serious) he’s completed more levels of Star Wars angry birds than ever and I have order more junk off Amazon that ever. staff are outstanding and it’s all free. hope they have shares in Amazon.
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Well done to all those nominated in this years SJA Awards. Looking forward to seeing all the great photography shortlisted.
And here they are 📷📷📷. The shortlist for the British Sports Journalism Awards Photography categories. Click here for the shortlist:. And here for the complete photo gallery:. #SJA2020
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A great honour to be shortlisted, some seriously good talent represented across all categories.
🥇 More selected pics from nominees in #Olympics & #Paralympics category. 📸 Also shortlisted: Oli Scarff - Freelance (@oliscarff); Ramsey Cardy - Sportsfile (@ramseycardy); Richard Heathcote - Getty Images (@rheathcote). 👀 galleries in full 👉 (2/2)
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Very honoured to pick up 2nd place, Single Sports with a certain boxing frame from Ruiz v AJ 2. Thank you to @IstPhotoAwards for promoting great photography & photojournalism, well done to all the winners #IstanbulPhotoAwards #gettysport.
Photojournalist based in #HongKong @LamYikFei won the Photo of the Year award! #IstanbulPhotoAwards 2020 winners announced
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Always nice to get a little helping hand from the sun when shooting in the gym @GettySport @theboatraces #rowing
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Standby for nation lockdown for entire Jan. .
Last train out of Saigon. Queue at St Pancras as we wait to board the Leeds bound train.
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Day 2 done & dusted for me. A bit of Splish Splosh & bit of Judo Chop #gettyatthegames #gettysport #dovefromabove
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@gerardeulofeu Come back and get fit, if it’s not working by January you won’t find a single Watford fan who would stop you from moving on, pleasure to watch you in the shirt. #cmonuhorns.
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